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Title: Individual differences and learning
Description: Why is it that learners in the same class with the same books and the same teachers show variations in achievement? What causes individual differences in intellectual ability and achievement? The answers lie in the following factors:
Description: Why is it that learners in the same class with the same books and the same teachers show variations in achievement? What causes individual differences in intellectual ability and achievement? The answers lie in the following factors:
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Individual Differences in Learning
Why is it that learners in the same class with the same books and the same teachers show variations
in achievement? What causes individual differences in intellectual ability and achievement? The
answers lie in the following factors:
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It provides
the raw materials and sets the limits
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One inherits the
potential towards high IQ or low IQ
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The Environment – The environment can be enriched and therefore promote intellectual
growth
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Environments include:
Early environment which is the home – it affects both IQ and achievement
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The home places the child in an environment which can be stimulating or
non-stimulating
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On the other hand a child in an impoverished
environment may be brighter than his IQ or achievement scores indicate
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Children from middle class backgrounds will generally perform
better in school as compared to those from low class backgrounds
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Another reason is that middle class people are more ambitious therefore they push their
children to succeed in school
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Characteristics of the learner – These include the psychological attributes
Maturational status – mature learners will be better able to learn and understand certain
concepts than less mature learners for example learners at the formal operations stage
can conserve while those at the pre-operational level cannot conserve
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Children
form homes where parents fight or where the children are abused both physically and
psychologically will be very anxious
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Highly motivated individuals normally learn better than those who are lowly motivated
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Aspirations – learners who desire earnestly to succeed will work harder in school than
learners who have no aspirations for example a learner who aspires to be an engineer
and he/she knows she/she has to do well in the sciences will probably put more effort
in his/her school work
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Introduction to Psychology
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(1996)
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New York: Harper and Row
Publishers
LeFrancois, G
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(1994)
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USA: Wadsworth Publishing
Company
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(1980)
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New Jersey: Prentice Hall
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G
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Exploring Psychology
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Santrock, J
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(2004)
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USA: McGraw-Hill
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Psychology
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Title: Individual differences and learning
Description: Why is it that learners in the same class with the same books and the same teachers show variations in achievement? What causes individual differences in intellectual ability and achievement? The answers lie in the following factors:
Description: Why is it that learners in the same class with the same books and the same teachers show variations in achievement? What causes individual differences in intellectual ability and achievement? The answers lie in the following factors: