Week 2: Learning and Motivation Flashcards
Ebbinghaus Forgetting Curve
The forgetting curve hypothesizes the decline of memory retention in time. This curve shows how information is lost over time when there is no attempt to retain it
How do you combat forgetting information?
Booster Events
What are some examples of Booster Events?
Flash cards, learning journals, recalling previous weeks learnings at beginning of class
Learning is the process of: (2)
1) Acquiring knowledge and skills
2)Change in individual behaviour as
a result of some experience
(formal or informal)
GAGNE’S LEARNING MODEL involves 5 learner outcomes, they are:
1. Verbal information (declarative knowledge) 2. Intellectual skills (procedural knowledge) 3. Cognitive strategies (how and when to use knowledge) 4. Motor skills (physical movements) 5. Attitudes (affective outcomes)
KURT KRAIGER’S LEARNING MODEL involves 3 types of learner outcomes, they are:
- Cognitive
- Skills-based
- Affective
The 4 Stages of Learning (Noel Burch) are:
1- Unconscious Incompetent
2 - Conscious Incompetent
3- Conscious Competent
4 - Unconscious Competent (Mastery)
‘I don’t know what that is and I dont know I need it” - an example of someone who is in what stage of learning
Unconscious Incompetent
“I know I need to learn X, but I haven’t started yet” - an example of someone who is in what stage of learning
Conscious Incompetent
“I can do this skill, but it takes a lot of mental energy and I have to think about everything step-by-step” - an example of someone who is in what stage of learning
Conscious Competent
“I’m so great at this skill, I don’t even have to think about it, I’m on autopilot” - an example of someone who is in what stage of learning
Unconscious Competent
People have different ways they gather, process and evaluate information - in other words they have different…
Learning Styles
Howard Gardner pioneered which Learning Style Theory
MI - Multiple Intelligences Theory
What are the 8 intelligences according to MI Theory
Musical, Kinesthetic, Interpersonal, Verbal / Linguistic, Logical - Mathematical, Naturalistic, Intrapersonal, Visual Spatial
Our general education systems places preference on which type of MI Theory Intelligence type?
Logical- Mathematical
What Factors make teaching Adults different than teaching Children?
Personality, Motivation, Roles, Openness to Change, Barriers to Change, Experience and Orientation to Learning
How does personality impact Learning in Adults vs. Children?
Adults are more independent and children are more dependent
How does motivation impact Learning in Adults vs. Children?
Adults are more motivated INTRINSICALLY, whereas children are motivated by extrinsic rewards