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Principles of Learning

The document discusses eight principles of learning: readiness, exercise, effect, primacy, recency, intensity, freedom, and requirement. It explains that readiness refers to being physically and mentally prepared to learn. Exercise means that repetition aids memory retention. Effect ties learning to emotional reactions and motivation. Primacy suggests initial lessons make strong impressions. Recency means recent lessons are best remembered. Intensity means vivid experiences teach more than routine ones. Freedom implies voluntary learning is most effective. Requirement refers to needing prerequisites to learn new things.

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Principles of Learning

The document discusses eight principles of learning: readiness, exercise, effect, primacy, recency, intensity, freedom, and requirement. It explains that readiness refers to being physically and mentally prepared to learn. Exercise means that repetition aids memory retention. Effect ties learning to emotional reactions and motivation. Primacy suggests initial lessons make strong impressions. Recency means recent lessons are best remembered. Intensity means vivid experiences teach more than routine ones. Freedom implies voluntary learning is most effective. Requirement refers to needing prerequisites to learn new things.

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PRINCIPLES OF

LEARNING
JONA MARIE N. BERJUELA
DISCUSSANT
Educational psychologists and pedagogues
 have identified several principles of
learning, also referred to as laws of
learning, which seem generally applicable
to the learning process. These principles
have been discovered, tested, and used in
practical situations.
They provide additional insight into what
makes people learn most effectively. 
Edward Thorndike developed the first three
"Laws of learning:" readiness, exercise,
and effect. Since Thorndike set down his basic
three laws in the early part of the twentieth
century, five additional principles have been
added: primacy, recency, intensity, freedom and
 requirement.
1 Readiness
2 Exercise
3 Effect
4 Primacy
5 Recency
6 Intensity
7 Freedom
8 Requirement
Readiness implies a degree of
concentration and eagerness.
Individuals learn best when they are
physically, mentally, and emotionally
ready to learn, and do not learn well if
they see no reason for learning.
The principle of exercise states that those
things most often repeated are best
remembered. It is the basis of drill and 
practice. It has been proven that students
learn best and retain information longer
when they have meaningful practice and
repetition.
Effect is based on the emotional reaction of
the student. It has a direct relationship to
motivation. The principle of effect is that
learning is strengthened when accompanied
by a pleasant or satisfying feeling, and that
learning is weakened when associated with an
unpleasant feeling.
Primacy, the state of being first, often
creates a strong, almost unshakable,
impression. Things learned first create a
strong impression in the mind that is
difficult to erase. For the instructor, this
means that what is taught must be right
the first time.
Recency states that things most recently
learned are best remembered.
Conversely, the further a student is
removed time-wise from a new fact or
understanding, the more difficult it is to
remember.
The more intense the material taught, the
more likely it will be retained. A sharp, clear,
vivid, dramatic, or exciting learning
experience teaches more than a routine or
boring experience. The principle
of intensity implies that a student will learn
more from the real thing than from a
substitute.
Freedom states that things freely learned
are best learned. Conversely, the further a
student is coerced, the more difficult is
for him to learn, assimilate and
implement what is learned. Compulsion
and coercion are antithetical to personal
growth.
The law of requirement states that "we
must have something to obtain or do
something." It can be an ability, skill,
instrument or anything that may help us
to learn or gain something. A starting
point or root is needed.
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