Transcript Learning Styles - Lenoir County Public Schools

Learning Styles
Robert Dotson
Curriculum Facilitator, EC Department
Lenoir County Public Schools
Ground Rules
• Look
• Listen
• Learn
• Lend your abilities & insights
Food for Thought
“Schools tend to be a
place where students
come to watch adults
work.”
Learning Styles
Purpose:
• Introduction to Learning styles
• Become Aware of Personal Learning Style
• Discover Implications for Classroom
Instruction
References:
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Learning Style Inventory for Adults (Silver,Strong,& Hanson 2006)
Dr. Daniel R. Moirao, Ed.D
So Each May Learn: Integrating Learning Styles & Multiple Intelligences (Silver,
Strong, & Perini 2000)
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Which image are you most like and why?
Learning Style Inventory
Directions:
• Complete page 2 (horizontal)
• Compute Scores on page 7 (vertical)
• Complete Profile Table & Graph ( Page 8)
• **Leave “Subjective Ranking” column
blank **
Sensing and thinking
produces Mastery learners
• who are efficient and resultsoriented, preferring action to words
and involvement to theory.
• They have a high energy level for
doing things that are pragmatic,
detailed, and useful.
Intuition and thinking produces
Understanding learners
• who prefer to be challenged
intellectually and to think things
through for themselves.
• They are curious about ideas, have a
high tolerance for theory and
abstraction, a taste for complex
problems, and a concern for longrange consequences.
Sensing and feeling produces
Interpersonal learners
• who are sensitive to people’s feelings
– their own and others.
• They prefer to learn about things
that directly affect people’s lives
rather than impersonal facts or
theories.
Intuition and feeling produces
Self-Expressive learners
• who dare to dream, are committed to
their values, are open to alternatives,
and are constantly searching for new
and unusual ways to express
themselves.
“TEMPO” of each learning style
Mastery (S + T) “Paper Clip”
Interpersonal (S + F) “Teddy Bear”
35%
12%
Thinking Goal: Remembering
Environment: Clarity/Consistency
Motivation: Success
Process: Step-by-Step (exercise/practice)
Outcome: What? Want correct answers
35%
65%
Thinking Goal: Relate Personally
Environment: Cooperative/Conversation
Motivation: Relationship
Process: Friend-by-Friend (personalize
experience)
Outcome: If What, So What
(current/connected)
Understanding (N + T) “Magnifying Glass”
Self-Expressive (N + F) “Slinky”
10%
1%
Thinking Goal: Reasoning
Environment: Critical thinking/ Challenge
Motivation: Curiosity
Process: Doubt-by-Doubt (explain & prove)
Outcome: Why? Argue
20%
22%
Thinking Goal: Reorganize
Environment: Colorful/Choice
Motivation: Originality
Process: Dream-by-Dream (explore
possibilities)
Outcome: What if? Creative Alternatives
Questions, Thoughts,
and/or Comments