IDENTIFYING THE LEARNING GAP AMONG STUDENTS
What factors about a learner and educator can influence effective teaching and learning? Learner factors/ Internal: These are characteristics about the learner that may help or harm their learning. They include: Motivation The learner’s motive to learn and acquire new knowledge and the value attached to this new knowledge determines the effort exerted towards the learning activity. This effort has a direct influence on the amount of learning that will occur. Motivation can be: Intrinsic: where the individual has an innate drive to learn because they like it or it satisfies them. Extrinsic: where the learner is driven by an external force e.g. Reward or punishment from a higher authority to learn. Intrinsically motivated learning is often found to be more efficient than extrinsically motivated learning. Intelligence: American Psychological Association (APA): ability to understand complex ideas, to adapt effectively to the environment, to learn from experience, to enga...