Written Report

(Understanding the Self)

PART III
MANAGING and CARING
For the SELF

REPORTERS: BSOA 1-1

Lhouie Caniya MS. DIANNA IDRA REMOLACIO
Louise Faye L. Labanon
Rhyllin Mae S. Ramos
LESSON 1: LEARNING FOR A BETTER STUDENT

Learning is an essential thing in every human or a person, we spend almost 13

years in in primary and secondary level and an additional years to college, we spend so
long years just for learning, learning is important as we age or as we grow, we gain
knowledge because of learning and it make as a literate person, learning never stop
after we graduate from college we learn every day and we learn in so many ways, we
learn we gain knowledge we gain knowledge we gain experience we gain experience
and it make us a productive person. Learning makes who we are or a person are, by
learning we build our personality, learning from our environment and learning from our
experiences is one of the aspects of personality.
 Anybody who learns something is called “Student.”
● Today “Students” are tomorrow is a “Leaders.”
● The qualities of the student are of great impact to determine the student's
bright future and career, Attitude, Ability, Academics skills, and Self-discipline.

What is learning?
From the book of Understanding the self-lesson 1 of learning page 175, learning
may define as a relatively permanent changes in behavior brought by a practice and a
experience it involve acquisitions and mastery of skills that bought changes in human
not only how he or she think but specially how he or she behaves. To make it short
learning is activity or process of gaining knowledge or skill by studying, practicing, being
taught, or experiencing something.

There are factors that affect the process of learning

1. Characteristic of the learner- the learners level of intelligence, physiological
condition, the learner’s mindset and interest.
2. The information/materials to be learned- how interesting and comprehensive
the material is, example to catch the attention of the learning your using power
points with a pictures and eye catching designs and layout.
 3. The situation should learning takes place- conduciveness of learning venue,
the teacher, the available resources and materials to be used.
Learning is fun but it’s not easy to teach to different student with different level of
intelligence, physiological condition, mindset and interest.

4 CHARACTERISTICS OF LEARNINGS

1. Learning has a purpose- Most people have a pretty definite idea of what they
want to do and achieve. A student brings his goals into the classroom. Some of
these goals may be very personal and some he will share with his classmates.

2. Learning comes through experience- Learning is a very individual process and

must be done by the student himself - the instructor cannot do this for him.
Research has concluded that learning and knowledge are a part of a person. A
person’s knowledge comes from his experience, and no two people react to
experience the same.
3. Learning is multifaceted- An instructor who thinks his job is only to train a
student’s muscle or memory is wasting his own and his student’s time. Students
may learn much more than the instructor planned or intended, because, as
humans, they do not leave their thinking mind or feelings at home.

4. Learning is an active process- The more actively a student is involved in the

class, the greater his chances are for both learning and remembering.

PSHYCOLOGICAL BASIS OF LEARNING

The brain is the part of the our body that responsible for learning, our brain have
parts that work together with reality and everything that happen in external and internal
world specially the cortex, the cerebrum, amygdala and the hippocampus.

Limbic system
1. Cerebrum- the biggest part of our body its function is involving mental process
like thinking, perceiving, producing and understanding language.
 2. Cerebral cortex- associated with learning including: determining intelligence,
planning and organization and processing sensory information.
3. Hippocampus- responsible for processing and storing short term memory
4. Amygdala- responsible for emotion, survival instinct and memory

Physiological Process of learning

Types of learning

1. Associate learning- associating or connecting stimulus to response or response

to reinforcement, learning known as classical conditioning and operant
conditioning. Is a type of learning that takes place by associating or connecting a
stimulus to a response or a response to reinforcement.

Example of classical conditioning

 The aroma of the dish of your mother (the aroma reminds you of your mother)
Example of operant conditioning

 You study hard because you don't want to have a low grade

2. Cognitive learning- learning through conscious mental activity like thinking,

understanding, and remembering.

Cognitive Learning occur in Two Way

 Lanten (Edward Tolman) - ability of the brain to screen and encode data in the
brain analyze and simulate new stored data for later use ex the 3r, the fire drill,
and the formulas. The acquisition of data that is then stored in memory for later
use.
  An important aspect of this learning is the memory process and the formation of
cognitive maps.

Observational learning (Albert bandura) - learning can observe and imitating a model

Four factors should be present for learning through modeling to take place;

1. Attention- focusing on the behavior of the model

2. Retention- store in the memory what he/she observe for a memory recall

3. Motor reproduction- should be able to perform the model's behavior from the
memory

4. Motivational/Reinforcement- should be reinforcing for the immediate behavior

to be repeated.

METACOGNITION
Was a concept was introduced by John Flavail (1979). Metacognition is the
process by which a person is thinking about, monitoring or observing his own thinking
process. It involves mental strategies like planning, organizing, and adapting. Meta
means “Beyond.”. Metacognition can be learned way an important for learning to be a
success. And it involves self-regulation, the awareness of one’s strengths and
weaknesses and the strategies a person would use to overcome and handle life
difficulties.
Metacognition is considered a critical component of successful learning. It
involves self-regulation and self-reflection of strengths, weaknesses, and the types of
strategies you create. It is a necessary foundation in culturally intelligent leadership
because it underlines how you think through a problem or situation and the strategies
you create to address the situation or problem.
 THREE COMPONENTS OF METACOGNITION;
1. Metacognition Knowledge – these components is about knowing how the
person learns and his beliefs about learning in himself and others. It includes
awareness of how the person processes information and the strategies he uses
to optimize his learning.
2. Metacognition Experience – the effective aspect of the learning process.
Feeling provide a feedback system to help the person understand his response
to the whole process of learning. Positive emotions can motivate the person to
continue learning and a positive attitude directs the person to accomplish the
learning task.
3. Metacognition Strategies – these are the techniques used by the person to
monitor his learning progress. The aim of these strategies is to discipline the
person by controlling his thinking activities and helping him on track towards the
completion of his learning goals.

STUDY STRATEGIES
As a study skills are approaches or techniques used to maximize learning to get
high grades, be successful in school and are useful in every aspect of life. It will benefit
people and students to vary their learning styles. An individual learns differently using
as basis their strengths, weaknesses, interests and preferences.
Based on research data, there are seven learning styles; visual, physical, aural,
verbal, logical, social and solitary. People can belong to more than one style and
generally there are one or two styles that predominate. Skills refer to those things that
individuals do when they have to locate, organize, and remember information; they may
include such things as using a table of contents, outlining, or using a strategy

The following is a brief description of each learning style;

1. Visual – learning that is presented with pictures, images, and colors.

2. Physical – Involves motor movements like drawing, building, and role playing.

3. Aural – listening, uses sound like music, and recordings.

 4. Verbal – the use of spoken or written words.

5. Logical – using reasoning, arguments to explain and understand concepts and

ideas.
6. Social – learning with people and preferences for study groups.

7. Solitary – is preferences to learning by himself apart from any form of social

distraction.

What is my learning style?

Being aware of the learning style can aid the in coming up with study strategies
that will help him get through the challenges of college life in particular and life in
general.

Students can choose which one complements their unique learning style/s;

1. Have a plan as to when is the best time to study and stick to this plan.
2. Start reviewing the most difficult subject first.
3. Have a specific place for studying.
4. Outline and write notes.
5. Use, mnemonics (memory aids).
6. Take notes during lectures and reviews notes.
7. Study in groups.

MANAGING YOUR LEARNING: SELF REGULATING LEARNING

The self-regulated learning is a form of self-empowered or the learner is active
and self-guided in monitoring his own way. It is the form of the self to focus her study
how to handle it to make an active or to regulate herself. These ideas have a plan how
to discipline it or to regulate their plan in his own study.

We have the following techniques can further guide the self-regulated learner
(coon, 2000);
 1. Have a specific learning goal in mind – or should I say that the learner knows
what the topic they are study to accomplish, and how it can help in their learning
for the future topics. We need an inspiration like things, people or etc. to motivate
their learning and to focus the topics what they are going to do.
2. Have a learning strategy – it can refer to the strategies discussed and make
their own to understand the lesson.
3. Be your own teacher – give your self-time because the learners should take
charge of their own learning.
4. Monitor progress – we need find a ways to access their progress and to
accomplish their task. Then use study guides to determine their understanding of
the topic.
5. Reinforce yourself – after a successful learning task, give yourself the award,
because you can achieve the goal, and yourself has a patience and for a well
done task.
6. Evaluate your progress and goals – check their progress if it is effect for
meeting the goal.
7. Take corrective action – if the learner’s goal are not being met you should look
back and check what we have gone wrong and make the necessary changer. For
the future or your goals. It can make a better plan to have a good of the self. You
should correct your fact before the other. Because you know can explain the
topic.
8. Boost motivation – learners should find ways to motivate themselves. You did
the best, what they are going to do. You know what is wrong and right. And after
the hard study you can achieve that and have just ideas after a study session.

If the learner still finds himself wanting of academic help, he should look for ways to
augment his knowledge through school programs that offer tutorial and remedial
classes. A self-regulated learner takes charge of his learning.