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Learning Theories
Technology in Directed and Constructivists Instruction

In this section, I recognized most of the material because I have taken General Psychology. I knew about negative reinforcement, positive reinforcement and punishment. I learned that a good teacher should use both directed and constructivist instruction in the classroom because, although they both have their flaws, when combined it is very effective. Directed is a more hands off approach while the Constructivist is more group and student involved. Combining them will teach students how to work together, be creative, work individually and also it will allow teachers to individually examine each students progress.

I personally enjoy the constructivist side because I believe it is a more hands on method, and I believe the students will be more willing to learn. However, I do realize that with this method alone it will be more difficult to figure out which students fully comprehend the materialand which students are falling behind. I also enjoy the constructivist method because it forces the students to think for themselves rather than just being given the answers from their teacher.

Multiple Intelligences

I really enjoyed reading about the different types of intelligence because I only believed there to be three or four types. I was shocked to see that there are seven. I only believed that there was spatial, mathematical and verbal. I believe that people maybe comprised of two or more types of the seven intelligences and not just one. I think its very important that a teacher or any type of educator know the different types of inteligences so that they can incorporate different types of learning skills into the classroom. The curriculum should include cooperative, visual, musical, verbal and mathematical learning so that way all the students will be able to learn the material and do well.