Learning is a process by which individuals acquire knowledge, attitudes, and skills necessary to meet the demands of life. It is influenced by individual, task, and method variables. Individual variables that affect learning include maturation, age, sex, previous experience, capacity, family background, and mental fatigue. Task variables include the length, meaningfulness, difficulty level, and organization of material. Method variables that impact learning are spaced vs. massed learning, whole vs. part learning, practice and recitation, and extent of learning.

2. A process by which
an individual
acquires
knowledge,
attitudes and skills
that are necessary
to meet the
demands of life
What do you mean
by learning??

3. General characteristics of learning
It is a process as well as product
It continues through out life
Development of individuals
Process of adjustment
Influence all aspects of life

4. FACTORS
AFFECTING
LEARNING
INDIVIDUAL
VARIABLE
TASK VARIABLE
METHOD
VARIABLE

5. INDIVIDUAL
VARIABLE
Maturation
Age
sex
Previous
Experience
Capacity
family
background
Mental
fatigue

6. Maturation
It makes quick learning
possible
The child who is physically
and mentally mature learns a
subject at faster rate.

7. Age
Ability to learn new
materials increases till
20 years.
The older children learn
more effectively than
the younger one.

8. Sex
Boys are superior in motor
skills involving muscular
activity
Girls excel in skills requiring
attention and coordination.

9. Previous
experience
Previous knowledge helps in
new learning.
The successful experience
serves as a motivational force
to consequent performance.

10. Capacity
Capacity of the individual
necessarily influence his
performance.
It influence in acquiring any
particular skill.

11. Family background
and socio-economic
status
Economic status influence the
provision of facilities for
learning.
Village and town atmosphere
also influence learning
efficiency.

12. Mental fatigue
Physical well-being influence
learning.
It is attributed to boredom and
lack of interest.

13. TASK VARIABLE
Length of the
learning material.
Meaningfulness
Difficulty level of
the task.
Organization

14. Length of the
learning material
The time taken to learn will depend
on the length of the learner.
Length of the material should be
within the span of learners.

15. Difficulty level of
the task
Difficult material decreases
the rate of learning and
chance of forgetting
becomes greater.

16. Meaningfulness of
material
The material which are meaningful
seems to be learned easily than
the other.
Those which are understood can
be associated with previous
experience and can be easily
recalled.

17. Organization
A well organized learning
materials helps an individual to
learn more effectively than
poorly organized material.

18. METHOD
VARIABLE
Spaced vs. Massed
learning
Whole vs. Part
learning
Practice of
recitation
Extent of learning

19. Spaced vs.
Massed learning
Spaced learning
implies learning in
short durations
scattered and spread
over a time.
Massed learning
implies learning a
material wholly in a
long duration time.

20. Whole vs. Part
learning
Whole learning
means learning a
material as a whole,
by repeated
attempts.
Part method implies
learning a material
part by part.

21. Practice of
recitation
Recitation means
rhythmically
reproducing a poem or
a passage from
memory.
It immediately
motivates the learner
by making the learner
aware of the degree of
success being
achieved.

22. Extent of
learning
To ensure better
retention and recall,
practice must be
continued beyond the
point which he is able to
reproduce it without any
mistake.
Over learning helps in
better retention.

23. A PRESENTATION BY
FAUMEDHA A T
KEYI SAHIB TRAINING COLLEGE