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Social interaction learning styles are models that learners strategize in their acquisition of knowledge and information. Learning is the process by which behavior is modified according to the experience and exposure presented to learners in different settings. This process involves interaction between the teacher and the learner in different settings, which allows for information dissemination and, in turn, how the information is received by the learner. Such an activity is termed as social interaction which comes with scales of varying relationship promoted among individuals that are in the interaction. Simultaneously, learning styles include the personal quality that influences a learner’s ability to acquire knowledge.
As early as the nineteenth century, the concept of social interaction stems from...
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Jusoff, K., Samah, S.A.A. (2012). Social Interaction Learning Styles. In: Seel, N.M. (eds) Encyclopedia of the Sciences of Learning. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-1428-6_1785
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