learninglearn‧ing /ˈlɜːnɪŋ $ ˈlɜːr-/ ●●○ noun [uncountable] 
a man of great learning
Longman Language Activatordesigned or intended to teach something
educational books, games, television programmes etc are designed to help you to learn something: · a shop selling educational toys for 7- to 11-year-olds· a leading publisher of educational books and software
providing a lot of useful information, explanations, and knowledge about something: · Lectures must be interesting as well as instructive.· The books are designed to be both entertaining and instructive.
use this about books, methods, activities etc that are intended to teach people something: · They stock a wide variety of learning materials for younger students.· How can we make the most of the Internet as a learning tool?
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES children with severe learning disabilities teachers who work with learning disabled children (=children who have problems learning) Everyone in the centre has been through a very steep learning curve (=they had to learn very quickly). I spent the first month just learning the ropes. In old-fashioned schools, much learning was by rote. the rote learning of factsCOLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
children with severe learning disabilities teachers who work with learning disabled children (=children who have problems learning)· Most people prefer a quiet working environment.
Everyone in the centre has been through a very steep learning curve (=they had to learn very quickly). (=what someone is supposed to learn from something)· It is important to set teaching objectives and learning outcomes.
· The student is actively involved in the learning process.
I spent the first month just learning the ropes. In old-fashioned schools, much learning was by rote. the rote learning of facts· Note-taking encourages active learning and provides you with some written record of what you've been studying.· The use of active learning, experiential training techniques so that skills are developed in a non-threatening environment. 2.· Children are engaged in active learning. 6.· In the 1980s there has been a general move in museum education circles towards active learning experiences on site.· The methods involved active collaborative learning, with a strong emphasis on talk.· Group presentations offer another approach for active learning using documentary sources.· The completion of the exercises involves them in an active learning experience.· The use of investigations promotes active learning, the acquisition of transferable skills and articulates well with other educational provision.
· The second argument is based on the conclusion derived in Chapter 4 that associative learning tends to be context-dependent.· Indeed it is even possible to produce a form of associative learning in which behavioural and neurophysiological inputs are mixed.· It often prepares organisms for associative learning.· The kind of associative learning shown by rats and pigeons in these experiments is often called conditioning.· By contrast with their failure to affect habituation, the protein synthesis inhibitors did produce amnesia for associative learning.· A convenient distinction, which helps to organize the research on learning, is that between non-associative and associative learning.· These three types were described under associative learning.· Thus sensitization lacks the specificity which is the hallmark of truly associative learning in which a particular pairing of stimuli is achieved.
· Since 1976 a number of working groups have met to consider ways of promoting effective learning across the curriculum.· Numerous games, puzzles, jokes and problem-solving activities all add fun - the lifeblood of effective learning.· To prepare information and review materials to assist in the evaluation and development of school and departmental effective learning policies. 4.· It is educational in itself, encouraging the kinds of interaction in which effective learning is grounded.· What kinds of classroom interaction, then, are most likely to provide conditions for effective learning?
· Table 6.1 offers examples of experiential learning activities used in nurse education.· That encourages experiential learning and socialisation in a way that few Western special education or therapeutic settings do.· It is also suggested that experiential learning associated with employment may have been of value to these students.· Examples of experiential learning methods include role play, structured group exercises and counselling skills exercises.· This will mean a person-centred, experiential approach to learning.
· The right to education is meaningless unless schools and institutions of higher learning are established and maintained.· Research and learning, then, are conceptually unrelated, whereas higher education and learning are conceptually interwoven.· There were no institutions of higher learning except for an obscure agricultural college in Mogilev province.· I have tried to show in this discussion that higher learning is not learning at all in any familiar sense.
· One of George's brothers was recently placed in a residential school for children with moderate learning difficulties as a weekly boarder.· On assessment he was found to show moderate learning difficulties and a marked language delay both in comprehension and expressive language.· Pupils in schools designated for those with moderate learning difficulties have often met failure throughout their schooling.
· The students have been preparing for the assessments using open learning materials developed by Telford College.· But how can you find out about suitable open learning material?· All three send out very detailed information which should help you to decide whether open learning really is for you.· A series of computer databases has been produced, matching open learning material to the occupational standards for different sectors of industry.· Assistant Principal, Joe Mooney sees enormous potential for the open learning format with foreign students.· You can work through the open learning material whether or not you are enrolled on the programme.· Assessing the effectiveness of learning mathematics by investigative methods; an open learning approach to investigative methods in mathematics.· The over-riding framework for all this activity is the utilisation of technology-based open and distance learning.
· They each have grown up sons with severe learning difficulties and need to be at home.· To these young men, this is their own very special pub because they all have severe learning difficulties.· The only B.Ed for children with severe learning difficulties had 20-29 hours of compulsory language work.· Both the above quotations refer to severe learning difficulties but of course severe is a term open to varying interpretations.· In general, the staff/student ratio is rarely as good as in a school for children and young people with severe learning difficulties.· However, there is still considerable use among children with severe learning disabilities.· For those with severe learning difficulties drama offers a secure situation in Which to examine the world.· Develop more day and accommodation services for the extra needs of people with severe learning disabilities and multiple handicaps.
NOUN· The human relationships are very intense and therefore the learning curve is accelerated.· It is a profitable business but there is evidence of some slack time, perhaps this is a learning curve effect.· No country can allow a government a learning curve and survive.· But they also have a steep learning curve for the uninitiated, which is something to consider before taking the plunge.· The problems are often more difficult but the learning curve is rapid.· However, both will have started their long journey up the learning curve.· Everyone in the Administration Centre has been through a very steep learning curve.· Those who don't keep rolling on the learning curve get left way behind.
· One of George's brothers was recently placed in a residential school for children with moderate learning difficulties as a weekly boarder.· They each have grown up sons with severe learning difficulties and need to be at home.· To these young men, this is their own very special pub because they all have severe learning difficulties.· Ward will also continue to oversee some learning difficulties projects supported by the foundation.· Andrew, who has learning difficulties, is a keen violinist and has earned a place in Banks Brass Band.· In Bolton the education authority made special arrangements for clients with a learning difficulty to go to local colleges.· In general it seems that the greater the learning difficulties, the more didactic is the approach and the more controlling the relationship.· None the less, a number of children with severe learning difficulties are integrated into mainstream schools in groups younger than their own age.
· However, there is still considerable use among children with severe learning disabilities.· Develop more day and accommodation services for the extra needs of people with severe learning disabilities and multiple handicaps.· Its prime value is with those with severe learning disabilities where communication growth is likely to be limited.· Mr D, 31, has a severe learning disability and other handicaps.
· Programmes can combine face-to-face activities, distance learning and action learning.· The programme is structured around periods of residential study supported by distance learning material.· Regular contact with, and support from, Henley is a vital aspect of a distance learning course.· The universities could coordinate distance learning packages for their graduates in various hospitals, although this would have funding and manpower implications.· It may also be achieved through distance learning, where the course is assessed and/or leads to a further qualification.
· The skilled teacher who welcomes and values the child's contribution can do much to enhance the learning environment.· This chapter is about the possibilities for creating learning environments which encourage children to work and learn collaboratively.· It's like an adventure playground but everything in it is padded with foam to provide a safe learning environment.· We shall also look at certain features of the learning environment of the departments which are of particular interest.· Building a collaborative learning environment is not about whether or how often children are working individually or in groups.· The Centre also aims to provide a supportive learning environment for the community.· Stirling has already established an undoubted reputation for innovative teaching and offers its students an excellent learning environment.· Museums should be rewarding learning environments, and any attempt to settle for mass popularity alone is to sell museums short.
· And key questions emerge here: how do we deliver a linear curriculum without undermining the cyclical nature of the learning experience?· A prolonged period of family life permits the growing offspring to add individual learning experiences to their inborn behaviour programming.· Treat this as a learning experience.· In the 1980s there has been a general move in museum education circles towards active learning experiences on site.· Short frequent periods in time out provide rapid learning experiences for the child.· To give the learner visual, tactile and aural stimuli, which increase the learning experience.· We feel privileged to have had the chance to be part of such a valuable learning experience.· By holding mock interviews you are offering students a valuable learning experience.
· One useful strategy in language learning is generalisation, but it is most noticeable when it exists as over-generalisation.· We do not need, then, to embrace the semantic asymmetry in order to give an account of language learning.· How far is such a model serviceable for language learning?· Steady progression Language learning progresses at an easy pace, with plenty of reinforcement and revision to ensure lessons are thoroughly learnt.· This is also true in connection with spelling, and so phonic knowledge remains an essential element in the language learning programme.· Others have persisted in a more traditional view that language learning is essentially the same as the learning of grammar.· The prediction in relation to language learning is to some extent confusing.· Avoidance is a negative strategy seen in language learning.
· The programme is structured around periods of residential study supported by distance learning material.· To produce flexible learning materials for the training of workplace coaches, assessors and verifiers.· The students have been preparing for the assessments using open learning materials developed by Telford College.· A notice board placed in a suitable part of the ward is useful for presenting learning material.· But how can you find out about suitable open learning material?· A series of computer databases has been produced, matching open learning material to the occupational standards for different sectors of industry.· The recognition that information can be retrieved from books and other learning materials, and is not beyond reach. 2.· You can work through the open learning material whether or not you are enrolled on the programme.
· Finally their need for continued learning need to be acknowledged and provided for.· Once each has had a turn, the group may spend a few minutes discussing possible methods of achieving any identified learning needs.· Was collaboration being used to serve the interests and individual learning needs of the children in her class?· Listening to yourself can be a first step in identifying a learning need or goal.
· This chapter explores some of the learning opportunities provided by the ward and some of the problems that may arise.· Each ward should have a planned programme which makes full use of its learning opportunities.· Another advantage is that self development is capable of converting even the most boring situation into a learning opportunity.· The learner is allocated to the ward for such a short period that every learning opportunity must be exploited to the full.
· It is here that techniques of various kinds are put into action to achieve practical learning outcomes.· However, the main point of interest is the unintended learning outcomes of such questions as these.· The first is that it is usually preferable to make each objective refer to only one learning outcome.· When linked to the attainment of specific learning outcomes it can provide pupils with a positive stimulus and aid to learning.· Pupils will simply achieve the learning outcomes or not.· Secondly, in the attainment of each learning outcome pupils must be informed of the tasks which contribute to summative assessment.· In criterion-referenced assessment particular attention is paid to the setting of intended learning outcomes or teaching objectives.
· In accrediting prior learning, the focus is on the outcomes or achievements of learning and not on the learning process itself.· Others emerge through a less conscious learning process.· Adjusting to her style of leadership must have been a learning process for not only the maintenance man.· It's part of the whole learning process.· All teachers are managers, for they have to manage the learning process.· That had been part of the learning process.· The student is actively involved in the learning process and is receiving tuition from an expert.· A logical net searches while learning, so its learning process is slower than that of Wisard.
· Furthermore, the tutor may be allocated to a particular ward or unit to help to co-ordinate the learning programme.· The ward staff should discuss the reasons behind the introduction of the learning programme.· The final discussion will include evaluation of the ward learning programme by the student.· The length of the whole learning programme must be determined.· Information of current interest or related to the ward learning programme can be presented in a display form.· Practitioners who returned a preprinted postcard expressing further interest were sent the package of recording booklets and distance learning programme.· This is also true in connection with spelling, and so phonic knowledge remains an essential element in the language learning programme.· Within the ward learning programme, it will also be necessary to plan structured tutorials when set subjects are discussed.
· In order to overcome such a learning situation, Schumann suggests that psychological distance must be minimised.· The difficulty is to find a good description language in which to express the learning situation.· As a strategy in the general learning situation it can be particularly damaging, and this is also true of language learning.· Deliberate learning situations have to be constructed if we want to pin causes down and further our grasp on the world.· One way of achieving this is the means of using nurses' personal and life experience in the learning situation.· Central to the creation of such learning situations is the idea of control.· The learner's expectation of success based on his previous experience in a learning situation.
· The first reasonably reliable and convincing learning task for Drosophila involved training them using just this sense of smell.· Pedagogy in this case actually makes the learning task more difficult.· The arguments for help in this learning task seem overwhelming.· This acted as the literature focus around which seven learning tasks were devised.· In the 1984 study by Bennett etal., teachers thought that their learning tasks were considerably more challenging than they were.· The sign system thus involves a great learning task.
VERB· The student is actively involved in the learning process and is receiving tuition from an expert.· When carrying out such exercises, students are actively involved in the learning process and they receive constant feedback about their progress.· The sign system thus involves a great learning task.· These staff are clearly involved in the learning processes of children.
· A logical net searches while learning, so its learning process is slower than that of Wisard.· These relate to changes in self-concept, life experiences, readiness to learn and orientation to learning.· Goodwill that is lost is extremely difficult to retrieve. principles of learning See also under learning: theories of learning.
· It may also prove necessary to confound the belief that the local community and environment can not provide a suitable learning medium.· Such an algorithm can provide an alternative learning mechanism in a neural network.· It's like an adventure playground but everything in it is padded with foam to provide a safe learning environment.· The Centre also aims to provide a supportive learning environment for the community.· There are many ways in which you can help schools provide relevant and interesting learning for young people.· Short frequent periods in time out provide rapid learning experiences for the child.· The professional qualifications material provides stimulating learning support for anyone in the hotel and catering industry.· The workbook given to each student at the start of the allocation will provide further guidelines for learning.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
- Councillors will discuss the possibility of funding an independent study into the mine's viability.
- In the spring semester Gordon taught two seminars and took on more than a dozen students for independent study projects.
- It will make provision for mixed-ability groups much easier to organise, and encourage independent study.
- Other recent examples of comparative studies are those of Lowe - independent study modules and lecture tours, in 1981.
- The course manual can be used for independent study.
- The increased use of independent learning at higher levels within the pathway is reflected in the assessment pattern within the modules.
- Two independent studies since the 1968 election confirm the trend.
- Would you like to do this as an independent study?
- It would be sad if our own seats of learning were behind-hand in this confusion.
- Leave this seat of learning and you come into the newly renamed Marianské Square.
- She spoke of Oxford, that ancient seat of learning, to which universities all over the world still looked for example.
WORD FAMILYnounlearnerlearningunlearnadjectivelearnedverblearnadverblearnedly
knowledge gained through reading and study: a man of great learning