CHARACTERISTIC OF LEARNING

The next topic we tackled is about the characteristic of learning. According to the reporter the characteristic of learning are fundamental, interactive and development. These three factors are essential in learning. The fundamental is the relationship existing between stimulus and responses, the interactive is the reaction of stimulus in the environment that learning is likely to occur and the development which involved physical and functional factors. There are also factors that can contribute to learning, these are drive and motivation, positive transfer that characterized by a carryover from one habit to another, the usefulness of materials this the significance of motivational and emotional materials, the number of sense involved and feedback or knowledge of results this is a important mechanism in the enhancement of learning, it serves reinforcement for the responses. The reporter gave some techniques on how to improve the performance in studying, these are the motivation to study, distributed vs. massed practice, recitation vs. reading, whole vs. part learning and organized study-routine. By practicing these techniques, the students may able to develop their academic performance.