I've already joined both EdX and Coursera for 2013 spring Courses to see the implementation process and how the changes will take place in time. Hoping to use my findings in the future.
Hi my group, This is our group table, I tried to complete it and wrote something on it and we should complete until this Monday(31th december). See you
Hocam, I tried to complete the table as you know there can be some defficiencies. So I beg your pardon. Thanks for your effort during the semester for us.. For me, this course is the unique one during my grad life and the most enjoyfull. Thanks for everthing.
This was Evrim Hoca's advice for us in our last face-to-face course. Have fun!
"The resulting 'theory-practice gap' means that-I would argue-educational theory has been largely ineffectual in improving educational practice. Major 'reform' movements are frequently grounded in ideology rather than in educational research, at least partly because research is not seen as influential on practice."
According to Thorndike, learning occurs via the association between the sensations and the impulse (action). As for checking his theory, he created puzzle boxes for the animals that he used for his experiments. He put the animals into the boxes and measured the time they spent for learning to open the door. He discovered that animals do not have enough ability to figure out the results of their actions. They find the solution with trial and error process and mostly by chance. After finding the solution (that is the solution that leads to the correct impulse, namely escaping the door), the time for operating the correct response to a specific situation decreases. However, when the reinforcement is removed (in this experiment, escaping the door is prevented), then the corresponding sensation (attempt to pull down the lever) disappears (This event can remind us the term "extinction" used by Pavlov in his classical conditioning theory). After introducing the reinforcement again, sensation reoccurs but the animal needs time to make the escaping operation more quickly again as he learnt before removing the stimuli.
Thanks for that video. It has been a great experience for me to see what I learned before theoretically. Now, I feel that I understand the experiment better. Such videos are very effective in enhancing learning.