This document discusses learning and provides definitions and key principles: 1. Learning is defined as a relatively permanent change in a person's knowledge or behavior due to experience. 2. Learning involves acquiring new understanding, knowledge, behaviors, skills, values, attitudes, and preferences through study, experience, or being taught. 3. Learning results from systematic study, practice, training, and experiences which can modify and reinforce knowledge and behaviors.

1. Dr. C.V. Suresh Babu
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2. • To understand the nature of learning and basic principles
• To understand the principles and techniques of active
learning and their implications
• To differentiate rote learning and meaningful learning
• To Understand the self learning
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3. • Meaning and definition of Learning
• Elements of learning
• Basic principles of learning and their
implications
• Rote learning vs. Meaningful learning
• Principles and techniques of active
learning and their implications
• Self learning
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4. Definition
“Learning is the relatively permanent change in
a person’s knowledge or behaviour due to
experience. This definition has three
components:
1. the duration of the change is long-term rather
than short-term;
2. the locus of the change is the content and
structure of knowledge in memory or the
behaviour of the learner;
3. the cause of the change is the learner’s
experience in the environment rather than
fatigue, motivation, drugs, physical condition or
physiologic intervention.”
–From Learning in Encyclopedia of Educational
Research, Richard E. Mayer 4
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5. Meaning
Learning is the process of acquiring
new understanding, knowledge,
behaviours, skills, values, attitudes,
and preferences.
The ability to learn is possessed by
humans, animals, and some
machines; there is also evidence for
some kind of learning in certain
plants.
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6. is acquisition of
Knowledge
Skills
through
Study
Experience
or being
Taught 6

7. is the
act of acquiring
new or
Modifying & Reinforcing
Knowledge
through
Study 7

8. Knowledge acquired by
Systematic study
in any field of
Scholarly
application
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9. Is the
modification of
Behaviour
through
Practice
Training
Experience
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10. itself cannot be
MEASURED
but its
RESULTS
can be
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11. is an important form of
Personal
Adaptation
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Is the activity of
gaining
Knowledge
by
studying
Practicing
and being
Taught

13. Knowledge
or
Skill
gained
from
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