Friday, March 5, 2010

How do we learn?

Prensky postulates that in general, we all learn through

  • behaviours through imitation, feedback, and practice
  • creativity through playing
  • facts through association, drill, memory, and questions
  • judgment through reviewing cases, asking questions, making choices, receiving feedback, and coaching
  • language through imitation, practice, and immersion
  • observation through viewing examples and feedback
  • procedures through imitation and practice
  • processes through system analysis, deconstruction, and practice
  • systems through discovering principles and graduated tasks
  • reasoning through puzzles, problems, and examples
  • skills (physical or mental) through imitation, feedback, continuous practice, and increasing challenge

Source: Prensky, M. (2001). Digital game-based learning. New York: McGraw-Hill.

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