Task B: The Learning Process

Question 1

What are the Types of Learning Theory?

Answer 1

BICC
Behavioral
Information Processing Theory
Cognitive
Constructivism

Question 2

Insight

Answer 2

Involve grouping perceptions into a meaningful whole.

Question 3

Steps to Acquiring Knowledge

Answer 3

MUC
Memorization
Understanding
Concept Learning (Application)

Question 4

Laws of Learning

Answer 4

REEPIR
Readiness
Effect
Exercise
Primacy
Intensity
Recency

Question 5

Laws of Learning - Readiness

Answer 5

The basic needs of the learner need to be satisfied before he or she is ready or capable of learning. Student has to want to learn.

Question 6

Laws of Learning - Effect

Answer 6

Behaviors that lead to satisfying outcomes are likely to be repeated whereas behaviors that lead to undesired outcomes are less likely to recur.

Question 7

Laws of Learning - Exercise

Answer 7

Connections are strengthened with practice and weakened when practice is discontinued, which reflects the adage “use it or lose it.”

Question 8

Laws of Learning - Primacy

Answer 8

First learned is best learned.

Question 9

Laws of Learning - Intensity

Answer 9

Immediate, exciting, or dramatic learning connected to a real situation teaches a learner more than a routine or boring experience.

Question 10

Laws of Learning - Recency

Answer 10

Things most recently learned are best remembered

Question 11

Domains of Learning

Answer 11

CAP
Cognitive (Thinking)
Affective (Feeling)
Psychomotor (Doing)

Question 12

What are the Domains of Cognitive Learning?

Answer 12

RUAC
Rote
Understanding
Application
Correlation

Question 13

Domains of Cognitive Learning - Rote

Answer 13

Ability to repeat something which one has been taught, without understanding or being able to apply what has been learned.

Question 14

Domains of Cognitive Learning - Understanding

Answer 14

To comprehend or grasp the nature or meaning of something.

Question 15

Domains of Cognitive Learning - Application

Answer 15

The act of putting something to use that has been learned or understood

Question 16

Domains of Cognitive Learning - Correlation

Answer 16

Associating what has been learned, understood, and applied with previous or subsequent learning.

Question 17

Domains of Learning - Affective Domain

Answer 17

The affective domain addresses a learner’s emotions toward the educational experience.

ARVOI
Awareness
Response
Value
Organization
Integration

Question 18

Domains of Learning - Psychomotor Domain

Answer 18

OIPH
Observation
Imitation
Practice
Habit

Question 19

Characteristics of Learning

Answer 19

PEAM
Purposeful - Learning is purposeful
Experience - Learning is a result of experience
Active Process - Learning is an active process
Multifaceted - Learning is multifaceted

Question 20

What are the Acquiring Skills Stages?

Answer 20

Cognitive Stage - Learn Facts
Associative Stage - Practice
Automatic Response Stage - A Result of Practice

Question 21

Types of Practice

Answer 21

DBR
Deliberate - Practice aimed at a particular goal
Blocked - Practicing the same drill until the movement becomes automatic.
Random - mixes up the skills to be acquired throughout the practice session. This type of practice leads to better retention.

Question 22

What is Deliberate Practice?

Answer 22

Practice aimed at a particular goal.

Question 23

What is Blocked Practice?

Answer 23

Practicing the same drill until the movement becomes automatic.

Question 24

What Makes a Good Scenario?

Answer 24

HIC
Has a clear set of objectives
Is tailored to the needs of the learner
Capitalizes on the nuances of the local environment

Question 25

Kinds of Errors - Slips

Answer 25

A slip occurs when a person plans to do one thing, but then inadvertently does something else. Slips are errors of action.

Question 26

Kinds of Errors - Mistake

Answer 26

A mistake occurs when a person plans to do the wrong thing and is successful. Mistakes are errors of thought.

Question 27

Reducing Errors - How do we reduce errors?

Answer 27

DR CULT
Developing Routines
Raising Awareness
Checking for Errors
Using Reminders
Learning and Practicing
Taking Time

Question 28

What are the 3 Types of Memory

Answer 28

SSL
Sensory Memory
Short-term Memory
Long-term Memory

Question 29

Examples of Forgetting

Answer 29

RIFRS
Retrieval Failure
Interference
Fading
Repression or Suppression

Question 30

Retention of Learning

Answer 30

MR LAMP
Meaningful
Recall
Learning with all senses (most effective)
Attitudes
Mnemonics
Praise

Question 31

What is Random Practice?

Answer 31

Practice that mixes up the skills to be acquired throughout the practice session. This type of practice leads to better retention.