How People Learn

Question 1

What is Learning?

Answer 1

Learning is a relatively permanent change in behaviour brought about by an experience

Question 2

What are the three types of learners?

Answer 2

Surface Learner - Simply ‘scrape the surface’ of the material being used, without carrying out any deep processing of the material.

Deep Learners - Make a serious attempt to turn others ideas into their personalised knowledge.

Strategic Learners - Consciously set out to achieve the highest possible grades.

Question 3

What are two different learning strategies?

Answer 3

Serialist Strategy - Information neat and logical, bit by bit. Fits tightly together and don’t like uncertainty.

Holist Strategy - People who tend to have the wider picture in mind. Like anecdotes and random bits of information confident that it will all fit together. Happy with uncertainty.

Question 4

What is the order of Blooms Cognitive Taxonomy?

Answer 4

Knowledge
Understanding
Application
Analysis
Synthesis
Evaluation