INTRODUCTION:

Definition:
Learning is the active process of change in behavior due to direct or
indirect experiences.

Its importance can be found in the formal educational systems as well.

“Education is defined as a learning process for the individual to attain

knowledge and understanding of the higher specific objects and
specific. The knowledge gained formally resulting individual has a
pattern of thought and behavior in accordance with the education they
have gained.” Big Indonesian Dictionary (1991)

Factors of Learning:
1. Learning is active:
Learners build knowledge as they explore the world around them,
observe and interact with phenomena, converse and engage with
others, and make connections between new ideas and prior
understandings.
2. It builds on prior knowledge:
It involves enriching, building on existing understanding, where one’s
knowledge base is a scaffold that supports the construction of all
future learning.
3. It occurs in a complex social environment:
Learning should not be limited to being examined or perceived as
something that happens on an individual level. Instead, it is
necessary to think of learning as a social activity involving people,
the things they use, the words they speak, the cultural context
they’re in, and the actions they perform.
 4. It is situated in an authentic context:
It provides learners with the opportunity to engage with specific
ideas and concepts on a need-to-know or want-to-know basis.
5. It requires learners’ motivation and cognitive engagement
This is to be sustained when learning complex ideas, because
considerable mental effort and persistence are necessary.
Laws of Learning:
1) LAW OF READINESS:

Given by Thorndike, the law of readiness is explained by the statement,

“When an individual is ready to act or to learn, he acts or learns more
effectively and with greater satisfaction than when not ready.”

This means that if the child is ready to learn, he can learn quickly. If the
child is not ready to learn, he cannot learn effectively. If the teacher
teaches his students when their minds are set, learning will take place.
Otherwise all his teaching will fall flat. Thus readiness is mental set
which means that a child can learn his lessons when he is inclined to
work at them. It is the most important duty of the teacher to develop in
citizens a readiness to learn their lessons.

2) LAW OF ASSOCIATIVE LEARNING:

According to this law, a learner gives a response to which he is capable

of, associated with any other situation to which he is sensitive.
Sometimes a reaction to a stimulus might shift to a different one.

3) LAW OF EFFECT:

In this law, learning is strengthened when it is accompanied by pleasant

or satisfactory feeling. However, learning weakens when it is associated
with an unpleasant feeling. In summation, learning is effected by the
emotional state of the learner. Therefore, negative emotional states
must be avoided instead reward and recognition must be brought to
use which play a great role in encouraging pupil.

4) LAW OF EXERCISE:

This law states that things most often repeated are remembered best.
It includes the law of use and disuse. According to the former, the
learner is strengthened with repeated trial and practice and law of
disuse states that learner is weakened when trial or practice id
discontinued. The teacher should provide opportunity to learner of
practicing and repeating the task.

5) LAW OF SET ATTITUDE:

Learning is guided by the total set attitude of the learner which

determines not only what the learner does but what satisfies them.
Plus, learners tend to perform a task well if they have a determining
attitude.

6) LAW OF ANALOGY AND ASSIMILATION:

This law emphasizes that learners should make use of old experiences
or acquisitions while learning a new situation. There is a tendency to
utilize common elements in the fresh situation as existed in the similar
past situation.

7) LAW OF MULTIPLE RESPONSE:

This law is made prominent by its emphasis on the psychology of trial

and error. When confronted with a new situation, the learner responds
in a variety of ways until they arrive at a correct response. For example;
if an individual wants to solve a puzzle, they try different ways instead
of persistently being stuck on the same pattern.

Impact of the Laws of Learning on Classroom

Instructions:
 LEARNING MADE INTERESTING:

By establishing clear laws about how they will learn, you are
already motivating the students to meet standards set forth. Be
very clear about how the content will be organized and lay out the
expected outcomes. This removes some anxiety and begins to get
the learners excited about accomplishing tasks set forth.

 RELEVANCE

As these principles are put forth by educational psychologists the

habits and tendencies of how people learn are acknowledged, so
the experience becomes relevant, lasting and useful to the learner.

 OVERALL POSITIVE IMPACT:

Spark the right emotions in the learner. If you can connect

with learners from the outset then establishing the need for a
particular eLearning course, taking them through the course
and also, connecting post learning is made possible. Not only
will you have more rates of completion but also would have
enabled a good learning experience.

CONCLUSION:
Several laws of learning have been postulated that seemed
generally applicable to the learning process. Since that time, other
educational psychologists have found that the learning process is
indeed more complex than the "laws" identified. However, the
"laws" do provide the instructor with insight into the learning
process that will assist in providing a rewarding experience to the
trainee.