Ability to learn
The document discusses factors that can aid or hinder learning, which it classifies into three groups: 1) attributes of the learner like intelligence, age, arousal, anxiety, and prior learning, 2) methods of learning, and 3) the material being learned. It notes that intelligence cannot be improved but new skills can be learned, and that anyone who stops learning is old regardless of age. Arousal and anxiety relate to stress and motivation. Rote learning provides minimal transfer of learning while conceptual understanding is key. Various methodologies, tools and techniques can help improve learning, and interest in the material also impacts learning. The document concludes that the ability to learn can be improved at any age by focusing on learning from books
Ability to learn
- 1. ABILITY TO LEARN Factors which aid or hinder learning can be classified into 3 groups- 1. Learner-intelligence,age,arousal & anxiety, transfer from previous learning. 2. Methods of learning 3. Material to be learnt.
- 2. ABILITY TO LEARN Learner-Intelligence Cannot be improved but new skils can be learned to learn better.
- 3. ABILITY TO LEARN Age Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. ~Henry Ford It is more about the attitude to learn
- 4. ABILITY TO LEARN Arousal & Anxiety This is about Stress and Motivation
- 5. ABILITY TO LEARN Transfer from previous learning This is minimum with rote learning conceptual understanding is the key
- 6. ABILITY TO LEARN Methods of learning These are various methodologies, tools and techniques to help learn better
- 7. ABILITY TO LEARN Material to be learnt Whether the material is of interest or not
- 8. ABILITY TO LEARN We can work with improving the ability to learn irrespective of age We work with two aspects of learning 1. Learning from books 2. Learning from experiences
- 9. ABILITY TO LEARN For more details feel free to contact us mithileshchudgar@gmail.com
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