Variables That Affect How Students Learn Flashcards
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Variables that affect student learning
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- Learning style
- Gender
- Culture
- Motivation
- Socioeconomic status
- Prior knowledge and experiences
- Self-concept and self-esteem
- Cognitive development
- Maturity
- Language development and acquisition
- Physical issues
- Exceptionality
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Learning Styles
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- Auditory - learners process information through listening (lectures, discussions, read aloud)
- Kinesthetic (tactile) - learners process information through moving, touching, and doing (acting out scenes, manipulatives)
- Visual - learners process information through seeing. (displays, films, graphic organizers, bulletin boards, handouts)
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Gender
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- Become aware of gender differences at 3-6 yrs
- Males read less for pleasure than females do
- Males have more difficulty with handwriting, reading, and stuttering
- Males are more likely to engage in argumentation
- Males have strength in visual-spatial reasoning
- Females have stronger verbal skills
- Females tell, males show
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Motivation
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Enhance student motivation by:
- Arranging the classroom to minimize disruptions and maximize student attention
- Communicate respect, acceptance, and caring
- Giving students choices
- Establish and enforce rules that are clear and meaningful
- Organize for smooth transitions
- Engage students in meaningful, authentic, and productive work
- Highlight students’ strengths
- Provide meaningful feedback
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Socioeconomic status
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- Children from low-SES homes develop academic skills more slowly than higher-SES students
- Low-SES have lower pre-academic skills
- Low-SES schools are under-resourced which negatively affects students’ progress
- Low-SES students have fewer resources to help their academic achievement (materials, someone to help with homework or to read to them)
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Physical issues
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Vision, hearing, and mobility problems
Asthma, seizures, allergies
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Culture
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-Children who are not from the dominant culture may have trouble adjusting to or understanding the implicit rules that will gain them access and power in the educational setting
