ارشدان مدیریت آموزشی

How do people learn? A Summary of Ideas

1. People learn by building mental models of reality rather than by “receiving” knowledge

“transferred” to them. They use their current models of reality to understand any new things they

encounter.

2. People don’t store facts away in some bank; they associate things in their brain. If they don’t

learn to use, they usually can’t remember. Learning to remember does not necessarily lead to

improved reasoning ability. Simply learning the facts for an examination usually does not mean

that those facts will have much sustained and substantial influence on the way people think, act, or feel.