Learner-Centered Psychological Principles

Question 1

Who and when was the Learner-Centered Psychological Principles published?

Answer 1

In 1990 by the American Psychological Association

Question 2

Why is it called the Learner-Centered Psychological Principles?

Answer 2

The principles and theories in education are intergration to the principles and theories in psychology when it comes to understanding the nature of the learning process.

Question 3

What are the 4 factors in learner-centered psychological principles?

Answer 3

• Cognitive and Metacognitive factors
• Motivational and Affective factors
• Developmental and Social factors
• Individuals Differences factos

Question 4

The learning of complex subject matter is most effective when it is an intentional process of constructing meaning from information and experience.

Answer 4

Nature of the learning process

Question 5

4 TYPES OF LEARNING

Planned to learn something but learned something more than what you planned.

Answer 5

Incidental learning

Question 6

4 TYPES OF LEARNING

There was no plan to learn but you still learned something unprecendentedly.

Answer 6

Accidental learning

Question 7

4 TYPES OF LEARNING

You know about something but you cannot remember when, where, and how you learned about it.

Answer 7

Peripheral learning

Question 8

4 TYPES OF LEARNING

You planned to learn. There is a structured plan to learn.

Answer 8

Intentional learning

Question 9

The successful learner, over time and with support and instructional guidance, can create meaningful, coherent representations of knowledge.

Answer 9

Goals of the learning process

Question 10

The successful learner can link new information with existing knowledge in meaningful ways.

Answer 10

Construction of knowledge

Question 11

The successful learner can create and use a repertoire of thinking and reasoning strategies to achieve complex learning goals.

Answer 11

Strategic thinking (cognitive strategies)

Question 12

Higher-order strategies for selecting and monitoring mental operations facilitate creative and critical thinking. Knowledge about your ownself and your own capabilities.

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Thinking about thinking (metacognition)

Question 13

Learning is influenced by environmental factors, including culture, technology, and instructional practices.

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Context of learning

Question 14

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.

Answer 14

Motivational and emotional influences on learning

Question 15

The learner’s creativity, higher-order thinking, and natural curiosity all contribute to motivation to learn. This motivation is stimulated by tasks of optimal novelty and difficulty, relevant to personal interests, and providing for personal choice and control.

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Intrinsic motivation to learn

Instrinsic - from within

Question 16

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.

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Effects of motivation on effort

Question 17

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.

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Developmental influences of learning

Question 18

Learning is influenced by social interactions, interpersonal relations, and communication

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Social influences of learning

Question 19

Learners have different strategies, approaches, and capabilities for learning that are a function of prior experience and heredity.

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Individual differences of learning

Question 20

Learning is most effective when differences in learners’ linguistics, cultural, and social backgrounds are taken into account.

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Learning and diversity

Question 21

Setting appropriately high and challenging standards and assessing the learner as well as learning progress – including diagnostic, process, and outcome assessment – are integral parts of the learning process.

Answer 21

Standards and assessment