2. The Theory
The Theorists
The Classroom
The Teacher
Sources
3. Anoffshoot of traditional psychological
concepts of thinking, deciding, remembering,
etc.
Cognitive
psychologists see these activities in
how they motivate behavior.
According
to the theory, thinking and
remembering are the same as behavior, thus
measuring their effect on learning is made
easier
4. The cognitivist paradigm is that the mind
should be opened and understood
The learner is seen as an information
processor, for example: a computer
In other words, the information that comes
in is processed and then leads to certain
outcomes
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5. Benjamin Bloom
Sough to classify learning behaviors to understand
how knowledge is absorbed
Defined cognitive domain as an intellectual level,
defined affective domain as personality, and
categorized psychomotor domain as student’s
physical abilities
Created Bloom’s Taxonomy within cognitive domain
Howard Gardner
Developed the theory of multiple intelligences
Gardner’s 8 intelligences: linguistic-verbal, logical-
mathematical, spatial-visual, body-kinesthetic,
musical, interpersonal, intrapersonal, naturalist
6. Robert Gagne
Contributed to the cognitive learning hierarchies
Identified 5 major categories of learning: verbal
information, intellectual skills, cognitive
strategies, motor skills, and attitudes.
Identified the 9 events of instruction
Allan Paivio
Developed the dual coding theory which assumes
that people process information in 2 different
ways: processing images and processing of
language
7. Other contributors:
Merrill
Component Display Theory (CDT)
Scandura
Structural learning
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8. Teachers
Should follow Gagne’s 9 Events of Instruction
1 – Gain attention of the learners
2 – Inform learners of the objective
3 – Stimulate recall of prior learning
4 – Present the stimulus or lesson
5 – Provide learning guidance and instruction
6 – Elicit performance
7 – Provide feedback
8 – Assess performance
9 – Enhance retention and transfer
Identify each students’ Intelligence from
Gardner’s 8 Intelligences to find ways to reach all
their students
9. Students
Should, through their classwork, homework, and
with or without the use of technology:
Complete the described competencies in Bloom’s
Taxonomy
Knowledge – recall information
Comprehension – explain & predict
Application – solve problems, use information
Anaylsis – see patterns, organize parts, recognize
hidden meanings
Synthesis – use previous ideas to create new ones
Evaluation – discriminate between, judge, and value
ideas
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10. My thoughts
This theory, cognitivism, is interesting in the way
it pursues the improvement of education.
Educators and psychologists are actively and
thoughtfully trying to help students and increase
their learning by really seeing and understanding
them.
It’s great that there is a lot of emphasis and care
for the individual and not as much the whole
11. Application in the Classroom
To really apply the theory of cognitivism in my
classrooms I would first see how each student
learns through activities at the start of the
school year.
From there I would base the rest of the class and
lesson activities on adhering to their unique
learning ability
I hope from there I could help them truly learn
and retain the information and material of the
class
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12. IntegratingTechnology in a Connected World
– Gary Shelly, Glenda Gunter, Randolph
Gunter
Pages 261-266
http://www.learning-
theories.com/cognitivism.html
