Observations-Inferences+Of+Learning+-+Group+5

=How does learning occur? You decide!= In the space below please do the following: Would she be able to work more efficiently if her test wasn't approaching quickly? ||
 * Name of group members (not last names)
 * **Observation** || **Findings** || **Questions** ||
 * Kelly observed a 3 year old boy playing at the library who was trying to learn how to count with blocks and an abacus. || He counted his blocks and looked to his adult when confused or unsure. When his adult helped him such as correcting him when his number was wrong. I found it interesting that he never got super frustrated. He was proud especially when his grandfather said good job. He was also determined. When he messed up his numbers he seemed to just keep going despite his mistakes. I was unable to to interview him but I did find out through conversation that his grandfather (adult with him) was a retired teacher. || Would this boy have showed the same emotions if he were with his peers rather than his grandfather? Would his learning process have been the same if his grandfather wasn't a retired teacher? ||
 * Laura observed a 21 year old woman studying for her Pharmacy College Admission Test. || She started doing some review questions. She was very focused, I could tell by how she pushed her eyebrows together, and put her pointer finger on her chin. She Internet was faulty at first, and because she was trying to stay focused, she would get frustrated and lightly tap her laptop. I found it interesting every time that she got an answer correct, she would have a miniature celebration for herself. I know from having previous conversations with her that she is feeling a lot of pressure since the test is soon. After she finished about half of the review questions, she turned on her Pandora and played some country music quietly. For the next part of the review, there were many moments where she had read the question out loud to herself a few times before spacing out momentarily to figure out the answer. I could see there were many points of frustration when reviewing the questions because she felt unprepared. She would give me a look, get up and get a snack, sit down, squeeze her bottom lip with her fingers and try to make some sense of the question on a piece of paper. After she finished the last question, she put her head back on the back of the chair took a deep breath. || How would this woman's tactic for studying have been different if she was working with her tutor or with a group of people?

Conclusion with inferences and questions:
I think that interactive learning occurred. To me this seemed like a really good learning process where the two bonded and made it educational. They interacted well together to make their learning individual and effective.

Observing her with an educator mind, I could see that the way that this woman was studying was giving her more stress. If she was given more interactive and less solitary ways of studying, she could have understood the material differently.