Types of Learners

TYPES OF

LEARNERSPresentor: Glizell Ocampo

FAST /GIFTED LEARNERS

Gifted is a frequent designation and a

certain specific I.Q. range has been allotted to those who are known as gifted people. The gifted and talented learners are those whose intellectual abilities are

exceptionally and constantly outstanding.

Scores on intelligence testing ranging from 130 to 140 have been used to identify them.


They rank high in academic achievement and cover a wide ground within a limited period of time.

They are fast thinking, highly creative and imaginative with very high constructive abilities.


They have very good cordial relationships. They make friends easily.

They have outstanding leadership qualities and can work well under pressure.

They are mostly invariably good in all subjects.


• Enrichment of instructional programmed: an abundant supply of books, laboratory equipment, and illustrative material for he may select the one needed according to his personal aims.

• School work to give a liberal background for later professional preparation.


More of verbal descriptions and generalization, less of repetition, study beyond that required for average or slow learner.

Emphasis on development of personality and character traits.


• Skipping of grades commensurate with social and emotional development.

• Emphasis on well-rounded development and expansion of interests.

• More permissiveness, freedom and challenge than more prescription of work.

SUPERIOR/BRIGHT LEARNERS

Bright children are the ones who succeed

better in a typical school setting.

A bright child knows the answer. A bright child works hard to achieve. A bright child enjoys school.


• Have an extra challenge ready that allows the student to go deeper into the subject, learn a little more, or apply a skill he has just learned in a new way.


Help the child to create an ongoing individual project. Perhaps a report on something she is interested in, a PowerPoint presentation, or a creative writing project - anything that is motivating, educationally sound and can be worked on here and there.

DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BRIGHT AND GIFTED LEARNERS

BRIGHT LEARNERS GIFTED LEARNERS

Knows the answers Is interested Is attentive Has good ideas Works hard Answers the questions Top group Listens with interest Learns with ease 6-8 repetitions Understands ideas

Asks the questions Is highly curious Is mentally and physically involved Has wild, silly ideas Plays around, yet tests well Discusses in detail, elaborates Beyond the group Shows strong feelings and opinions Already knows 1-2 repetitions for mastery Constructs abstractions

DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BRIGHT AND GIFTED LEARNERS

BRIGHT LEARNERS GIFTED LEARNERS

Enjoys peers Grasps the meaning Completes assignments Is receptive Copies accurately Enjoys school Absorbs information Technician Good memorizer Enjoys straightforward, sequential presentation Is alert Is pleased with own learning

Prefers adultsDraws inferences Initiates projects Is intense Creates a new design Enjoys learning Manipulates information Inventor Good guesser Thrives on complexity

Is keenly observant Is highly self-critical

AVERAGE LEARNERS

Majority of learners can be classified as normal learners. That is to say that majority of learners are of average abilities.

They manifest average ability. They have their own learning problems like

lateness to school,truancy, wrong peer group. They manifest giftedness when faced with

challenges.

AVERAGE LEARNERS

They need a teacher who finds out what their

interests are and builds on them. They need a teacher who discovers the

learning style of each student. They need a teacher who will ask complex

questions and expect that the students will be able to answer them.

SLOW LEARNERS

A child who qualifies for special education

services .

They exhibit numerous learning difficulties that seem to defy all learning methodologies and procedures.

The I.Q., of slow learners is in most cases below 90.

SLOW LEARNERS

The slow learners have a short attention

span, that is, they cannot concentrate for long.

They have short memory and they don’t remember easily what they have been taught.

The slow learners are always bored and generally have no interest in learning.

They have poor communication skills. They are poor in both oral and written languages.

SLOW LEARNERS

They have poor eye-hand coordination. They cannot see properly nor even copy correctly.

Their numeric ability is very low and they are very poor in calculation.

They have poor social interaction and cannot get along with others easily.

They score low in all types of tests and assessment.

SLOW LEARNERS

Health Problems

A child’s mother might have had measles, venereal diseases that might have caused mental retardation in the child. Also the mother might be malnourished during pregnancy. The child’s health might also

be affected after birth.

SLOW LEARNERS

Psychological Problems

Mothers who experience intense and excessive anxiety, worry, stress and the like may give birth to disturbed children, since the mother’s state of health affects the child.

SLOW LEARNERS

Genetic Problem

If slowness or dullness run in the lineage, inherited characteristics from parents may influence the general intellectual development of the child.

SLOW LEARNERS

Home Based Problems

Broken homes and extreme poverty on the part of the parents may affect the child.

SLOW LEARNERS

School Based Problems

- Poor methods of teaching

- Poor teacher-pupil relationships for example when a child constantly experiences hostility from the teacher.

- Poor learning environment is not conducive to learning.

SLOW LEARNERS

• More repetition of facts in different contexts and drill on fundamentals.

• To make learning concrete, more illustrations, demonstra tions, examples, experiences to be given.

• Effective motivation in the form of immediate rewards, short-term goals, praise, encouragement.

SLOW LEARNERS

• School work to be related with the occupations the learners will take up as adults.

• Very little criticism or sarcastic remarks to be given.

• Illustrations to be simple and specific, examples to be given from daily life.

• More schooling, more hours of school work and more years.

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