Glossary
Searchable terminology from accessibility, web standards, and related fields.
6 results found in learning theory.
- Bloom's Taxonomy
- A hierarchical framework originally proposed by Benjamin Bloom in 1956 and later revised, classifying educational learning objectives into levels of cognitive complexity: remembering, understanding, a…
- Cognitive Theory of Multimedia Learning (CTML, multimedia learning theory)
- A theory developed by Richard E. Mayer proposing that people learn more effectively from words and pictures together than from words alone, because the brain processes visual and auditory information …
- Constructionism (Constructionist Learning)
- A learning theory developed by Seymour Papert proposing that people learn most effectively when actively constructing artifacts that are personally meaningful. In accessibility and therapeutic context…
- Flow Theory (Flow State, Flow)
- A psychological theory proposed by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi describing the state of deep immersion and intrinsic enjoyment that occurs when a person is fully engaged in an activity whose challenge leve…
- Sociocultural Learning Theory (Sociocultural Theory, Vygotsky's Sociocultural Theory)
- A theory of learning developed by Lev Vygotsky that argues cognitive development and knowledge acquisition are fundamentally social, mediated by language, culture, and interaction with more knowledgea…
- Zeigarnik Effect
- A psychological phenomenon identified by Bluma Zeigarnik in 1927 describing the tendency for people to remember interrupted or incomplete tasks better than completed ones. The effect explains why part…