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Level 1 Session Two
Adult LearnersLearning Theory
Learning StylesRole ModelingBest Practices
CRLA Success TipsExercises'
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Adult Learners (Andragogy)
Core Adult Learning Principles according to Knowles:
1. Learners need to know: Why/What/How
2. Self-Concept of Learning: Autonomous/Self-Directed
3. Prior Experience of Learner: Resource/Mental models
4. Readiness to Learn: Life related/Developmental task
5. Orientation to Learning: Problem Centered/Contextual
6. Motivation to Learn: Intrinsic Value/Personal Payoff
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Adult Learning Theory5 decades of research and theory
formulation basically= “Andragogy.”
Current Best Practices now recognizes 6 important assumptions about adult
learners:◦ They need to know why they should
learn new things◦ They have specific self-concepts of
learning◦ Their past experiences are very important
to their self-esteem ◦ They have the readiness to learn◦ They are generally very oriented to
learning◦ Most often they will have good motivation
for learning
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Adult Learning Styles
Three most recognized Learning Styles:
Visual Auditory Kinesthetic
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Kolb’s Learning InventoryWhat is your understanding of “how to
learn” based on Kolb’s learning inventories?
Kolb's learning styles
Reflective Observation
Watching
Concrete Experience
Feeling
Active Experimentation
Doing
Abstract Conceptualisation
Thinking
Processing Continuum
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Assimilating (think and watch)
AC/RO
Diverging (feel and watch)
CE/RO
Converging (think and do)
AC/AE
Accommodating (feel and do)
CE/AE
© concept david kolb, adaptation and design alan chapman 2005-06, based on Kolb's learning styles, 1984
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The Importance of Role Modeling
Ability to be flexible with learning styles
Help students learn how to learnGood communication of
expectationsDisciplined structured study
habitsOpen minded and an analytic
thinker
From CRLA TTH 2005, pg 38-43
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Tutoring skills and Best PracticesBegin with, and include all of the
following:◦Listening skills◦Questioning ◦Wait time◦Using students information◦Positive reinforcement
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Break Time
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Listening SkillsListening Skills:
◦This action involves every part of you: Eyes, Ears, Arms, Hands and especially your Conscious Attention. Every part!!!!
◦Begin new material with a brief explanation of what is coming. Their expectation should have been established with your Goals/Objective sheet.
◦Conclude with a summary of what was covered.◦Question their comprehension.◦Use activities like brainstorming, verbal quizzing.◦Access your listening skills as they relate to what
your tutees are grasping from the content..
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Questioning SkillsQuestioning:
◦Your ability to ask the right question and keep at it until you get the RIGHT answer is really important.
◦This may take different directions with different people. Your challenge is to read your people and figure out “how” they respond.
◦Good questioning will result in tutees contemplation and that leads to CT.
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Wait TimingWait Time:
◦This function is so important. ◦Read your tutee and know when NOT
to rush your input or your interpretation.
◦They are learning the art of CT so give them the room to grow.
◦There is an old adage that says “timing is everything”. SO TRUE!!!
◦This is also one of the highest forms of respect and essential to your success.
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Using Student InformationUsing students ideas:
◦In this slide we will discuss the important to your learners of using their ideas and you will be better able to see their relationship to learning.
◦Life styles◦Cultural Diversities
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Positive Reinforcement
Positive reinforcement: At-a-boy’s are very important to learners.
This can not be stressed enough.
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CRLA Tips for Success TIP #1
I think it is important for students to realize that there is always assistance available to them and they should not be afraid to ask for it. Whether it’s a college employee or a friend, it’s never a bad thing to accept a helping hand.
-Cadet Nathaniel Zand (VMI, Virginia Military Institute, and presenter at the 2009 CRLA Conference) 11/09
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CRLA Tips for Success TIP #2
We all make mistakes when we write. In order to become a better proofreader, read your paper out loud. This will force you to slow down, and you will easily recognize your mistakes.
-Kiri Dunlap (University of South Carolina-Aiken, and presenter at the 2009 CRLA Conference) 11/09
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CRLA Tips for Success TIP #4
Make sure your short term activities (how you spend your time) are matching your long term goals (what are you career plans after you graduate).
-Laura S. Heidel, Ph.D. (Learning Strategies Counselor, University of Houston) 12/09
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Exercise One
For your very first “journal entry” type assignment, list 5 strengths and 5 weaknesses you believe you posses relating to your role as a tutor and explain why you consider them important.
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Exercise Two
We discussed some of the learning techniques of Visual, Auditory, and Kinesthetic learners. List some of the skill tools you will use for each pattern of learning that will help them to both learn and retain the material.
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Acknowledgements/CitationsKnowles, 2005, The Adult Learner: The definitive
Classic in Adult Education and Human Resources Development, Amsterdam
College Reading and Learning Association Tutor Training Handbook, 2003, Lenexas (CRLA TTH) pg. 16, 38-43, 205-207.
www.crla.org MacDonald, 2000, The Master Tutor: A Guidebook
for More Effective Tutoring MCC Student Handbook, Tutoring Handbook, Policy
and Procedures all on-line at www.Mohave.edu Bloom’s Taxonomy,
www.officeport.com.edu.blooms http:www.businessballs.com/kolblearningstyles.htm