principles into four areas: • cognitive and metacognitive, • motivational and affective, • developmental and social, and • individual difference factors that influence learners and learning Cognitive and Meta cognitive Factor Cognitive and Meta cognitive Factors • Nature of the learning process. • Strategic thinking The learning of complex subject matter is The successful learner can create and most effective when it is an intentional use a repertoire of thinking and process of constructing meaning from reasoning strategies to achieve complex information and experience. learning goals.
• Goals of the learning process. • Thinking about thinking.
The successful learner, over time and with Higher-order strategies for selecting and support and instructional guidance, can monitoring mental operations facilitate create meaningful, coherent representations creative and critical thinking. of knowledge. • Context of learning • Construction of knowledge Learning is influenced by environmental The successful learner can link new factors, including culture, technology, information with existing knowledge in and instructional practices. meaningful ways. Motivation al and Affective Factor Motivational and Affective • Motivational and emotional influences on learning. Factors What and how much is learned is influenced by the learner’s motivation. Motivation to learn, in turn, is influenced by the individual’s emotional states, beliefs, interests and goals, and habits of thinking.
• Intrinsic motivation to learn.
The learner’s creativity, higher-order thinking, and natural curiosity all contribute to motivation to learn. Intrinsic motivation is stimulated by tasks of optimal novelty and difficulty, relevant to personal interests, and providing for personal choice and control.
• Effects of motivation on effort.
Acquisition of complex knowledge and skills requires extended learner effort and guided practice. Without learners’ motivation to learn, the willingness to exert this effort is unlikely without coercion. Developmental Influences on Learning Factor Developmental and Social Factor • Developmental influences on learning. As individuals develop, there are different opportunities and constraints for learning. Learning is most effective when differential development within and across physical, intellectual, emotional, and social domains is taken into account.
• Social influences on learning.
Learning is influenced by social interactions, interpersonal relations, and communication with others. Individual Differences Factor Individual Differences Factor • Individual • Standards and differences in assessment. • Learning and learning Setting appropriately diversity Learners have high and challenging Learning is most different strategies, standards and assessing effective when approaches, and the learner as well as differences in capabilities for learning progress— learners’ linguistic, learning that aren't a including diagnostic, cultural, and social function of prior process, and outcome backgrounds are experience and assessment—are integral taken into account. heredity. parts of the learning process. Physical Development a) brain development b) physical growth c) Motor skills development d) Puberty Thank you www.LCP.com