How do we learn?

Based on a study in 2015, Microsoft has found, that since the year 2000 (with the "mobile revolution") our attention span - or the length of time for which a person is able to concentrate on a particular activity or subject - dropped significantly to (for comparison - the attention span of a goldfish is 9s):

• 8s

• 23min

• 3,5min

• 81s

Answer explanation

https://time.com/3858309/attention-spans-goldfish/

Which statement/s is/are true about the Learning Pyramid (multiple answers possible)

• It is a big box in form of a pyramid, which fosters your brain activity and improves the learning ability, when sitting inside of it.

• The Learning Pyramid is also known as "Learning Retention Pyramid" or "Cone of Learning".

• It is a stacking game for kids, where they learn about shapes and physical forces through building pyramids, towers and other buildings.

• It is a theoretical model that illustrates various methods of learning and how effective they are in retaining the information that you’re learning.

According to the learning pyramid, the most effective learning method is...

• reading

• group discussion

• audio-visual

• teaching it to others

According to the learning pyramid, the least effective learning method is...

• demonstration

• lecture

• audio-visual

• practice doing

"It is an individual's natural or habitual pattern of acquiring and processing information in learning situations." This definition applies for...

• learning style

• learning cycle

• learning resource

• learning curve

According to the VARK model of learning styles, the category of "kinesthetic / tactile learners" prefers to learn via...

• listening to lectures, discussions, tapes, etc. (or talking to themselves)

• visual learning using graphs, charts, diagrams, maps, symbols, etc.

• experience - moving, touching, doing, demonstrations, experiments

• written texts

What is ALACT?

• Alliance of Active Teachers

• A new software, which improves the learning ability through using augmented reality.

• It is one of the learning cycle concepts, which describe how people are learning from experience.

• A new medicine stimulating the grey brain cells and improving learning.

"5E" is the name of a learning cycle model, where the E´s represent the following phases of the cycle:

• engage - explore - explain - extend - evaluate

• establish - explore - explain - extend - expect

• expect - explain - explore - extend - enjoy

• engage - expect - establish - enforce - explain