Learning Strategies

• How learning happens in the brain?

  Messages sent between neurons

  Repetition strengthens neural pathways

  --Makes remembering easier.
• Neuroplasticity: Change and strengthening of your neurons.
• Processing Information?

  Auditory: Listening and remembering

  Visual: Seeing and remembering.
• Difficulties in Learning?

  Dyslexia: Challenge experienced in decoding words , letters, and sounds

  Dysgraphia: Inability to write coherently.
• ADHD =Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder?


  More common in boys than girls

  Trouble paying attention, controlling impulses and sitting still (hyperactivity)
• ADHD Symptoms?


  Inattention: Easily distracted

  Hyper activity: Need to move

  Impulsivity
• Tips for learning difficulties?

  Professional support: Seeing a psychiatrist for your problems

  Safe space: Speak to guardian.
• Types of Learning Strategies?

  Pre-testing: Doing past papers, making questions up.

  podcasts: Listening to videos, ted talks

  Sketch notes: Drawing, visual notes

  Mnemonics: Creating rhymes for conditions.

  Flash Cards: Promote learning through active recall

  Role play
• Bloom's Taxonomy: Structured way of understanding thinking skills and how they increase in complexity.
• Bloom's Taxonomy (Low order thinking skills)?

  1: Remembering

  2: Understanding

  3: Applying
• Bloom's Taxonomy (High order thinking skills)?


  4: Analyzing

  5: Evaluating

  6: Creating
• Plagiarism: Taking the work of others and claiming it as your own.
• Types of Plagiarism?


  Intentional: Copy whole paragraphs, submit as your own

  Unintentional: Use words or ideas of your own, but may have already been posted out in the internet.
• CHATGPT: Chat Generative Pre-trained Transformer
• CHATGPT?


  Artificial Intelligence, artificial chat bot

  Produces information, answers question, writes essays etc.
• How to avoid plagiarism?

  Keep track of sources used.

  Use your own words

  use plagiarism checker
• Career Exploration?

  Realistic: doers, machines, enjoy outdoors

  Social: outgoing, interacting with others, helpful, volunteer

  Investigative:Observe, analyze, solve problems

  Enterprising:Influencing others, managing projects, business

  Conventional:data, instructions, collect

  Artistic: innovating abilities, imaginative, creativity
• Introverts?

  Solitary learning style

  -brainstorm, solve problems on your own
• Extroverts?

  Energised people

  Social learning style

  -roleplaying, discussion
• The Do-er Passions(Realists)


  Passion: Working with hands and outdoors, creating
• The Do-er Skills?(Realists)


  Ability to repair

  Physical skills

  Hands on working
• The Do-er Careers?(Realists)


  Architects, Agriculturists, Fire fighters, Police officers.
• The Thinker's Passions?


  Passion: Task oriented, prefer working by themselves
• The Thinker's Skills?(Investigative)


  Creativity

  Problem Solving

  Research
• The Thinker's/Investigative Careers? (scientific and matehmatical careers)


  Architect

  Biologist/chemist

  Doctor
• The Creator : Artistic settings, enjoy self expression
• The Creator's Passions? (Artistic)


  Passion: things that utilise the imagination and creativity.
• The Creator's Skills (Artistic)?


  Imagination

  Creativity
• The Creator's Careers (Artistic)?


  Graphic designer

  Photographer
• The Carer (Social): Sociable ,responsible, empathetic
• The Carer (Social) Passions?


  Solve problems with others

  Responsibilities with social emphasis.
• The Carer Skills (Social)?

  Collaboration

  Communication
• The Carer Jobs (Social)?


  Nurse, Occupational therapists, Human resources officer
• The Persuader (Enterprising) :Self-confident, adventurous
• The Persuader Passions (Enterprising)?


  Situations that require leadership

  Decision making tasks
• The Persuader Skills (Enterprising)?


  Communication

  Decision making

  Leadership
• The Persuader Jobs (Enterprising)?


  Entrepreneur

  Manger

  Lawyer
• The Organiser (Conventional): Highly organised activities, dependable, well controlled
• The Organiser Passions (Conventional)?


  Working indoors

  Organisational routine
• The Organiser Skills (Conventional)?


  Observant

  Consistent

  Organized