Each session of The Learning Classroom generally concentrates on a single learning theory and describes how it might be applied in a classroom. We all know that teaching is much more complicated than that, because learning theories overlap and work together. The Learning Challenges here will help you integrate the ideas presented across different sessions.

We have selected a series of scenes from the video programs that can be looked at through different "lenses" of learning theory. For each of the scenes, we have provided a number of "tools" to guide your learning:

1. Suggested writing assignments for reflecting on the scenarios and analyzing them in light of learning theories.
2. Sample forms in Word and PDF formats to help organize the task.
3. A sample of a completed writing assignment in PDF format from one of the scenarios.
4. Suggested rubrics in html and PDF formats to assess your own writings.

Select a scenario you want to explore by clicking on the image.
1. Cars, Mass, and Momentum
Learning Theories explored:	Development and Learning, Cognitive Processing, Multiple Intelligences, Emotions and Learning
2. The Five Senses
Learning Theories explored:	Cognitive Apprenticeship, Learning in a Social Context, Culture and Learning, Metacognition
3. Bridge Building
Learning Theories explored:	Learning and Transfer, Structure of the Disciplines, Motivation, Creating Schools That Support Learning
4. Just One Playground
Learning Theories explored:	Development and Learning, Emotions and Learning, Cognitive Apprenticeship, Creating Schools That Support Learning
5. Butterfly Garden
Learning Theories explored:	Learning in a Social Context, Cognitive Processing, Culture and Learning, Metacognition
6. Book Club
Learning Theories explored: Multiple Intelligences, Learning and Transfer, Structure of the Disciplines, Motivation