Editing Learning (section)

=== Psychological factors ===

[[Intrinsic motivation]], such as a student's own intellectual curiosity or desire to experiment or explore, has been found to sustain learning more effectively than extrinsic motivations such as grades or parental requirements. [[Rote learning]] involves repetition in order to reinforce facts in memory, but has been criticized as ineffective and "[[drill and kill]]" since it kills intrinsic motivation.  Alternatives to rote learning include [[active learning]] and [[meaningful learning]].

The speed, accuracy, and retention, depend upon [[aptitude]], [[Attitude (psychology)|attitude]], interest, attention, energy level, and [[Motivation#Applications in education|motivation]] of the students. Students who answer a question properly or give good results should be praised. This encouragement increases their ability and helps them produce better results. Certain attitudes, such as always finding fault in a student's answer or provoking or embarrassing the student in front of a class are counterproductive.<ref name="Ref 3">{{cite book|last1=Mangal|first1=SK|title=Advanced Educational Psychology|year=2002|publisher=PHI Learning Pvt. Ltd|isbn=978-81-203-2038-3|page=536|edition=Second}}</ref><ref name="Ref 4">{{cite book|last1=Bhatia|first1=H.R|title=Elements Of Educational Psychology|year=1973|publisher=Orient Blackswan|isbn= 978-81-250-0029-7|page=558}}</ref>{{request quotation|date=March 2022}}