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  Ch apter 10: Constructivism and Designing Learning Environments                    Concept 1: Cognitive and Social Constructivism                                        Summary: There are two types of constructivism which is cognitive and social. Cognitive is basically how each individual sees the world and acts in it. It is a worldview and is shows values, cultures, religions, knowledge, and more. This was developed by Piaget. Social constructivism is how we engage with others in activities, communication, participation in various things, and more. This was developed by Vygotsky. These both can have similarities and differences to each other due to the attributes and who the creators were.                          ...

  Teacher Interview:     Video - Teacher Interview Reflection:      I learned quite a bit from Ms. Deanna and her experiences. She has been teaching for 5 years and has gone through online learning and in person learning. She gave me a lot of tips and suggestions. I also learned some great methods of classroom management. I was able to listen to stories and past experiences and learn through her words and how she handled things. I was also able to get to know her better and understand her teaching philosophy. This was really eye opening and I'm so happy to have had the chance to do this.         

  Chapter 7: Behavioral Views of Learning               Concept 1: Operant Conditioning: Trying New Responses                                    Summary: There are ways to control behaviors with multiple types of methods. In order to do this, there will be antecedents and consequences. Most people associate this with bad consequences such as a punishment. Consequences can also be considered something of value in which a student receives praise, a prize, candy, etc. These two antecedents and consequence types are called negative reinforcement and positive reinforcement. Negative reinforcement is punishing in some sort of way due to bad behavior in attempt to reduce the bad behavior. Positive reinforcement is rewarding due to good actions/behaviors to try and encourage the student to continue to perform well. Both of these are effective tool...

  Chapter 4: Learner Differences and Learning Needs     Concept 1: Intelligence                    Summary: In this section of the book, there is a lot mentioned about intelligence and how it relates to a student/person. In general, this causes distinction of disabilities and abilities also causing for inappropriate labels placed on various people. Gardner had developed a theory of multiple intelligences in which each person is capable of being intelligent in their own ways. Some might be intelligent in sports, or music, while others are talented academically. Sternberg also had a theory of intelligence in which there are three elements: analytic, creative, and practical. This means a person fits in between one of these categories. IQ scores are also a common way to measure intelligence, but studies have shown these to not be fully accurate in showing the full capabilities of a human being and what they are worth. ...

  Chapter 3: The Self, Social, and Moral Development               Concept 1: Identity and Self-Concept                                         Summary: Self-development is something that changes as a human move forward in life. Humans will find their identity and who they are as they grow in their knowledge of themself and the attributes that surround them. At a certain student in classrooms will start comparing themselves to others and their self-esteem may grow or decrease due to that. It seems that statistics show that in middle school girls' self-esteem goes down while boys' self-esteem goes up.                                  Reflection: I will be working with students who are in elementary grades. I...

Chapter 2: Cognitive Development                Concept 1: A Definition of Development                          Summary: There are four types of development within a human. There is physical development in which there are changes in the body. There is personal development which is when there are changes in the person's personality/characteristics traits. There is social development which affects how the human interacts with other humans. Finally, there is cognitive development that is how the person's thinking varies. Everyone develops differently, at different time rates, in different processes, and for differing reasons. Overall, it is important to realize that the four types of development within a human will vary due to the uniqueness of their design.                      Reflection: The fir...