C: Intellectual Barriers to Learning

Question 1

INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENTAL CHARACTERISTICS (5)

Answer 1

1. Cognitive
2. Language
3. Perceptual
4. Motor
5. Affective

Question 2

INTELLECTUAL LEARNING CHARACTERISTICS (5)

Answer 2

1. Motivation
2. Attention
3. Conceptualisation
4. Memory
5. Transfer

Question 3

COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT (4)

Answer 3

1. Slower development
2. Below normal level of intelligence
3. Lack specific cognitive abilities
4. Not able to achieve goals like other learners

Question 4

LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT (4)

Answer 4

1. Limited vocabulary & lack variety
2. Limited knowledge of sentence structure
3. Can’t understand more complex language
4. Speaking problems

Question 5

PERCEPTUAL DEVELOPMENT (4)

Answer 5

1. Don’t perceive things very accurately
2. See things superficially
3. Can’t easily see differences between things
4. Learn better by seeing than hearing

Question 6

MOTOR DEVELOPMENT (3)

Answer 6

1. Development is slow
2. Clumsy
3. Difficulty in developing fine motor skills

Question 7

AFFECTIVE DEVELOPMENT (4)

Answer 7

1. Constantly failing
2. Anxiety & tension
3. Lack confidence
4. Depend on others

Question 8

MOTIVATION (3)

Answer 8

1. Lack intrinsic motivation
2. Failed so many times
3. Give up

Question 9

ATTENTION (3)

Answer 9

1. Take longer to engage
2. Easily distracted
3. Short attention spans

Question 10

CONCEPTUALISATION (3)

Answer 10

1. Perceptual & Cognitive barriers prevent them from being able to conceptualise
2. More concrete
3. Don’t understand abstract concepts

Question 11

MEMORY (3)

Answer 11

1. Not good at remembering things
2. Can only remember a little information
3. Need information to be repeated more than once

Question 12

TRANSFER (1)

Answer 12

1. Find it difficult to apply information learned to different situations

Question 13

SUPPORTING LEARNERS WITH INTELLECTUAL BARRIERS (5)

Answer 13

1. Adapt curriculum to accommodate learners with barriers
2. Ensure that learners can meet goals & achieve success
3. Extrinsically motivate learners
4. Improve learners’ ability to remember information by ensuring they understand what they are learning, asking them concept check questions & repeating activities & explanations
5. Encourage the learners to become self-confident by making them aware that their efforts are important & contribute to the class