It is important for everyone, especially students to do well in school because it reflects in the foundation of their accomplishments in life. Students affect their ability to move to the next level whenever they fail to complete some requirements. It takes many factors to motivate individuals to continue on striving for academic achievements. (Higgins, 2008) It is said that motivation gives big contribution in one individual’s success. Motivation is defined as the organized pattern of three psychological
of academic development is providing studies and research to identify and analyse learning styles and recognise how these different learning styles could successfully support students’ successes in the different academic environments. Burden (1994) observes that there are a number of factors generates the differences of learning styles which significantly influence the learners’ results in varied academic environments. This essay will discuss these different learning approaches
Personal learning styles are highly complex and unique to specific individuals. It is often difficult to pinpoint an exact learning style. Though there are different categories, we often fine tune them to our own abilities. By examining our traits and tendencies we create a clearer understanding of how we process and learn information. With careful review, I have developed a specific analysis of my learning characteristics, including an evaluation of skill levels. Based on what I have recently learned
Academic writing can be puzzling. Ostensibly, it is still part of the English language, yet it often sounds so foreign in both vocabulary and style that it has to be learnt by even those most proficient at English, as though it is a distinct language. Indeed, this steep learning curve is one that college students like myself have to confront in our first year in college as we step into the world of academic writing. The journey is not necessary smooth, however, for there are various myths that form
better insight of themselves can propel the learner towards their desired academic goal successfully. This paper describes one adults quest towards academic success by first gaining understanding of her learning style, personal goals, and analyzing her time and stress management techniques. To begin to understand the unique learning style of any learner and provide them with self-knowledge to achieve, several different learning assessments can be performed. Howard Gardner’s theory of Multiple Intelligence
and culture, but also by academic ability. These abilities may range from the learning-disabled student to the highly gifted child. They are both unique in learning styles yet the commonality of the two will always remain the same, frustration. What is the root cause of such an emotional response to school work? Well, for the struggling student it is work too challenging and the gifted student lacking such a challenge. Thus, the responsibility in meeting the academic needs of the two and all learners
Continuing Academic Success Keyaria Tompkins GEN/201 September 22, 2014 Maureen Parker Continuing Academic Success Of course everyone wants to be successful! It takes 100% of effort and determination to be successful. Maintaining believable goals keeps you on track for the road of success. If you keep your goals in mind, you will not astray from them. Achieving goals that you have set for yourself is your responsibility. It is easy to get distracted from your academic goals, if they
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LEARNING STYLES AND ACADEMIC/WORKPLACE ENVIRONMENT 1. Learning styles: Learning styles refer to the different ways that people process and retain information and they serve as an indicator of the learning method that each student prefers. The learning styles theories/models that we will discuss about in this report are the Neil Fleming’s Visual-Auditory-Read/Write-Kinesthetic model and David Kolb’s Experiential Learning model. a. Visual-Auditory-Read/Write-Kinesthetic model:
Introduction Information professionals serve individuals as well as communities. Since everyone has their own learning style it is imperative that professionals have a basic understanding of learning principles and theories and understand how they can design instructional programs based on these theories. By having an understanding of learning principles and by having the ability to design programs, information professionals can tailor their actions to better suit their users’ needs. Cognitive
There are two strategies of learning that are essential to the way we solve problems, generate ideas, and process information; these two strategies are called convergent and divergent thinking. Our education system is mainly defined by a convergent style of thinking, which focuses on typical intelligence. “Convergent thinking is the practice of solving a problem quickly and efficiently, by choosing the single best solution from many. Divergent thinking, is taking a problem or “challenge,” and attempting