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Knis-Matthews, 2021/Kean University April 11

Suggested guidelines to the teaching- learning process


Guidelines to the teaching- learning process

Characteristics of the person that influences learning:


1. The person needs to be motivated to learn.
2. It is more powerful for the person to identify what needs to be learned rather than
being told by other people.
3. Many factors influence a persons’ learning such as; age, gender, race, culture
and life experiences.
4. A person learns by being actively involved.
5. The person should understand what needs to be learned, why this is necessary,
and how specifically it will relate to their life situation.
6. Learning should begin at the person’s current level and proceed at a steady but
comfortable progression. The learning process cannot be rushed. The person will
be bored if the learning is too basic and overwhelmed if the learning is too
complicated.
7. Each person experiences some degree of stress during a new learning situation
and responds differently.
8. The organization of incoming information influences how a person learns and
applies that knowledge.
9. A person’s attention and perception influences learning.

Characteristics of the environment that influences learning:


1. Consider the specific location where the learning will take place.
2. Each time a person’s location changes, their stress level increases.
3. Reflect on all facets of a person’s environment (location, physical, temporal,
social, cultural and virtual).
4. Create a supportive learning environment that promotes inclusion and
collaboration for all.
5. Manipulate the physical environment to support the person’s ability to learn.
6. Generalizing learning to new environmental contexts is not a spontaneous
process, but needs to be facilitated, practiced and nurtured.

Considerations to promote learning during an intervention plan:


1. Set clear expectations and goals achieved in smaller sections.
2. Setting goals that are short term, specific, and moderately challenging
enhances motivation more than goals that are long term, general, and overly
challenging.
3. Start with small accomplishments of simplified information and then build it up
to complex information.
4. The first learning experiences should be positive and lay the foundation for
subsequent experiences.
5. Teach what the person needs to learn and can use in their everyday lives.
6. Present creative ideas to typical solutions.
7. Show interest in the person’s thoughts and opinions, even if it differs from
others.
8. Identify and utilize the person’s preferred learning style.
9. Utilize such techniques as trial and error, shaping, and modeling others.
10. Provide reinforcement and positive feedback throughout the learning process.
11. Frequent repetition and practice solidifies learning.
12. Provide clear, explanatory, and timely feedback.
13. Body language sends powerful messages during the teaching-learning
process.
14. Embrace conflicts, frustration and stress as part of the learning process.
15. Carefully select relevant teaching methods to support each specific person.

References
Ambrose, S. A., Bridges, M. W., DiPietro, M, Lovett, M. C., & Norman, M. K. (2010). How
learning works: Seven research-based principles for smart teaching. John Wiley & Sons
Incorporated.
American Psychological Association, Coalition for Psychology in Schools and Education. (2015).
Top 20 principles. https://www.apa.org/ed/schools/teaching-learning/top-twenty-
principles.pdf
DiPietro, M. (n.d.). How learning works: The seven learning principles.
https://cetl.kennesaw.edu/how-learning-works-seven-learning-principles
Eberly Center, Carnegie Mellon University. (n.d.). Learning principles: Theory and research-
based principles of learning. https://www.cmu.edu/teaching/principles/learning.html
Institute for Learning, University of Pittsburgh. (n.d.). Principles of learning.
https://ifl.pitt.edu/how-we-work/principles-of-learning.cshtml
Mosey, A. C. (1986). Psychosocial components of occupational therapy. Raven Press.
Additional Resources
25 learning principles to guide pedagogy and the design of learning environments. (n.d.).
https://louisville.edu/ideastoaction/-/files/featured/halpern/25-principles.pdf
Dumont, H., Istance, D., & Benavides, F. (Eds.). The nature of learning: Using research to inspire
practice. http://www.oecd.org/education/ceri/50300814.pdf
Principles of learning. (n.d.). https://www.ednet.ns.ca/files/curriculum/Prin-of-Lrn.pdf

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