LAWS OF LEARNING

LAWS OF LEARNINGBy Edward L. Thorndike

Law of Readiness

•  Individuals learn best when they are physically, mentally, and emotionally ready to learn, and they do not learn well if they see no reason for learning.
• This law asserts that before a student can learn, he or she has to be ready to learn. That means making sure the student is fed with nutritious food, free from too much worry, comfortable, and well aware of the importance of what is to be learned.
• This principle states that motivation is needed to develop an association or display changed behavior.

Law of Exercise

• Things most often repeated are best remembered.
• This principle states that learning is strengthened by use and weakened with disuse.
• It has two parts: (1) law of use and (2) law of disuse.
• Students do not learn complex tasks in a single session.
• The instructor must repeat important items of subject matter at reasonable intervals.

Law of Effect

• Learning is strengthened when accompanied by a pleasant or satisfying feeling.
• Learning is weakened when associated with an unpleasant feeling.
• Learning takes places properly when it results in satisfaction and the learner derives pleasure out of it.
• The class room experiences should be satisfactory and pleasant. The teacher must enjoy his teaching work.

Additional Laws (Principles)

Law of Primacy

• Things learned first create a strong impression; what is learned first is learned best.
• What is taught must be right the first time.
• “Unteaching” wrong first impressions is harder than teaching them right the first time.

Law of Recency

• Things most recently learned are best remembered.
• Frequent review and summarization help fix in the mind the material covered.

Law of Intensity

• The more intense the material taught, the more likely it will be retained.
• A student will learn more from the real thing than from a substitute; Kinesthetic learners. 
• In the class room, demonstrations, skits, and role playing increase the learning experience of students.

Addition…

Law of Association

·         A new connection is formed through the association of the past and new situations.

Law of Proximity

·         The law states that when object appears close to one another they tend to be perceived as group.

Reference:
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