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Learner Centered Psychological Principles

The document outlines 14 learner-centered psychological principles that encompass cognitive, motivational, developmental, social, and individual differences factors influencing learning. Key principles include the importance of constructing knowledge, the role of motivation and emotional influences, and the impact of individual differences on learning strategies. It emphasizes that effective learning is context-dependent and shaped by prior knowledge and social interactions.

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Learner Centered Psychological Principles

The document outlines 14 learner-centered psychological principles that encompass cognitive, motivational, developmental, social, and individual differences factors influencing learning. Key principles include the importance of constructing knowledge, the role of motivation and emotional influences, and the impact of individual differences on learning strategies. It emphasizes that effective learning is context-dependent and shaped by prior knowledge and social interactions.

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Unit 1

Learner-Centered Psychological
Principles
Cognitive and Motivational and
Metacognitive Affective Factors
Factor (6 principles) (3 principles)

14 Learner-Centered
Principles

Developmental Individual Difference


And Social Factors Factors
(2 principles) (3 principles)
Cognitive and Metacognitive Factors
1. Nature of the Learning process
✔ The learning of complex subject matter is most
effective when it is an intentional process of
constructing meaning from information and
experience.
2. Goals of the learning process
✔ The successful learner, over time and with
support and instructional guidance, can create
meaningful, coherent representation of
knowledge.
3. Construction of knowledge
✔ The successful learner can link new information with
existing knowledge in meaningful ways.
4. Strategic thinking
✔ The successful learner can create and use a
repertoire of thinking and reasoning strategies to
achieve complex learning goals.
5. Thinking about thinking
✔ Higher order strategies for selecting and monitoring
mental operations facilitate creative and critical
thinking
6. Context of learning
✔ Learning is influenced by environmental factors,
including culture, technology, and instructional
practices
Motivational and Affective Factors
7. Motivational and Emotional influences on learning
✔ What and how much is learned is influenced by the
learner’s motivation. Motivation to learn, in turn, is
influenced by the individual’s emotional states,
beliefs, interests and goals, and habit of thinking.
8. Intrinsic motivation to learn
✔ The learner’s creativity, higher order thinking, and
natural curiosity all contribute to motivation to
learn. Intrinsic motivation is stimulated by tasks of
optional novelty and difficulty, relevant to personal
interests, and providing for personal choice and
control.
9. Effects of motivation on effort
✔ Acquisition of complex knowledge and skills
requires extended learner effort and guided
practice. Without learners’ motivation to learn,
the willingness to exert this effort is unlikely
without coercion.
Developmental and Social Factor
10. Developmental influences on learning
✔ As individuals develop, there are different
opportunities and constraints for learning. Learning is
most effective when differential development within
and across physical, intellectual, emotional, and
social domains is taken into account.
11. Social Influence on learning
✔ Learning is influenced by social interactions,
interpersonal relations, and communication with
others.
Individual Differences Factors
12. Individual differences in learning
✔ Learners have different strategies, approaches, and
capabilities for learning that are a function of prior
experience and heredity.
13. Learning and diversity
✔ Learning is most effective when differences in learners’
linguistic, cultural, and social backgrounds are taken into
account.
14. Standards and assessment
✔ Setting appropriately high and challenging standards and
assessing the learner as well as learning progress
–including diagnostic, process, and outcome assessment-
are integral parts of the learning process.
Summary of the 14 Principles

1. The Knowledge base


✔ One’s existing knowledge serves as the foundation
of all future learning. The learner’s previous
knowledge will influence new learning specifically
on how he represents new information, makes
associations and filters new experiences.
2. Strategic processing and control
✔ Learners can develop skills to reflect and regulate
their thoughts and behaviors in order to learn
more effectively.
3.Motivation and affect
✔ Factors such as intrinsic motivation, reasons for
wanting to learn, personal goals and enjoyment of
learning tasks all have a crucial role in the learning
process.
4. Development and Individual Differences
✔ Learning is a unique journey for each person because
each learner has his own unique combination of
genetic and environmental factors that influence him.
5. Situation or Context
✔ Learning happens in the context of a society as well
as within an individual.

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