The Learning Cycle
Wednesday, August 18th, 2010Learning is one of the most important aspects of every individual’s life. Learning is an unconscious process through which every person upgrades himself in terms of knowledge. A child learns to speak, walk and behave observing his parents and surrounding. A girl learns cooking observing her mother. In short learning is a human tendency.
But Learning is a human tendency to associate learning with reading books, attending school, college universities, etc. Learning basically deals with acquiring information, engaging it and incorporating it in order to have an assertive effect on your thinking and behavior. However different people have different learning styles. People have to adjust to each learning style according to his/her learning pattern.
Research has provided a learning cycle in order to have effective learning for each style. It is most often used in science. It not only enhances your learning, it also grants you a process through which you can have a perfect step by step education structure. Learning cycle consists of five E’s that help you in the systematic learning patterns. Let’s have a look at the five E’s
Engage: The first step towards learning is engaging oneself in the learning process. Choosing the subject or selecting your genre is the first step towards involving yourself in education. In simpler words, in this step student get acquainted towards the topic of his/her choice, the subject in which she/she wishes to acquire knowledge or education. In this process the students interest is captured in order to establish a topic.
Explore: The second step towards learning is exploring. Exploring basically means having an in depth information about the aspiring topic. This process facilitates the students in constructing the knowledge in a particular topic which generates questioning and observation.
Explain: This is the third step explain. Explanation forms a core of learning. Appropriate explanation gives the students proper route towards education. According to this process students are asked to explain those concepts which they have understood through the process of engaging and exploration. The instructor enables the discussions for the research in order to comprehend students understanding process.
Extend: This is the fourth step is extend. You can call this a practical, in this process students have to apply whatever they have learned in different yet similar situations. The instructor then guides the students towards next discussion topic.
Evaluate: The fifth and final step is evaluate. According to this step its instructor’s turn to observe each students knowledge and understanding which enables the student to access whatever they have learnt and it is true to what extent. This evaluation takes place through cycle.
Learning cycles are more less constraint to science; however learning cycles plays a very important role in building your intellect. The first step engages is more or less implemented while the use of anecdotes in order to relate the subject. The second step explore is more implemented in classes where students themselves discuss and discovers the answers instead of just listening it. The third step explains ask the students to explain whatever they have understood from the discussions. The fourth step extend helps student to practically implement their knowledge while the evaluation the last step, here the instructor comes into the picture to explain the students where are they right and where do they go wrong. Thus learning cycle is a process to enhance the learning process and intellect of the students