Learning Theories Review

Which theorist is known for the Zone of Proximal Development?

• Dewey

• Skinner

• Piaget

• Vygotsky

The zone of proximal development is:

• The most a child can learn in a given day
• The gap between what the child can do on their own and what they cannot do without assistance
• What the child already knows
• The intelligence level the child is projected to be at given point

Which theorist is known for operant conditioning?

• Piaget

• Vygotsky

• Skinner

• Gardner

According to Piaget, if new information is added to existing schema it is called________

• Supplemental

• Accommodation

• Assimilation

• Actualization

Which theorist introduced scaffolding?

• Skinner

• Gardner

• Dewey

• Bruner

Which is NOT one of Piaget's developmental levels?

• Concrete Operational

• Experimental

• Formal Operational

• Sensorimotor

❖Who created a taxonomy consisting of six major categories: Knowledge, Comprehension, Application, Analysis, Synthesis, and Evaluation?

• Bloom

• Bruner

• Gardner

• Skinner

"The New Art and Science of Teaching" was written by _________.

• Marzano

• Thorndike

• Marquette

• Thurgood

Which theorist was known for multiple intelligences?

• Bruner

• Gardner

• Skinner

• Piaget

Which theorist studied the concept of conservation?

• Piaget

• Vygotsky

• Skinner

• Bruner