Adult Learning Flashcards
Who is Dr. Benjamin Bloom?
Educational expert who published his “Taxonomy of Learning Domains.” Taxonomy meaning a classification or structure and Domain simply meaning a category.
Bloom, identified three categories of learning. We refer to these as KAS or:
Cognitive (Knowledge),
Affective (Attitude), and
Psychomotor (Skills)
What are the six categories of the cognitive process?
- Knowledge/recall,
- Comprehension,
- Application,
- Analysis,
- Synthesis, and
- Evaluation
__________ refers to how people deal with things emotionally, such as feelings, motivation, and enthusiasm.
Affective (Attitude)
_______________ involves the development of intellectual skills. This domain is about developing a conscious competence.
Cognitive (Knowledge)
___________________ refers to physical movement, coordination, and the use of motor skills to accomplish a task.
Psychomotor (Skills)
What are the five categories of the psychomotor process?
- Imitation,
- Manipulation,
- Precision,
- Articulation, and
- Naturalization.
What are the five categories of the Affective Process?
- Receiving,
- Responding,
- Valuing,
- Organization,
- Characterization.
What are the four types of learning styles (VARK)?
1.Visual,
2. Aural/Auditory,
3. Reading/Writing, and
4. Kinesthetic
___________ learners prefer the use of images to understand information (learn best seeing displays, charts, diagrams, illustration, handouts and videos).
Visual
________ learners prefer listening and speaking in situations such as lectures and group discussions (utilize repetition as a study technique).
Aural/Auditory
_____________ learners learn best through words. They enjoy reading and writing, taking copious notes during class, and will organize diagrams and charts into statements.
Reading/Writing
__________ learners understand information best by practicing through hands on experience.
Kinesthetic
What are the laws of learning?
- Law of Readiness
- Law of Exercise
- Law of Effect
- Law of Association
- Law of Recency
- Law of Intensity
- Law of Primacy
The law of _________ means a person can learn when physically and mentally adjusted (ready) to receive stimuli (Instruction).
Law of READINESS
The law of ________ stresses the idea that repetition is basic to the development of adequate responses.
Law of EXERCISE
The law of __________ involves the emotional reaction of the learner (feeling of satisfaction, pleasantness, or reward).
Law of EFFECT
The law of ______ means that it is easier to learn by relating new information to similar information from past experiences.
Law of ASSOCIATION
The law of ______ means that things most recently learned are best remembered (reviews, warm-ups, and make-up exercises).
Law of RECENCY
The law of _______________ says that the more realistic the training, the greater the probability of learning or improved job performance.
Law of INTENSITY
The law of ________ states that what is learned first creates a strong impression (opposite of recency).
Law of PRIMACY
What are the principles of adult learning?
- Start at the level of students’ understanding,
- Emphasize and Support teaching points,
- Create & maintain student interest,
- Provide for a sense of success,
- Provide meaningful participation,
- Reinforce Learning
Five factors an instructor must be aware of when training apprehensive adults are:
- Mandated or directed to attend
- Poor Performance = Embarrassment
- Supervisors or co-workers present,
- Resistant to change, and
- Economic Livelihood.
What are the student factors that influence the adult learning process?
- Attitude
- Experience
- Knowledge
- Education
- Personality
- Physical Condition
Explain the instructor factors which influence the teaching process:
- Attitude
- Experience
- Knowledge
- Education
- Physical Condition
What are the six underlying principles of instructor/student contact?
- Be Patient,
- Don’t Bluff,
- Don’t talk over their heads,
- Don’t use profanity/obscenity,
- Don’t use sarcasm/ridicule, and
- Don’t talk down to the class.
