2.

2- Exceptional Learners
Educational Theorists and Theories
Theorists (Name Theory Summarized What this means/ Teaching Strategies
and Bio Info) looks like in the that follow this
classroom theory with brief
explanation

1) Jean Piaget -cognitive -teachers and -different school

development parents can help by programs allow all
psychologist providing children children to have
-brain develops in with different opportunities
different stages experiences -play based programs
4 Stages: -school programs
-sensorimotor (trial and error)
-proportional
-concrete operational
-formal operational

2) Benjamin Bloom -bloom's taxonomy -describes thought -helpful in assessing

-pyramid chart process students
-create, evaluate, -example: scientific -teachers see where
analyze, apply, experiment students are with
understand, specific concepts
remember

3) Albert Bandura -we learn from one -I do, we do, you do -I do, we do, you do
another by -think, pair share -think, pair share
observation/
inminitation/ modeling

4) B.F Skinner -behaviorism: -negative: detention if -negative: detention if

behavior is acquired phones are out phones are out
through conditioning -positive: getting a -positive: getting a
-consequences sticker if you receive sticker if you receive
(positive and a good grade a good grade
negative)

5) Howard Gardner -multiple intelligence -teachers should -”how do you learn

theory structure their best?” questionnaire
-differentiates human lessons in order to given at the
intelligences into engage all/ most beginning of the year
categories students

6) John Dewey -hands on approach Examples: -teacher academy

to education and -teacher academy -students get out of
learning -students get out of the classroom
-problem based the classroom -STEM
 learning -STEM -labs
-labs

7) Lev Vygosky -social curve theory -working alone can -group work
-social interaction be frustrating, people -group projects
theory plays a critical work better in groups
role in students
learning