how humans learn
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How Humans Learn
Dr Stewart Hase
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Experience, focus and practice develops specific regions of the human brain. Hence people’s brains vary as does their ability and interest
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Brains are sensitive to the culture/environment and develop differentially
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Need to shift information from working to long term memory for memory
The more places information is stored in the easier it is retrieved and used
Repeated use improves memory
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Humans learn in small chunks
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Learning promotes more learning as pathways develop and success occurs
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Personalising, sharing and using information enhances the chance it is learned as new pathways are forged
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People can pay attention to a speaker for about 8 minutes
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People operate on System 1 thinking (habitual, automatic) rather than System 2 thinking (cognitive involvement) since it takes less energy
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Effort develops human brains
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Humans are naturally curious and explore
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Learning needs to be multi-sensory
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Emotions and learning are inextricably linked
Emotionally charged experiences are more likely to be remembered and recovered
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Humans are motivated to resolve incongruity
They are pattern seeking
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Brain plasticity tells us that brains constantly change and develop in the face of new learning as complex new pathways are built
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State dependent learning-people are more likely to recover information in the same physical and/or emotional state that they obtained it
So, learn the same way you intend to use it
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The first 30 seconds are critical in any interaction in gaining attention
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Repetition using different parts of the brain is critical for memory
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Enriched environments enhance learning as do
Surprise and novel experiences
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It can take years to develop reliable memories
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When real learning occurs is unpredictable
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Humans learn best by immersion -Interaction with
information
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Technological games appear to enhance learning