Emotional Learning
Style

Level of Motivation - This is a learner's ability to move independently, in a self-driven manner, towards a desired goal or outcome. Some learners are highly motivated to complete their schoolwork, almost to a point of being 'driven'. Other learners are not internally motivated to independently complete tasks on any level. A learner's internal level of motivation may require external incentives if independent motivation is low, or interest may be piqued through unit studies your child chooses.

Persistence - The learner's ability to continuously engage in an activity until it is completed or correct. Learners with low levels of persistence will "give up" quickly if they are not successful in completing a task. Other learners persist to a point of obsession to complete tasks or to complete them perfectly. The higher a learner's level of persistence, the more willing he will be to engage in a learning task until mastered. Persistence can be encouraged through motivational tools and lots of positive recognition of any degree of progress.

Responsibility - The Hyperdictionary defines this as: a form of trustworthiness; the trait of being answerable to someone for something or being responsible for one's conduct. For a learner, this would be the learner's ability to take control of, willingness to take control, and to follow through on his own learning tasks. Responsibility levels can be nurtured through incremental increases in independent learning activities until the learner is capable of taking responsibility for all of his learning tasks.

Conformity / Non-conformity - The learner's willingness to act within expected boundaries or guidelines. As the teacher, you establish learning activities for your child to engage in. Whether or not your child is willing to operate within the guidelines you establish is the level of conformity. Children who are motivated to complete assignments rapidly, may be non-conformists if they do not complete assignments to a predetermined level of acceptability. Conformity can be encouraged through motivational tools, encouragement, clearly established expectations with logical consequences, and by pursuing topics of interest to your child whenever the topics you study can be flexible.

Need for Structure - The learner's need for organization and predictability on a daily basis are aspects of structure needed by a learner. Some learners must have highly structured environments and are aided by daily checklists for assignments, consistency in time and location for learning, as well as predictability in how learning tasks will be accomplished. Learners with a low-structure need flourish in a spontaneous learning environment; they may become 'bored' with learning in the same place, in the same way, day after day. Establishing a level of structure suitable to the learner can enable the learner to engage in learning activities more easily, without being either bored or confused by changes.