Maggie Smith’s Updates

  • Update 3: Social Constructivism & Discovery Learning

    Constructivism as a learning theory is a philosophy in education, which is meant to enhance logical and conceptual growth in students. This theory asserts that we gather knowledge and create meaning based upon the experiences we have. As such, A...More

  • Intelligence Testing and Cultural Bias

    I want to address the topic of intelligence testing as it related to cultural bias. It is very difficult to develop a test that measures innate intelligence without introducing some form of cultural bias The idea of "culture free" testing is a falla...More

  • Update 1

    Behaviourism is a school of throught attributed to B.F Skinner, John B. Watson and Edward Thorndike. They believed that observable behaviors were the only thing within the science of psychology that could be understood with any degree of certainty...More