Learning Theories Flashcards
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The principle of 'spaced practice' in learning theory suggests that outdoor educators should:
Answer: Schedule review sessions distributed over time rather than in one block
Spaced practice (the spacing effect) improves long-term retention by distributing learning over multiple sessions separated by intervals.
A CORE instructor uses a pre-test, then teaches a unit, then administers a post-test. Which learning model does this follow?
Answer: Mastery learning / the learning cycle
Mastery learning uses assessment-instruction-reassessment cycles to ensure each learner achieves competency before moving forward.
Which concept describes a student's tendency to apply a fishing knot learned in a hunter education course to a new camping task without being told to do so?
Answer: Positive transfer
Positive transfer occurs when prior learning facilitates performance on a new, related task.
In experiential learning theory (Kolb), after 'concrete experience,' the next stage a learner moves through is:
Answer: Reflective observation
Kolb's cycle progresses from concrete experience → reflective observation → abstract conceptualization → active experimentation.
An outdoor educator rewards students with praise only after they have correctly demonstrated safe archery form multiple times in a row. This is an example of:
Answer: Fixed ratio schedule of reinforcement
A fixed ratio schedule delivers reinforcement after a set number of correct responses.
Which term describes the process where a student forgets safety procedures they learned in a CORE course because they have since learned conflicting procedures from a different course?
Answer: Retroactive interference
Retroactive interference occurs when new learning disrupts the recall of previously learned material.
A conservation educator asks students to journal about their emotional reactions after observing habitat destruction. This activity primarily supports which domain of Bloom's Taxonomy?
Answer: Affective
The affective domain addresses attitudes, values, and emotional responses, which are central to conservation education.