1. The first and most obvious aspect of this class that I will take away with me is the fact that there are five distinct theories of learning: behaviorism, social cognitive, cognitive, constructivism, and cognitive-constructivism. The knowledge of these various learning theories will benefit me in the future, not only when I am in charge of my own class and my own students' learning, but also when I am interacting with colleagues who may have a different outlook and learning theory from me.
2. My second take-away is related to the first: my personal learning theory is in line with constructivism, in that I believe individuals learn by constructing their own knowledge base through the development of concepts, schemas, scripts, theories, and, if need be, conceptual change.
3. Finally, I now realize the importance of creating a comfortable, low-risk learning environment for my students. By creating such a low-risk environment, I can decrease the likelihood that my students will experience debilitating anxiety and increase the likelihood that they will be motivated to participate in my classroom, a motivation any good classroom needs since motivation "affects cognitive processes, such as what learners pay attention to and how much they think about and elaborate on it" (Ormrod, 2011, p. 362).
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