Transcript Chapter One Discovering and Using Your Learning Styles Three Cognitive Learning Styles The term cognitive learning styles refers to the general way people prefer to.

Chapter One
Discovering and
Using Your Learning
Styles
Three Cognitive Learning Styles
The term cognitive learning styles refers to the
general way people prefer to have information
presented in order to problem solve, process,
learn, and remember new information.
• Visual Learners
– What are common characteristics of visual learners?
• Auditory Learners
– What are common characteristics of auditory learners?
• Kinesthetic Learners
– What are common characteristics of kinesthetic learners?
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Visual, Auditory and Kinesthetic
Inventory Scoring and Discussion
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Learning Strategies for Visual Learners
• Highlight important information in textbooks.
• Visualize pictures, charts, graphs, or small sections
of printed information.
• Create movies in the mind during the reading
process.
• Create visual study tools that show levels of
information.
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Learning Strategies for Visual Learners
(Cont)
• Expand chapter mappings.
• Add colors and pictures to notes.
• Copy information in your own handwriting.
• Observe people for visual clues.
• Carry a pen and notepad to write down information.
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Learning Strategies for Auditory Learners
• Talk out loud
(verbalize).
• Read out loud.
• Ask questions.
• Work with a study
buddy or in a study
group.
• Recite frequently.
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• Tape lectures.
• Make your own study
tapes.
• Explain information to
others.
• Create rhymes, jingles,
or songs.
• Use technology with
audio features.
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Learning Strategies for Kinesthetic
Learners
• Handle objects, tools, or machinery as you study.
• Create manipulatives (study tools you can move
with your hands).
• Cut charts or diagrams apart and then reassemble.
• Use exaggerated movements and hand gestures
when you study.
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Learning Strategies for Kinesthetic
Learners (Cont)
• Use a computer to type information and use
muscle memory.
• Walk as you recite or practice.
• Work at a chalkboard, flip chart, or large poster
paper.
• Learn through creative movement and activities.
• Create action games.
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Brain Dominance Theory
• The right and the left hemispheres of the brain are
linked together neurologically.
• Each hemisphere dominates specific kinds of
mental activities and learning patterns.
• People tend to have a preference for initially
processing information through the left or the right
hemisphere.
• Once information is received and processing
begins in one hemisphere, the information is then
shared with the other hemisphere for total
processing.
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Brain Dominance Theory
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Essential Strategies for Linear and
Global Learners
• Use your understanding of your linear or global
preferences to analyze and adjust learning
situations.
• Ask for a summary or list of significant points.
• Organize a list or chart of important points.
• Take time to organize information logically.
• Add your own heading and subheadings to
textbooks that lack detailed structure.
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Essential Strategies for Linear and
Global Learners (Cont)
• Ask for specific examples or anecdotes.
• Add color, pictures, or diagrams to lecture notes.
• Ask instructors and other students questions.
• Get an overview of the topic before a lecture.
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Additional Learning Preferences and
Environments
How would you define or explain each of the
following?
– Teacher-directed environment
– Student-directed environment
– Interactive learner
– Reflective learner
– Situational preferences
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Howard Gardner's Multiple Intelligences
Definitions:
– Intelligence: An intelligence is a
biopsychological potential to process information
that can be activated in a cultural setting to solve
problems or create products that are of value in
a culture. (Source: Gardner. Intelligence Reframed, Basic Books, 1999, p. 33-34)
– Subintelligences: Subintelligences are core
abilities that belong under a specific intelligence.
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Gardner's Eight Intelligences:
• Linguistic
• Spatial
• Logical-Mathematical
• Interpersonal
• Musical
• Intrapersonal
• Bodily-Kinesthetic
• Naturalist
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