Providing for Learning There is currently a renewed interest in language learning. As always‚ political and economic concerns play a major role in the nation ’s perception of the value of learning a second language (Met and Galloway‚ 1992). Furthermore‚ there is now a growing awareness of the role that multilingual individuals can play in an increasingly diverse society‚ and there is also a greater understanding of the academic and cognitive benefits that may accrue from learning other languages
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Types of Learning 1. Non-associative learning - refers to "a relatively permanent change in the strength of response to a single stimulus due to repeated exposure to that stimulus. Changes due to such factors as sensory adaptation‚ fatigue‚ or injury do not qualify as non-associative learning." Non-associative learning can be divided into habituation and sensitization. ++ Habituation ++ -is a decrease in behavioral responsiveness that occurs when a stimulus is repeated frequently
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The attributes of the learners and how they can help the learners to be successful in an online learning environment Education of children is compulsory‚ formal and standardized. Adult learning is voluntary and intentional. The purpose of adult education is the independent self-directed learner. Adults tend to resist a learning process which is incongruent with their self-concept as autonomous individuals and does not correspond to their needs and interests. Adults focus on direct application
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PRINCIPLES OF LEARNING 1. The main points are : Kolb proposed the process of experiential learning composed on by ‘four adaptive learning modes’ which are : * Reflective observation * Abstract conceptualization * Concrete experience * Active experimentation As per Kolb learning is defined as “the process whereby knowledge is created through transformation of experience”. This implies that the educators should use the learner’s personal beliefs and theories in a learning situation
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................................................................................................. ..................................................................................................................................... This booklet has to be submitted during the course and at the end of the course for assessment purposes. Revised May 2007 ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF CANDIDATES‚ CENTRES AND CAMBRIDGE ESOL Candidates • • • • • • • to attend and participate in the course
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1. Domains of learning Bloom’s taxonomy (cited in Petty 1998) provides the basis for classifying learning into domains and thus highlights learning outcomes should be hierarchical and concerned with different forms of learning. The cognitive domain is concerned with knowledge and knowing‚ the psychomotor domain is concerned with physical skills and the affective domain concerns itself with attention‚ awareness‚ moral‚ aesthetic and other attitudes opinions or values. Reece and Walker (2009)
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Learning curve in psychology and economics The first person to describe the learning curve was Hermann Ebbinghaus in 1885. He found that the time required to memorize a nonsense word increased sharply as the number of syllables increased.[1] Psychologist‚ Arthur Bills gave a more detailed description of learning curves in 1934. He also discussed the properties of different types of learning curves‚ such as negative acceleration‚ positive acceleration‚ plateaus‚ and ogive curves.[2] In 1936‚ Theodore
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Concept of Learning The concept of learning is having an understanding of how humans think. Having an understanding of how individuals think and learn‚ one will have a better understanding of the mental processes of the brain. This paper will review the concept of learning and distinguish between learning and performance. This paper will also compare and contrast the conceptual approaches to the study of learning. Defining the Concept of Learning The concept of learning can be defined as a change
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The concept of learning can be defined as the changing of knowledge‚ skills and behaviors of one person‚ which due to different experiences. As this reason‚ different people may have different understanding about the concept of learning. In my point of view‚ the learning is a continuous process‚ which could help people to acquire new knowledge and skills through understanding. It also provides the different views of thinking and understanding‚ in order to change as a person from inside to outside
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Learning Styles and Academic Performance/Grade Achievement A number of studies have been designed in order to assess the relationship between learning styles of students and their academic performance. Different measures have been used in different studies. Some have used specialized tests related to the particular field‚ while some have used Multiple Choice Theory (MCT)‚ Multiple Choice Quantitative‚ Open Ended Theory (OET)‚ and Open Ended Quantitative‚ etc. A study was conducted by Lynch
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