Behaviorism, Cognitivism, Constructivism: Comparing Critical Features From an Instructional Design Perspective
- 23 August 2013
- journal article
- research article
- Published by International Society for Performance Improvement in Performance Improvement Quarterly
- Vol. 26 (2), 43-71
- https://doi.org/10.1002/piq.21143
Abstract
The way we define learning and what we believe about the way learning occurs has important implications for situations in which we want to facilitate changes in what people know and/or do. Learning theories provide instructional designers with verified instructional strategies and techniques for facilitating learning as well as a foundation for intelligent strategy selection. Yet many designers are operating under the constraints of a limited theoretical background. This paper is an attempt to familiarize designers with three relevant positions on learning (behavioral, cognitive, and constructivist) which provide structured foundations for planning and conducting instructional design activities. Each learning perspective is discussed in terms of its specific interpretation of the learning process and the resulting implications for instructional designers and educational practitioners. The information presented here provides the reader with a comparison of these three different viewpoints and illustrates how these differences might be translated into practical applications in instructional situations.This publication has 11 references indexed in Scilit:
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