Learning type

Definition

Types of knowledge and learning are very different. The autor(s) of this article believe that Pedagogical Strategies must be adapted to learning types (plus other parameters ....).

One also may claim that various Learning Theories are strongly influenced by what kinds of learning was studied ...

Types of learning

One way to categorize learning are these broad categories, somewhat inspired from [TIP]

1. Attitudes
   • Disposition or tendency to respond positively or negatively ....
2. Factual Information (Memorization):
   • Processing of factual information and remembering .....
3. Concept Learning (Discrimination):
   • ... how to discriminate and categorize things. It is not related to simple recall and must be constructed.
4. Reasoning (Inference, Deduction):
   • thinking activities that involve making or testing inferences
5. Procedure Learning:
   • .... being able to solve a certain task by applying a procedure.
6. Problem solving:
   • identification of subgoals, use of methods to satisfy subgoals.
7. Learning Strategies:
   • can hardly be taught and only be learned and to some extent only !

In education, Blooms taxonomy of educational objectives also

References

• [Kearsley's TIP] Explorations in Learning & Instruction:

The Theory Into Practice Database

• Bloom Benjamin S. and David R. Krathwohl. Taxonomy of Educational Objectives: The Classification of Educational Goals, by a committee of college and university examiners. Handbook I: Cognitive Domain. New York, Longmans, Green, 1956.
  • This is one of the best sources on Learning Theory.