LEARNING

TO BE A
BETTER
LEARNER
GAMAYAN, ABBY RON MELINA L.
ACOSTA, JOHN NATHANIEL
BON, CHRISTIAN JAY
 UNIT 1: INTELLIGENT
BEHAVIORS: LEARNING TO
BE A BETTER LEARNER
Knowing the "self "is not enough. Since "you are" is partly made up of
your choices you must also have the ability to choose especially to be
better "you".
There are several techniques that you can adapt depending on your
situation and preferences to make you a better learner. Learning should
not just mean studying for your quizzes and exams in school. Learning
could also acquire outside classroom or even outside school. A certain
hobby or skills, your favorite sports are some examples that you want to
enhance and acquire techniques. However some techniques or new
ways on how to study better will be discovered and rediscovered. What
important is you learn how to learn these things at this moment.
Learning Outcomes:
At the end of this unit, you will be able to:

1. Explain how learning occurs

2. Enumerate various metacognition and studying techniques

3. Identify the metacognitive techniques that you find most appropriate for
yourself
We are Homo sapiens or "wise man". We think more complex. But being called wise man
not only about how we think, how you process information and how you utilize
techniques while you are studying. By this you have higher chance of improving your
learning process than those who do not reflect on their methods. This idea falls under
metacognition. Metacognition is defined as "thinking about thinking" (Livingston 1997,
Papaleontioulouca 2003).
It is the awareness and limitations of your current knowledge and skills (Meichenbaum
1985 in American Institute Research 2010). By this metacognition enables the person to
adapt their existing knowledge and skills to a learning task, seeking for the optimum result
of the learning experience.
Metacognition is not limited to thinking process of the individual. It includes :
keeping ones emotion and motivations while learning.

Some people learn better because:

• They like the topic.

• They challenge by the topic.

• They have reward system after finished task

The emotional and motivation state is the ideal state for that person in order to
further facilitate his learning.
 Two aspects of
metacognition:

SELF-
SELF-APPRAISAL
MANAGEMENT
is the mental process you employ
means is your personal reflection on
using what have in planning adapting
your knowledge and capabilities.
in a successfully learn to or
accomplished a certain task .
 METACOGNITION
elements:

METACOGNITI
VE
KNOWLEDGE METACOGNITIV
what you know about how you
think.
E REGULATION
means on how you adjust your
thinking process to help you
learn better.
 Variables that affect how you know as a
thinker:

A B C
First the personal variables Secondly the task variables Lastly refers to what
which is your evaluation to this is what you know and strategies or skills you
your strength and what you think about the already have in dealing with
weaknesses in learning nature of the task and the certain task.
task requires.
 ACCORDING TO
WATERLOO STUDENT
SUCCESS OFFICE HERE
ARE METACOGNITIVE
SKILLS:
KNOWING MODIFYING
SKIMMING
YOUR YOUR
LIMITS APPROACH

REHEARSIN
SELF-TEST
G
KNOWING
YOUR LIMITS
- it is very important here to be honest and
accurate evaluation of what you know and
what you do not know.
MODIFYING
YOUR
APPROACH
- It begins with recognition that your strategy
is not appropriate with the task or that you do
not comprehend the learning experience
successfully.
SKIMMING
- This is basically browsing over the material
and keeping an eye on keywords, phrase or
sentence. It is also about knowing where to
search for such key terms.
REHEARSING
- This is not just all about repeatedly
talking ,writing or doing what you have learn
but trying also to make a personal
interpretation or summary of your learning
experience.
SELF-TEST
- This is to test your comprehension of
your learning experience or skill you
have acquired during learning.
 Other
strategies:
asking questions
01 about your methods 02 Self-reflection

finding a mentor or thinking out

03 support if necessary 04 loud

"welcoming Having more

positive towards
05 errors" for 06 mistakes
clarification
 You can identify four types of
metacognitive learners such as:
O "TACIT" 03
1  learners who are unaware of their
Metacognitive Process although
they know the extent of their
knowledge .
02 "AWARE" 04
 those who learners know some of
their metacognitive strategies but
do not plan on how to use these
techniques .
" STRATEGIC"
 those who strategize and plan
their course of action toward a
learning experience .
"REFLECTIVE
"
 learners reflect on their thinking
while they are using the strategies
and adapt metacognitive skills
depending on their situation.
 Here are the following 14 intelligent behaviors indicative of an efficient
and effective problem-solver, many of w/c were originally compiled by
Costa [2000]:

O1 O4 O7
Persistence Flexibility in Questioning and
– not giving up thinking problem-posing

O2 Overcoming impulsiveness O5 O8
–involves planning, clarifying, Metacognition
Applying past knowledge
exploring, and considering – awareness of how one is
to new situation
thinking

O3 O6Checking for accuracy and O9 Precision of language and

Listening to other thought
– listen to another person precision – provide criteria for value
judgments
10 11 12
Creativity Living w/ a sense of wonderment
–behave in an inquisitiveness,
Using all the senses – applying ingenuity,
curiosity, openness to beauty,
originality and insight intricacy, complexity and simplicity.

13 14
Cooperation Sense of Humor

Possessing many of these intelligent behaviors is an advantage in the corporate world.

Business firms looks not for knowledge and experience, but also for efficiency and
effectiveness.
 Other tips that you can use in studying
are the following:

01 Make an outline of things

you want to learn 04 Try to inculcate your
ideas.

Break down the task in Revise, summarize and take down

02 smaller and more

manageable details
05 Notes the reread them to help you
Minimize cramming in the last
minute

Integrate variation in
03 your schedule and
learning experience
06 Engage what you
have learned.
 Important reminder:
"Utilize and adapt the appropriate techniques in whatever
learning experiences you are about to accomplish and find
enjoyment and success in learning. "Constant practice
makes things perfect.”
THANK
YOU!