The Learning Process

Question 0

Characteristics of learning

Answer 0

PRAM

Learning is Purposeful
Learning is a Result of Experience
Learning is an Active Process
Learning is Multifaceted

Question 1

Learning is…

Answer 1

A change in behaviour as a result of experience

Question 2

The Principals of learning

Answer 2

REEPIR

Readiness
Exercise
Effect
Primacy
Intensity
Recency

Question 3

All learning involves

Answer 3

PIM

Perception
Insight
Motivation

Question 4

Levels of learning

Answer 4

RUAC

Rote
Understanding
Application
Correlation

Question 5

Principles leaning a skill

Answer 5

Physical skills involve more than muscles
Desire to learn
Patterns to follow
Perform the skill
Knowledge of results
Progress follows a pattern
Duration and organisation of a lesson
Evaluation vs critique
Application of a skill

Question 6

Theories of forgetting

Answer 6

FIR

Fading/disuse
Interference
Repression

Question 7

How to retain learning

Answer 7

ASPAR

Attitude
Senses
Praise
Association 
Repetition

Question 8

Transfer of learning

Answer 8

The ability to apply knowledge learned in one context to new contexts

Positive - learned before and applies to new skill
Negative - learned before and inhibits new skill eg airplane pilots pushing forward when hearing warning horn

Question 9

How does habit forming affect the learning process

Answer 9

PRIMACY

Correct habit forming in the beginning is essential as good habits will make learning easier but bad habits are harder to break