The common about all the following theories is the “Authentic Learning Tasks” that can be resumed by same principles:

(Merril 2001) LEARNING is promoted when…

(a) … learners are engaged in solving real-world problems.

(b) … existing knowledge is activated as a foundation for new knowledge.

(c) … new knowledge is demonstrated to the learner.

(d) … new knowledge is applied by the learner.

(e) … new knowledge is integrated into the learner’s world.

Source: Merrill, M.. (2001). First Principles of Instruction. Educational Technology Research and Development. 50. 10.1007/BF02505024.

 

THEORIES

4-Mat, 1996, McCarthy;

4MAT Overview

 

Cognitive Apprenticeship, 1989, Collins, Brown, Newman;

Cognitive Apprenticeship (Collins, Brown, Newman)

 

Collaborative Problem Solving, 1999, Nelson;

https://web.cortland.edu/frieda/id/IDtheories/34.html

 

Construtivism and construtivist learning environments, 1999, Jonassen;

https://web.cortland.edu/frieda/id/IDtheories/33.html

 

Instructional Episodes, 1997, Andre;

Article Summary: Andre (1997) Microinstructional Methods to Facilitate Knowledge Construction

 

Learning by Doing, 1999, Schank, Berman, MacPerson;

Learning By Doing

 

Multiple Approaches to Understanding, 1999, Gardner;

https://web.cortland.edu/frieda/id/IDtheories/19.html

 

Star Legacy, 1999, VanderBilt Learning Technology Group;

page 8, https://ocw.metu.edu.tr/pluginfile.php/9336/mod_resource/content/1/firstprinciplesbymerrill.pdf

Four-component Instructional Design model, 1997, Merriënboer;

http://web.mit.edu/xtalks/TenStepsToComplexLearning-Kirschner-VanMerrienboer.pdf

Source: Ten Steps to Complex Learning, Merriënboer; Kirschner, 2007;

More:

https://web.cortland.edu/frieda/id/IDdatabase.html

https://edtechbooks.org/pdfs/print/lidtfoundations/_lidtfoundations.pdf