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    The document discusses the definition of a learner and compares it to a student. It defines a learner as a person who acquires knowledge or skills through study, experience, or being taught. A learner learns anytime, directs their own learning at their own pace, and is motivated by skill mastery. In contrast, a student learns in the classroom directed by a teacher within set times and is motivated by grades. The document also outlines personal, academic, social/emotional, and cognitive characteristics that can describe learners, including demographic factors, learning goals, attention span, and intellectual skills.

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    Principles & Methods of Teaching Accounting

    Constantino, Charife B. BSA-3A


    Dr. Noel F. Antijendra September 4, 2020

    What is a Learner?
     The use of the term learner as a synonym for student has grown in popularity
    among educators in recent years.
     A person who is finding out about a subject or how to do something.
     The acquisition of knowledge or skills through study, experience, or being taught.
     A person who is trying to gain knowledge or skill in something by studying,
    practicing, or being taught
     Learner Versus Student:
    A Learner…
     Learns any time
     Directs and supports their own learning
     Works at their own pace
     Is motivated by the mastery of skills
     Develops own learning goals and monitors own progress
     Achieves by active collaboration and feedback with other
     Designs learning experiences based on passions and interests
    A Student…
     Learns in a classroom
     Is directed by the teacher
     Works within a defined time
     Is motivated by grades
     Follows goals that are set and monitored by the teacher
     Achieved by listening and following instruction
     Experiences teacher-designed activities and projects

     Learner characteristics can be personal, academic, social/emotional and/or


    cognitive in nature.
     Personal characteristics often relate to demographic information such as age,
    gender, maturation, language, social economic status, cultural background, and
    specific needs of a learner group such as particular skills and disabilities for
    and/or impairments to learning.
     Academic characteristics are more education and/or learning related such as
    learning goals (of an individual or a group), prior knowledge, educational type,
    and educational level.
    Principles & Methods of Teaching Accounting

     Social/Emotional characteristics relate to the group or to the individual with


    respect to the group. Examples of social/emotional characteristics are group
    structure, place of the individual within a group, sociability, self-image (also
    feelings of self-efficacy and agency), mood, et cetera.
     Cognitive characteristics relate to such things as attention span, memory,
    mental procedures, and intellectual skills which

    Source:
    https://www.edglossary.org/learner/
    http://kathleenmcclaskey.com/2018/09/30/learner-vs-student/
    https://www.learnersdictionary.com/definition/learner
    https://www.researchgate.net/publication/234057270_Learner_Characteristics
    Principles & Methods of Teaching Accounting

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