Transcript 8 Learning Stylesx
8 Learning Styles
Verbal/Linguistic
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Definition
• Verbal/Linguistic – related to words and language •
Characteristics
• Likes to read books • Listens to and gives oral presentations • Communicates through written and oral messages • Likes discussions and debates • Likes to explain things •
How does this person learn best?
• Saying, hearing, and seeing words 1.02 Understand personality and learning styles.
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Logical/Mathematical
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Definition
• Logical/Mathematical – reasoned, precise, accurate •
Characteristics
• Likes to conduct experiments • Likes to work with numbers • Likes to explore patterns and relationships • Good at math, problem solving, and reasoning •
How does this person learn best?
• Categorizing, classifying, and working with patterns and relationships 1.02 Understand personality and learning styles.
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Bodily/Kinesthetic
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Definition
• Physical activity and movement and awareness through sensory perception – hearing, seeing, smelling, feeling •
Characteristics
• Likes to move around, touch, talk, and use body language • Good at sports, dancing, gymnastics, and crafts •
How does this person learn best?
• By touching, moving, interacting with space and processing knowledge through bodily sensations 1.02 Understand personality and learning styles.
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Visual/Spatial
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Definition
• Mental images, seeing, sight •
Characteristics
• Likes to draw, build, design, and create • Daydreamer and imaginative • Watches movies and plays computer games • Good at sensing changes • Good at puzzles and mazes and reading charts and graphs •
How does this person learn best?
• By visualizing, dreaming, and using colors and pictures 1.02 Understand personality and learning styles.
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Musical/Rhythmic
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Definition
• Sound arranged in patterns, tone, and pitch through music, poetry, color, painting, and photography •
Characteristics
• Likes to sing, hum tunes, listen to music, play an instrument • Good at picking up sounds, remembering melodies, noticing pitch, rhythm, and patterns • Good at keeping time •
How does this person learn best?
• Through rhythm, melody, and music 1.02 Understand personality and learning styles.
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Interpersonal
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Definition
• Related to relationships with other people •
Characteristics
• Has lots of friends, likes to talk and join groups • Good at understanding people • Good at communicating • Good at mediation (resolving conflict) •
How does this person learn best?
• Sharing with others, collaborative groups, and teaching others 1.02 Understand personality and learning styles.
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Intrapersonal
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Definition
• Within self •
Characteristics
• Likes to work alone • Reflective and self-aware • Instinctual • Original •
How does this person learn best?
• Working alone, individualized projects, and self-paced instruction 1.02 Understand personality and learning styles.
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Naturalistic
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Definition
• Related to nature and the environment •
Characteristics
• Likes to work outside • Enjoys geography, weather, learning about the environment • Good at categorizing, organizing, planning, • Interested in preservation and conservation • Likes to work with animals •
How does this person learn best?
• By studying nature’s patterns, such as erosion and climate, learning how things work, and cause and effect relationships 1.02 Understand personality and learning styles.
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