How Does Interest Help You Learn

As I was growing up, my parents would make me practice over and over again a certain material I would be struggling with in school or anything they thought I needed to improve on. They would always tell me that practice improves, they are strong believers that we (or at least me) learn best by practicing and doing. Therefore, I have learned that I personally gain better knowledge of concepts or a specific thing by practicing it. I also, consider myself an auditory learner. Seeing stuff clears my thoughts and directly seeing it really helps organize my mind. I specifically like when stuff have a representation that I specifically see and gain knowledge from. I consider myself a strong visual learner rather than auditory because

Have you ever wondered how the brain develops while we learn? Dr. Rita Smilkstein’s research on The Natural Human Learning Process was interesting. I now know the parts of the brain and how they work. I know now how we learn and how emotions have an impact on how we learn. As college students, we need to understand how our brains work and how emotions can help us learn successfully, since all college students should want to become successful people in their lives during college and throughout their lives.

For example practicing applies to both by repeating the same action better accuracy is gained. Reading is something I have to do repetivly to get better. I must fine tune vocabulary to understand the I am reading. I must know the fundamentals of spelling, grammar and sentence structure to be able to comprehend what the author is trying to tell me. By exercising my eyes I have gained the muscle memory to instinctively follow the word across the page. Exercising my eyes I not only can follow along on the page. I can also recognize parts of speech in each sentence. My muscle memory grows stronger in knowing the commas and periods are pauses or the ending of a sentence. Even though practice and exercise are important in reading to me self-discipline is the most important. without self-discipline I would not have been able to become a profesant in reading nor, would I be able to read at a college level. I would still be reading small non-complex words and books. Using self-discipline I have practiced reapetivly for hours, because I have done so much practicing I am able to ready quickly and

Another interest that I have is reading, reading allows one to expands their vocabulary. Because reading stimulates the mind it also helps in the developing the mind. Reading also allows one to learn more about one true self. I also enjoy reading because it allows one to use their

In order for one to be able to remain focused, and attentive on the topic, it is important that the person gains the interest of whats being taught. A man with the name of Franic Lockwood stated: “In the long run the secret of study resides in our ability to bath our thought, our task, our lesson in the stream of interest”. Essentially what this is indicating is that in order for us to be strong in our studies, with must be able to surround ourselves with interest, we have to make being interested in our topic our number one priority. Another way to reword Franic Lockwood’s statement is that we as students must expose ourselves to the exciting facts of the topics first before we gain knowledge of what we’re studying. Although gaining

Sonya, I am a visual and kinesthetic learner, which means that I have to see something done and then physically do it with my hands to fully understand the concept. In high school, I had trouble reading something off of the computer and being able to remember it. But if I had actual copy of a textbook in my hand, I was able to pick up and remember the information quickly and easily. It is so cool that we have a few of the same learning styles.

There are seven behaviors that promote learning. They are grit, curiosity, self control , social intelligence, zest, optimism , and gratitude. The behavior that I consider most important for my learning Is curiosity.

Curiosity promotes learning because it sparks somebody’s interest in a certain subject or skill they would like to learn. Also the subject or skill promotes learning because you learn something depending on the subject that interest you. Passion for learning will also promote learning because if you are a person that likes to learn new things then you will have the desire to learn. If you have certain goals that you are trying to achieve then it will most likely lead you to learning

Learning to control an emotion such as anger and use it to effectively communicate and identify my needs, is helping me establish a strong sense of self.

I enjoyed learning about observational learning, which is what you learn from watching other people. I learned about observational learning at a very young age. Whenever my mother would cook in the kitchen, I would be standing right there just watching how she preformed each task, and yet I learned so much. I even wanted to be a chef at the time because I felt like I could cook anything. Observational learning is definitely will be a benefit to my future goals. I believe I am pretty good at learning this way. When it is time for me to pursue my externship for medical assistant, I will be watching things being done first and then try to mimic exactly what I just saw, so I will be watching closely to try my best to get it right on the first try.

The best way I learn any type of material most of the time is through visual representations. According to these survey I have filled out it seems that I learn better when it's being taught in

Another thing that I learned is how to improve our working memory; I learned that I can improve my memory by taking notes, paraphrasing and summarizing. I agree that taking short notes helps, I am used to take notes

I have both strengths and weaknesses in all three categories. Though, I can retain the most information through visual learning. A good technique for visual learners like myself, would be taking notes or making flashcards. This gives students the opportunity to go back and recollect information at any point in time. For me, when taking a test I

The reason I love learning is for the same reason that I love growing. What wasted energy it is to not keep your mind constantly stimulated? (unless you meditate and learn how to leave the negative energy and become more of a well-rounded person :)

Although I have had the opportunity to learn in a variety of setting, I believe that my most efficient way of learning and retaining material is through the auditory, visual and tactile learning experience.