Academic Writing: Module 2

Academic Writing: Module 2

1. Human learning is influenced by the family, the community, the school and the societal structure in which the child is born and brought up. Apart from this, the child’s own psychological characteristics have a strong influence on his/ her ability to learn as well as how he/ she learns. In this unit, we discuss factors that have direct or indirect influences on students’ learning at the elementary level.

Formal Essay Outline

1. Introduction

Introductory paragraph

1. Opening sentence:

Human learning is often influenced by many factors that vary from environmental, psychological, societal, and emotional stability of the child

1. A brief summary to introduce the topic

• Provision of family support, availability of resources such as technology & institutional learning materials, societal co-existent, and mental stability promotes conducive conditions for learning.
• Learning is often influenced by the student’s family, support from their school, societal structure, and the stability of the community.
• This conditions often facilitate the growth of positive psychological, physiological, and environmental conditions that encourage learning.

1. Thesis statement

Student learning is often influenced by physiological factors such as physical health, environmental factors such as lighting, and psychological factors such as mental stability, anxiety, and self-efficacy affect their interest and performance in learning.

1. Body

First body paragraph

1. Topic sentence states 1sts supporting point

Physiological factors such as the learner’s physical health, sense of perception, and atmospheric conditions often influence the student’s ability to learn.

1. Expand and give specific details

Individual self-perception, visual and auditory perception, physical health, nutrition and supportive environment encourages positive learning conditions.

1. Provide support using examples and if assigned, quotes

• Children with visual or auditory challenges are likely to experience learning compared without such issues.
• The provision of proper nutrition facilitates concentration and interest in learning compared with the students who get predisposed to poor nutrition such as the use of drugs and alcohol which hampers their concentration.
• Distractions and hard labor can cause muscle fatigue thus affecting the ability of students to concentrate. Such conditions can also facilitate the need for students to have high records in truancy and low concentration.

1. Analysis (Analyze connect evidence to supporting reason and argument)

• The success or failure of learners is largely dependent on various physiological factors that range from nutritional aspects, physical health, sense of perception, learning time, and atmospheric conditions, among others that should be corrected to enhance learning.
• These are physiological factors that affect the student’s concentration and motivation towards education.

Second Body Paragraph (2nd supporting point)

1. Topic Sentence states 2nd supporting point

Environmental factors affect learning in relation to organizational setup and learning conditions, which are likely to influence or deter concentration.

1. Expand and give specific details

Efficient learning can be affected by environmental conditions such as overcrowding and bad ventilation.

Organizational set up such as time planning and class hours can affect the student’s ability to learn.

A positive relationship between the student and the teacher creates positive and conducive grounds for learning.

Unhealthy relations between students and the teachers can affect the learner’s concentration and interest in studies.

1. Provide support using examples and if assigned, quotes

For instance, extremely hot or cold classes often make it difficult for students to concentrate. In the same manner, rooms that are poorly aerated can cause students to feel dizzy or lose their concentration.

On the contrary, classes that are well lit, well-aerated, and students are well spaced often encourages concentration and interaction with the teacher.

Students tend to feel valued and loved when their relations with their teachers are positive and are likely to show more interest in coursework.

Positive relations between students facilitate class attendance and encourages success especially in a group.

Learning schedule such as limited playtime can affect the student’s concentration.

Teachers who fail to provide students with guidance can cause them to lose interest in school.

Jealousy and rivalry create breeding grounds for conflicts and truancy.

Teachers should work on the creation of a positive environment to encourage student’s interest in studies.

1. Analysis (analyze/connect evidence to supporting reason and argument)

It is important to ensure that children are provided with conducive learning conditions including the provision of guidance in exercises, proper seating arrangements, organizational set-up, and positive relations between the students and their teachers.

Third body paragraph

1. The topic sentence states 3^rd supporting point

Psychological factors influence learning success or failure due to the learner’s motivation, interest, mental health, and the provision of rewards or punishment

1. Expand and give specific details

• The success or failure of learners is often influenced by their mental health which is characterized by stress, depression, anxiety, happiness, and concentration.
• Lack of mental health causes the growth of conflicts, diseases, and mental health conditions that affect the learner’s concentration abilities.
• Students should be motivated and encouraged to become the best versions of themselves to encourage the achievement of academic goals.
• Motivates students to have a higher interest in education, are more creative, and tend to perform than their demotivated counterparts.
• Self-perception affects individual interests, commitment, and performance in studies among other activities.
• Students should be provided with rewards to motivate them (Extrinsic motivation)
• Intrinsic motivation such as changing mindset and motivation will result in long term results

1. Provide support using examples

• Children who are stressed, depressed or anxious are likely to record poor performance than those who are mentally owing to family support and positive self-belief.
• Diminished mental stability increases the chances of truancy owing to high chances to engage in fights, feeling of worthlessness, and lack of motivation.
• Children who have a positive perception about themselves are likely to perform better and engage with others positively.
• Providing children with gifts such as candies after a good performance are likely to put more effort in order to get additional rewards. Similarly, children who are punished for bad behavior are likely to avoid repeating such mannerisms to evade punishments. Positive rewards have a more positive effect on children than negative.
• Motivating children inwardly by changing their self-perception has greater effects than the provision of rewards

1. Analysis

The success or failure of learning is dependent on the student’s psychological wellness which is often facilitated by their mental stability which can be affected by the provision of rewards and motivation.

III. Conclusion

1. Restate the main point of the essay

Student learning is often influenced by physiological factors such as physical health, environmental factors such as lighting, and psychological factors such as mental stability, anxiety, and self-efficacy affect their interest and performance in learning.

1. Summarize supporting reasons

Psychological factors such as stress, depression, and anxiety affects a student’s learning negatively. Mental stability characterized by calmness, happiness, self-efficacy, positive self-perception, and mental strength influences learning positively.

Physiological factor such as visual or auditory perception, body fitness, nutrition, and physical health influences student learning.

Environmental factors such as lighting, ventilating, program schedules, school relations influence learning.

1. Concluding thoughts to have a lasting impression on the reader

Learning institutions should work on promoting the psychological and physiological health of students to facilitate learning. Families and teachers should offer students with support, rewards, and motivation to encourage them to become the best version of themselves. The learning environment should also be improved to motivate students to learn both at home and in school.

Title

Introduction

Human learning is often influenced by many factors that vary from environmental, psychological, societal, and emotional stability of the child as a result of their environment. One essential factor of education is to inform and promote student creativity which is often facilitated through the development of guidance on learning and promotion of creative teaching. Advancement in technology has created additional opportunities to create conducive learning conditions for students both at home and their schools. This is because, the learning ability of students is often affected by the degree of concentration, physical stability, environmental conditions, and interest to studies which can be improved through technology. Additionally, the student’s psychological characteristics such as family support, mental stability, self-confidence, stress, and motivation, determine their interest and performance of in their studies. Student learning is often influenced by physiological factors such as physical health, environmental factors such as lighting, and psychological factors such as mental stability, anxiety, and self-efficacy affect their interest and performance in learning.

Physiological factors such as the learner’s physical health, sense of perception, and atmospheric conditions often influence the student’s ability to learn. The manner in which an individual sees and interprets the physical world in relation to their visual, auditory and kinaesthetic perception, influences their ability to learn. An individual’s visual perception and associated skills often influence the failure and success of students. For instance, the students that suffer from the perception of visual discrimination between the terms “d” and “b” are likely to experience writing and reading difficulties, that may affect their ability to study and thrive like the other people without such visual issues. In the same manner, the learner’s physical health may hamper the ability to learn in that sound physical health often provides an individual with the vitality and vigour required to pursue learning effectively. Additionally, a diseased learner is likely to lack the physical strength that is necessary to engage in active and productive mental activity. Similarly, sensory and muscular fatigue or lack of physiological health is likely to result in mental indolence and boredom that may affect concentration. Issues such as lack of housing, pure nutrition, poor lighting, inadequate ventilation, and unhealthy clothing can cause mental and physical fatigue that could affect the student’s ability to learn maximally. Children who are introduced to poor nutrition that is composed of addictive substances such as caffeine, alcoholic drinks and tobacco often suffer from impaired concentration due to negative influences on the neuro-muscular systems which affect their learning capacity significantly. In order to improve learning capabilities, institutions should understand the importance of timely learning in that the mental capacity tends to decline during the day while the capacity of most children tends to increase during the morning and evening hours. Distractions such as extreme temperatures, physical discomfort, and lack of illumination also affects the efficiency of learning due to effects on concentration ability. As such, it is evident that the success or failure of learners is largely dependent on various physiological factors that range from nutritional aspects, physical health, sense of perception, learning time, and atmospheric conditions, among others that should be corrected to enhance learning.

Psychological factors influence learning success or failure due to the learner’s motivation, interest, mental health, and the provision of rewards or punishment. In relation to their mental health, diseases, conflicts, and complexes cause maladjustment that can make it difficult for the child to learn effectively. In order to succeed in their studies, learner’s ability should be boosted through mental poise, provision of rewards, and the elimination of mental conflicts. This is because students who are motivated and have high interest for studies are more likely to achieve higher success than those who are less motivated and interested. In the absence of motivation, children often lack interest in learning in that their behavior in learning is often energized and directed by particular motives. This is because, the issues that emanate from psychological issues such as anxiety, stress, depression, phobias, and helplessness can cause an individual to fail to achieve their academic targets due to interference of their ability to behave normally. This is owing to the fact that an individual’s judgement of their capabilities can affect their efforts, choice of activities and persistence or interest in their coursework in that self-efficacy is related to personal adjustment, commitment, performance, and individual adjustment to succeed in education. As such, students who are intrinsically motivated are more likely to engage in activities successfully than those who are extrinsically motivated. The extrinsic motivation which is often facilitated through the provision of gifts and rewards can facilitate student motivation and interest in education. However, intrinsic motivation is more effective than extrinsic motivation in that intrinsic facilitates cognitive engagement that increases the learner’s interest in studies by changing their self-perception and attitude towards life. Going by this discussion, it is evident that the success or failure of student’s learning is dependent on their psychological wellness which is often facilitated by their mental health and aspect of success or motivation that affects the learner’s interest in education or lack thereof.

Environmental factors affect learning in relation to organizational setup and learning conditions, which are likely to influence or deter concentration. Efficient learning is often hampered by poor environmental conditions including bad ventilation, overcrowding, uncomfortable seating arrangement, and distractions. For instance, the provision of sanitary conditions, internal setup, and decoration promotes efficient learning while dark rooms or poorly ventilated spaces affects an individual’s concentration. Additionally, organizational set-up such as learning time schedule, relations between the teachers and pupils, and democracy in the organization affect the learning atmosphere. The availability of competition can stimulate a learning atmosphere, especially through group emulation while jealousy and rivalry affect their participation. In order to create a positive learning environment, teachers should strive to increase student participation to avoid passiveness in the classroom while enhancing their relations to encourage cooperation. Additionally, the provision of guidance on the activities and subjects in relation to their individual abilities, age, and aptitude should be provided. Failure to provide guidance on the activities and subjects may cause the children to lag thus facilitating loss of interest in education. As such, it is important to ensure that children are provided with conducive learning conditions including the provision of guidance in exercises, proper seating arrangements, organizational set-up, and positive relations between the students and their teachers.

Conclusion

Student learning is often influenced by physiological factors such as physical health, environmental factors such as lighting, and psychological factors such as mental stability, anxiety, and self-efficacy affect their interest and performance in learning. From this discussion, it is evident that physiological factors such as individual health, fitness, nutrition, and visual perception often affects the degree of concentration. For instance, students who are intoxicated or those provided with poor nutrition are likely to suffer limited concentration than those who exercise and have a supportive family. Environmental factors such as lighting and ventilation also influence student concentration and their interest in studies. Additionally, psychological factors such as mental stability in regards to stress or anxiety, self-perception, and motivation can affect the student’s learning and concentration. In order to encourage performance among students, institutions should invest in the promotion of psychological and physiological health while improving the environmental conditions to create comfortable and conducive learning conditions.