Blog-Module 2-Cognitivism as a Learning Theory

Module 2 Blog

Responses to Blog #2
Laine Pagan http://lainepagan.blogspot.com
Jesus Berrios www.blogberrios.blogspot.com

I agree with Bill Kerr, about not using _isms as a blinker, but as a filter (Kerr, 2007). A blinker would mean that you are going in a specific direction, but a filter could mean that you were going to use parts of each learning theory. This also goes along with Karl Kapp's idea that all of the learning theories have useful parts to them and can be used at different levels of learning (Kapp, 2007).
I agree with both of these blogs. Students do not all learn the same way and they are not all on the same level. Also, different lessons or assignments may require a different learning theory. If a student needs to lean a specific behavior or needs to memorize something simple, behaviorism would work well. If a student needed to take information and make it into a research paper, another learning theory would be used, depending on what the research paper needed to cover. I think teachers use parts of the different leaning theories throughout a course each year.

Kapp, K. (2007, January 2). Out and about: Discussion on educational schools of thought. Retrieved from http://karlkapp.blogspot.com/2007/01/out-and-about-discussion-on-educational.html
Kerr, B. (2007, January 1). _isms as filter, not blinker. Retrieved from http://billkerr2.blogspot.com/2007/01/isms-as-filters-not-blinker.html