Cognitive Behavioral Theory

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Cognitive Behavioral Theory-Robert Gagne | | The Fundamental concern of instructional design is the creation of more effective learning environment for learners. In order to do this, instructional designers must consider the various learning styles and stages of development of the learners as they interact with course material and develop mature understanding of topics. Gagnes’s Instructional design theory “instructional design theories such as Gagnes’ theory, take the cognitivist paradigm one logical step further by claiming that instructional plan can generate both appropriate environmental stimuli and instructional interactions, and thereby bring about a change in the cognitive structures and operations of the learner (Streibel,1995) (pg.147). “Robert Gagne investigated the foundations of effective instruction which her referred to as the conditions of learning. According to Gagne (1988), the purpose of psychology is to observe conditions under which learning occurs and to describe them in objective terms. Thus, his conditions of learning are the various sets of observable circumstances that can be set up for learning to occur (Gagne&Dricscoll, 1998). Gagne also believed we could enhance learning by identifying and distinguishing the variety of capabilities. His theory has three major components: conditions of learning, learning outcomes and the nine events of instructions. In Gagne’s 1985 book, The Conditions of Learning, he distinguished eight different conditions of learning in which learner learn with the assumption that different capabilities requires different conditions. 1. Signal Learning- the Individual learners to make a general response to a signal similar to the classical conditioned response of Pavlov. 2. Stimulus- Response learning- The learner acquires a precise response to a discriminated stimulus. 3. Chaining-A chain of two

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