Process of learning
- 2. LEARNING Defined as a change in an individual’s behavior caused by experience or self activity. Can be intentional or unintentional.
- 3. PROCESS a continuous action, operation, or series of changes taking place in a definite manner.
- 5. LAWS OF LEARNING • Readiness The basic needs of the learner must be satisfied before he or she is ready or capable of learning. The instructor can do little to motivate the learner if these needs have not been met. This means the learner must want to learn the task being presented and must possess the requisite knowledge and skill. • Effect All learning involves the formation of connections and connections are strengthened or weakened according to the law of effect. Responses to a situation that are followed by satisfaction are strengthened; responses followed by discomfort are weakened, either strengthening or weakening the connection of learning.
- 6. • Exercise Connections are strengthened with practice and weakened when practice is discontinued, which reflects the adage “use it or lose it.” The learner needs to practice what has been learned in order to understand and remember the learning. • Intensity Immediate, exciting, or dramatic learning connected to a real situation teaches a learner more than a routine or boring experience. • Recency The principle of recency states that things most recently learned are best remembered. Conversely, the further a learner is removed in time from a new fact or understanding, the more difficult it is to remember.
- 7. Rote The ability to repeat something back which was learned, but not understood. Understanding To comprehend or grasp the nature or meaning of something. Application The act of putting something to use that has been learned and understood. Correlation Associating what has been learned, understood, and applied with previous or subsequent learning.