Transcript Learning Styles

Learning Styles
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Learning Styles
Students taught partly in a
manner they prefer, leads to an
increased comfort level and
willingness to learn. Taught partly
in a less preferred manner,
provides practice and feedback in
ways of thinking and solving
problems which they may not
initially be comfortable with but
which they will have to use to be
fully effective professionals.
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Learning Styles - Categories
Learning Styles
Visual
Verbal
Input into mind
Sensory
Intuitive
Perception of Information
Active
Reflective
Sequential
Processing to Retain
Building Understanding
Global
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Learning Styles Visual - Verbal
• Identify information
• People tend to prefer to
take in information either
visually or verbally
Input
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Learning Styles Visual-Verbal
Index of Learning
Styles Questionnaire
http://www.engr.ncsu.edu/le
arningstyles/ilsweb.html
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Learning Styles Visual - Verbal
Visual 70%
Prefer charts, diagrams, and pictures
Verbal 30%
Prefer the spoken
and written word
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Learning Styles Visual - Verbal
Visual Learner
Verbal Learner
Instruction
Video Clips
Diagrams & Images
Maps
Lecture
Audio clips
Assignments
Mind Mapping
PowerPoint With Images
Interviews
Seminars
Reports & Speeches
Assessment
Id on Maps
Drawings and Sketches
Read & response
Sound Identification
Verbal tests
Reference
Reference maps
Diagrams/Pictures
Articles
Video/Audio Clips
Communication
Whiteboard
Chat
Phone
Audio Conferencing
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Learning Styles Visual - Verbal
Helping the Visual Learner
Helping the Verbal Learner
Try to find and use diagrams,
sketches, flow charts…
Use concept maps when
appropriate…
Color code notes if possible…
Try to locate video clips related
to your topics…
Prepare summaries of
material…
Allow for presentation of
others explanations…
Discussions of topics by the
class…
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Learning Styles Sensing-Intuitive
• Perception of information
• Sensors like to work with
real data and like details
• Intuitors like to work with
theories and like concepts
• Making it fit in the real world
or the world of ideas
• Concrete   Conceptual
Facts and Data Concepts
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Learning Styles Sensing-Intuitive
Index of Learning
Styles Questionnaire
http://www.engr.ncsu.edu/le
arningstyles/ilsweb.html
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Learning Styles Sensing-Intuitive
Sensing 58% - (Logical)
Prefer data and facts
Want a connection to real world
Intuitive 42% - (innovators)
Prefer theories and interpretations
of factual information
Want a connection to other ideas
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Learning Styles Sensing - Intuitive
Sensing Learner
Intuitive Learner
Instruction
Images
Sounds
Demos
Case Studies
Hypothesis Setting
Assignments
Creation of Demos
Images
Case Studies
Problem Solving
Resolution Building
Assessment
Detail Tests
Audio Tests
Outcome Projections
Reference
Field Trips
Virtual Field Trips
Compare & Contrast
Communication
Conferencing Tools
Group Work
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Learning Styles Sensing - Intuitive
Helping the Sensing Learner
Helping the Intuitive Learner
Provide specific examples to
material if possible…
Try to frame material in how
they apply in practice…
Brainstorming on how the
material presented works in
practice…
Connection exercises for
theories being presented…
Question development time…
Provide time or exercises for
building hypothesis…
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Learning Styles Active-Reflective
• Processing to Retain
• Active learners need to
interact with the material
directly and/or talking with
others
• Reflective learners need to
think about where the new
information fits
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Learning Styles Active-Reflective
Index of Learning
Styles Questionnaire
http://www.engr.ncsu.edu/le
arningstyles/ilsweb.html
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Learning Styles Active-Reflective
Active 68%
Learn best by doing something physical with
the information
Let’s try it and see how it works out
Reflective 32%
Do the processing in
their head
Let’s think it through
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Learning Styles Active - Reflective
Active Learner
Reflective Learner
Instruction
Class Participation
Critical Thinking
Reflection Time
Assignments
Model Building
Problem Sets
Journaling
Assessment
Projects
Reports
Problem Solving
Essays
Reference
Field Trips
Virtual Field trips
Observations
Readings
Communication
Meetings
Webcasts
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Learning Styles Active - Reflective
Helping the Active Learner
Helping the Reflective Learner
Allow time for problem-solving
activities…
Hypothesis development
exercises…
Group discussions on topics in
the material…
Reflective time in a class…
Question development time…
Summaries of class
materials…
Blogging…
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Learning Styles Sequential-Global
• Building Understanding
• Sequentials want to follow a
linear process
• Global learners want to
work from the big picture
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Learning Styles Sequential-Global
Index of Learning
Styles Questionnaire
http://www.engr.ncsu.edu/le
arningstyles/ilsweb.html
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Learning Styles Sequential-Global
Sequential 72%
Easily makes linear connections between individual steps
Global 28%
Must see the big picture
Before the individual
pieces fall into place
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Learning Styles Sequential - Global
Sequential Learner
Global Learner
Instruction
Video Clips
Diagrams & Images
Maps
Lecture
Audio clips
Assignments
Mind Mapping
PowerPoint With Images
Interviews
Seminars
Reports & Speeches
Assessment
Id on Maps
Drawings and Sketches
Read & response
Sound Identification
Verbal tests
Reference
Reference maps
Diagrams/Pictures
Articles
Vide/Audio Clips
Communication
Whiteboard
Chat
Phone
Audio Conferencing
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Learning Styles Sequential - Global
Helping the Sequential Learner
Helping the Global Learner
Provide material in order of
completing a task…
Provide examples and material
to fill in steps…
Organize material into more
blocks than step by step
approach…
Relate material to existing
material and theories…
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Learning Styles - Helping Learners
Learning Style
Teaching Style
Visual
Verbal
Visual
Input - Presentation
Sensory
Intuitive
Concrete
Perception - Content
Active
Reflective
Sequential
Verbal
Abstract
Active
Processing - Participation
Passive
Linear
Understanding - Perspective
Global
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Sweeping
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References
• http://www.ncsu.edu/felder-public/learning_Styles.html
• http://www.engr.ncsu.edu/learningstyles/ilsweb.html
• http://www.uncw.edu/cte/soloman_felder.htm
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