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  Cognitive Learning Theories In my fifth-grade classroom, we are going through a Social Studies project on becoming an expert of the country of their choice. As I am teaching virtually this school year, everything is digital and online. The platform that I am using to have students submit their work is called Seesaw. Seesaw is a tool where I am able to assign, grade, and post work for the students to engage and interact with their schoolwork and content. Dr. Orey discussed that an important component of cognitive learning theory is elaboration, which is the “process of building connections to store information” (Laureate Education, 2015c). Another component of cognitive learning theory is dual coding hypothesis, which demonstrates how   images can be a powerful tool to use in the classroom as our senses are used. As I am using virtual field trips to help my students use their senses through their research, the connection of using a graphic organizer helps students verbal...

  Behaviorism is a theory that “ emphasize changes in behavior that result from stimulus-response associations made by the learner” (Orey, 2010, p.271). Watson and Skinner are two behaviorists that came up with the theory that “human behavior resulted from specific stimuli that elicited certain responses” (Orey, 2010, p.271). The use of behaviorism in the classroom is using the instructional strategy of adopting the model of “rewarding desirable behaviors and punishing inappropriate ones” (Orey, 2010, p.271).  Another instructional strategy that is under observational learning is the use of modeling. When students observe from their peers or adults around them, they “acquire many favorable and unfavorable responses” (Orey, 2010, p. 275).  This is a learning strategy that can be beneficial to both the teacher and to students as students “work for things that bring them positive feelings” or “approval from people they admire” (Orey, 20101, p. 276). With the use of technolog...