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“Learning is not compulsory...neither is survival.”
W. Edwards Deming, American business advisor and author

4 LEARNING TO LEARN

How Do You Learn? How Do You Learn?

Introducing What does it mean to learn? Life is a process of learning, from learning how to
Ken ride a bike to learning how to drive a car, and everything in between. We most
often think about what we want to learn, rather than how to learn. Knowing more
Learning Styles about learning, however, will make you a better learner. Being a better, more
confident learner will not only help you succeed in college: it will help you be a
Critical Reflection: life-long learner as well. Think about a skill you have learned. Maybe you were
Learning Styles on the track team in high school, for example. You learned how and why your
Preferences muscles needed to be stretched and how sleep and good nutrition helped you
perform at your highest level. Think about how race car drivers understand how
Moving from to take their driving skills to the highest level: the driver knows how to make
Learning Styles to his or her car perform at maximum capacity and how to use the curves on the
Multiple Intelligences track to his or her advantage.

Levels of Learning What does it mean to know more about learning? First and foremost, it means
knowing more about yourself as a learner. One area covered in this chapter is the
Critical Reflection: concept of learning styles. Each of us has a preferred style of learning. Knowing
Levels of Learning how you prefer to learn will make you more adept at learning, since you can
adjust how you learn based on your learning preference. This chapter will also
Learning Process delve more deeply into the concept of methodologies, introduced in Chapter 3.
Methodology We’ll take a close look at the most basic methodology for college students: the
Learning Process Methodology.
Examples of the
Learning Process Ken is what many call a “non-traditional learner”—someone who
has not come directly to college from high school. Ken has been a
Methodology successful plant manager, but his company is moving the plant
to another state. Because Ken’s children are happy
Activity 4.1 in their schools and his wife is happy in her job, the
family has decided not to move. So Ken has decided
Analyzing the to pursue a new career in the police department.
Learning Process As a lifelong resident of his hometown, Ken has
always been interested in keeping the town
Methodology safe and working with people in trouble. The
police department now requires a college
Activity 4.2 degree, so here Ken is! You and he will
explore your learning styles and the use of
Applying the Learning methodologies together.
Process Methodology
GLOSSARY learning style multiple intelligence level of learning Learning Process Methodology

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