| Social Learning Theories |
Objectives |
| Sociocultural
theory |
1. Identify
the major contributions of Vygotsky to social learning theory. 2.
Relate the importance of ability levels to scaffolding. 3.
Define and state the significance of the Zone of Proximal Development.
4. Discuss cognitive apprenticeship as a model
derived from Vygotsky's theories. Cite an example. |
| Social
Cognitive theory |
1. Summarize
Bandura's conclusion about human aggression and television. 2.
Explain how many scholars have mislabeled Bandura as a neo-behaviorist.
3. Understand Bandura's expectancy theory as it
relates to motivation. 4. Cite an instructional
example of vicarious reinforcement. 5. Discuss
the role of cognitive processing in social cognitive theory. |
| Distributed
Cognitions theory |
1. Define
the term, distributed cognition. 2. Distinguish
distributed cognition theory from earlier social theories of learning.
3. Discuss the role of technology as a learning
partner in distributed cognition theory. 4. Define
and state the significance of idea externalization. 5.
Discuss the notion of "collective wisdom" within the context
of distributed cognition. |
