The Learning Process

Question 1

What are the characteristics of learning?

Answer 1

Learning is purposeful
Learning is multifaceted
Learning is an active process
Learning is the result of experience

Question 2

What are the principles of learning?

Answer 2

REEPIR

Readiness
Exercise
Effect
Primacy
Intensity
Recency

Question 3

What are the principles applied learning (teaching?) a skill?

Answer 3

DEAD 4 PK

Desire to learn
Evaluation vs Critique - critiques better in the beginning
Application of a skill - must use what you learn
Duration - length of time devoted to learning
Pattern - provide step by step instruction
Progress - plateaus are normal
Physical - involves more than muscle memory
Perform - build coordination
Knowledge - student must be aware of results

Question 4

What are the theories of forgetting?

Answer 4

RID

Repression
Interference
Disuse

Question 5

What are some ways to help a student remember?

Answer 5

ASPAR

Attitude
Senses
Praise
Association
Repetition

Question 6

What is transfer learning?

Answer 6

Transfer of knowledge from one skill to another
Positive: builds on previous skill, helpful
Negative: previous skill interferes

Question 7

What is important in the formation of habits?

Answer 7

Primacy! Formation of good habits in the beginning leads to proper application of skills in the future.

Question 8

What is learning?

Answer 8

Learning is a change of behavior as a result of experience.

Question 9

What are the levels of learning?

Answer 9

Rote
Understanding
Application
Correlation

Question 10

What does all learning involve?

Answer 10

Perception
Insights
Motivation