COGNITIVISMSocorro Hernandez

Maricruz AlfaroVeronica Lugo

DefinitionIn the cognitive learning theory, students

learn by listening, watching, touching, reading or experiencing.

Learners use their prior knowledge and build on their schema as they need the information.

When a student is learning they place information in files that are stored in a “filing cabinet” in the brain. When new information is gained, a new “file” is created.

TheoristsVygotsky: Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD)

Jerome Bruner: Process information and access it when we need through discovery and engagement

Teaching Strategies/TechniquesStudent-centered based

Critical thinking

Blooms Taxonomy

Problem solving

Graphic organizers

Example of graphic organizer-KWL Chart