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Researchers/Theorists

Anderson, John

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  • Lifespan: 1947 -
  • Learning Theory: Cognitivism
  • Known For: Adaptive Control of Thought—Rational (ACT-R)

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Atkinson, Richard

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  • Lifespan: -
  • Learning Theory: Constructivism

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Ausubel, David

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  • Lifespan: 1918 - 2008
  • Learning Theory: Cognitivism
Baddeley, Alan

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  • Lifespan: -
  • Learning Theory: Cognitivism

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Bandura, Albert

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  • Lifespan: 1925 -
  • Learning Theory: Cognitivism
  • Known For: Research on Self-efficacy
Barrows, Howard

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  • Lifespan: 1928 - 2011
  • Learning Theory: Constructivism
  • Known For: Problem-Based Learning
Bartlett, Sir Frederick

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  • Lifespan: 1886 - 1969
  • Learning Theory: Cognitivism
  • Known For: Memory schema

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Bloom, Benjamin

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  • Lifespan: 1913 - 1999
  • Learning Theory: Cognitivism
Bruner, Jerome

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  • Lifespan: 1915 -
  • Learning Theory: Cognitivism
  • Known For: Coined the term "scaffolding"

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Brünken, Roland

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  • Lifespan: -
  • Learning Theory: Cognitivism
Clark, Richard

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  • Lifespan: -
  • Learning Theory: Cognitivism
Clark, Ruth

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  • Lifespan: -
  • Learning Theory: Cognitivism
de Bono, Edward

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  • Lifespan: 1933 -
  • Learning Theory: Constructivism
de Groot, Adriaan

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  • Lifespan: 1914 - 2006
  • Learning Theory: Behaviorism
  • Known For: Studied chess players to determine the differences in knowledge between novice chess players and master chess players.

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Dewey, John

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  • Lifespan: 1859 - 1953
  • Learning Theory: Constructivism

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Dijkstra, Edsger

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  • Lifespan: -
  • Learning Theory: Behaviorism
Downes, Stephen

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  • Lifespan: -
  • Learning Theory: Connectionism

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Driscoll, Marcy

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  • Lifespan: -
  • Learning Theory: Behaviorism
Ebbinghaus, Hermann

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  • Lifespan: 1850 - 1909
  • Learning Theory: Behaviorism
  • Known For: The forgetting curve. The spacing effect.
Freire, Paulo

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  • Lifespan: 1921 - 1997
  • Learning Theory: Humanism
Freud, Sigmund

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  • Lifespan: 1856 - 1939
  • Learning Theory: Humanism
Gagné, Robert

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  • Lifespan: 1916 - 1939
  • Learning Theory: Behaviorism
  • Known For: Events of Instruction (1965), Conditions for Learning (1965)
Gardner, Howard

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  • Lifespan: 1943 -
  • Learning Theory: Constructivism
Herrnstein, Richard

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  • Lifespan: 1930 - 1994
  • Learning Theory: Behaviorism
  • Known For: Matching Law
Holyoak, Kieth

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  • Lifespan: -
  • Learning Theory: Behaviorism
Gee, James

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  • Lifespan: 1948 -
  • Learning Theory: Cognitivism

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Jonassen, David

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  • Lifespan: 1947 - 2012
  • Learning Theory: Constructivism

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Kahneman, Daniel

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  • Lifespan: 1934 -
  • Learning Theory: Behaviorism
  • Known For: Cognitive biases, behavioral economics, prospect theory
Keller, John

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  • Lifespan: 1938 -
  • Learning Theory: Cognitivism
  • Known For: ARCS Model

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Knowles, Malcolm

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  • Lifespan: 1913 - 1997
  • Learning Theory: Constructivism
Koffka, Kurt

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  • Lifespan: 1886 - 1941
  • Learning Theory: Cognitivism
Kolb, David

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  • Lifespan: 1939 -
  • Learning Theory: Constructivism
  • Known For: Learning Style Inventory (LSI)

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Maslow, Abraham

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  • Lifespan: 1908 - 1970
  • Learning Theory: Humanism
  • Known For: Articulator of a theory of human motivation based on a synthesis of holistic and dynamic principles.
Mayer, Richard

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  • Lifespan: -
  • Learning Theory: Cognitivism
  • Known For: Cognitive Theory of Multimedia Learning (CTML)

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Merrill, David

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  • Lifespan: 1938 -
  • Learning Theory: Cognitivism
  • Known For: TIC-CIT authoring system (1970s)l, Component Display Theory (CDT)(1980s), ID based on knowledge objects, First Principles of Instruction (2002) , Pebble-in-the-Pond Model (2002).

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Miller, George

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  • Lifespan: 1920 - 2012
  • Learning Theory: Cognitivism
Moore, Michel

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  • Lifespan: -
  • Learning Theory: Behaviorism

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Moreno, Roxana

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  • Lifespan: - 2010
  • Learning Theory: Cognitivism
Newell, Allen

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  • Lifespan: 1927 - 1992
  • Learning Theory: Cognitivism
  • Known For: The SOAR Cognitive Architecture, means-ends analysis, list processing, heuristics, General Problem Solver (GPS) developed with Herbert Simon.

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Paivio, Allan

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  • Lifespan: -
  • Learning Theory: Cognitivism
  • Known For: Dual Coding Theory
Pavlov, Ivan

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  • Lifespan: 1849 - 1936
  • Learning Theory: Behaviorism
Piaget, Jean

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  • Lifespan: 1896 - 1936
  • Learning Theory: Cognitivism
Plass, Jan

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  • Lifespan: -
  • Learning Theory: Cognitivism
  • Known For: Contributions to Cognitive Load theory.
Pólya, George

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  • Lifespan: 1887 - 1985
  • Learning Theory: Behaviorism
  • Known For: Heuristics and mathematics education
Reigeluth, Charles

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  • Lifespan: 1947 -
  • Learning Theory: Constructivism
  • Known For: Elaboration Theory
Richey, Rita

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  • Lifespan: -
  • Learning Theory: Cognitivism
Rogers, Carl

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  • Lifespan: 1902 - 1987
  • Learning Theory: Humanism
Rogers, Everett

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  • Lifespan: 1931 - 2004
  • Learning Theory: Humanism
  • Known For: Diffusion of Innovations
Schiffrin, Richard

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  • Lifespan: -
  • Learning Theory: Cognitivism

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Siemens, George

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  • Lifespan: -
  • Learning Theory: Connectionism
Simon, Herbert

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  • Lifespan: 1916 - 2001
  • Learning Theory: Cognitivism
  • Known For: Simon was among the founding fathers of several of today's important scientific domains, including artificial intelligence, information processing, decision-making, problem-solving, organization theory, complex systems, computer simulation of scientific discovery. He coined the terms bounded rationality and satisficing.

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Skinner, B.

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  • Lifespan: 1904 - 1990
  • Learning Theory: Behaviorism
  • Known For: Operant Conditioning, S-R-R (stimulus, response, reinforcement)
Sweller, John

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  • Lifespan: -
  • Learning Theory: Cognitivism
  • Known For: Cognitive Load Theory (CLT)
Thorndike, Edward

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  • Lifespan: 1874 - 1949
  • Learning Theory: Behaviorism
  • Known For: Stimulus-Response theories, Instrumental Conditioning (pre-cursor to Operant Conditioning), Cat in the box experiments.
Tolman, Edward

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  • Lifespan: 1886 - 1959
  • Learning Theory: Behaviorism
  • Known For: Rats in a maze used a "mental map" & had a purpose (cognitive processes)
van Merriënboer, Jeroen

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  • Lifespan: -
  • Learning Theory: Cognitivism
Vygotsky, Lev

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  • Lifespan: 1896 - 1934
  • Learning Theory: Cognitivism
  • Known For: Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD)
Watson, John

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  • Lifespan: 1878 - 1958
  • Learning Theory: Behaviorism
Wiley, David

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  • Lifespan: -
  • Learning Theory: Learning Objects
  • Known For: Open Education

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Yates, Frances

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  • Lifespan: 1899 - 1981
  • Learning Theory: Cognitivism
  • Known For: The art of memory.