My ability and skills of learning

My ability and skills of learning

How I learn

Learning refers to the acquisition of knowledge, skills and experience which are obtained by being either taught or even through studying. My learning styles and techniques at collage level makes it easy for me to pursue my course. First and most importantly is my emphasis on the critical skills of learning. Before I take any step to acquiring new knowledge through studying, I first revise the four Cs of learning skills. Perhaps, they guide me in quick capturing of the content. These learning skills include; critical thinking, creative thinking, communicating and collaborating. Basically, through critical thinking, I usually analyze the content material in order to understand it better. In addition, I usually note down words that are vocabularies to me and confirm the meaning from the dictionary after every sentence. This greatly helps in move hand in hand with the content am handling. Secondly, I employ my creative abilities in the process of learning.  Here, I try to forecast the possible destination of the writer. In other words, I like the way I predict ahead of the author. I achieve this through serious improvising and brainstorming of ideas. Also, asking of questions in a classroom learning set up greatly contributes to a better mode of understanding. I do it with a lot of confidence not to annoy my lecturers or any of my fellow students at all but purposely to supplement my understanding in the learning process. Thirdly, communicating skills as one of my critical skill of learning helps me grab with ease what is bring spoken. Necessarily, I pay a lot of attention to my tutors or any other student I consider for consultation. Giving them humble time to communicate enhances good relations and creates room for asking questions, which forms the backbone of my learning style.

How I determine my ability to learn

The most important step after having a personal study or a classroom set learning is determining whether I grasped knowledge I demanded. I usually achieve this in a technical manner through the use of collaborating skill of learning. In the case of being taught, I often influence my course mates to revise out the content taught. Through the process, my ability to remember what I had learnt clearly shows whether I understood or not. Another method I usually use to weigh out my learning capabilities is through note taking.  Basically, I write down notes capturing the whole content just immediately after having a personal set study. Team working contributes immensely in my learning because through this, I try to get explanation of difficult content on the spot. This helps in getting a nice grasp of the content material. However, team working contributes to failure in the learning process in a number of ways. At the first instant, selection of the team to discuss with is very crucial. From my own experience, one should revise with people in almost same level of understanding. This purposely prevents backsliding in the processing of learning. Additionally, I always measure my ability to learn through answering of questions. Most are the times I occupy front positions in the tutorial rooms so that I may be able to answer any question posed by tutor or even fellow student. In case of difficulties in answering questions posed, I’m always motivated in passing through the whole content again to identify areas with difficulties. In conclusion, my emphasis on learning and study skills, asking questions and team working forms the bases of my learning process.