Why Students Learn Differently

Learning is such a complex thing and has so many different factors that contribute to the process. All students have different personalities and interests that contribute to differences in learning. Students learn differently because of different factors like motivation and behavior. A factor that can contribute to learning is a person’s physical and social support system. The better a support system a student has the more likely they will attend and participate in education. I believe that all students have a different IQ and that is a strong factor in their learning. An IQ test is a general measure of cognitive functioning. IQ stores are correlated with course grades, scores on achievement tests, years of education, job performance, lifetime income, health and longevity and is negatively correlated with crime. Intelligence has a heritable and environmental component. I also believe disabilities play huge roles in the ways students differ. Students with disabilities have trouble processing information effectively and some students have limited knowledge base. Students who have a disability or a learning disability are often out casted or not treated correctly and this can have a huge impact on them academically in a negative way.
A recommendation of teaching that benefits the way a student learns is space learning over time. A student is more likely to succeed if they learn in several small time periods instead of less longer time periods. A second recommendation to better learning for students is interleave worked example solutions with problem-solving exercises. Students alternate between reading and already worked solutions and then try to solve problems on their own. As time goes on, it is important to decrease the number of worked problems and increase the number of problems that the students needs to solve on their own. A third recommendation is combine graphics with verbal descriptions. Graphs and figures that illustrate key processes and procedures