Transcript Presented by the ACCESS Center What is a “Learning Style”? • The Goal of this program is to help you understand the.

Presented by the ACCESS Center
What is a “Learning Style”?
• The Goal of this program is to help
you understand the different styles
of acquiring knowledge.
• We will explore techniques to
improve your ability to absorb
information.
• Upon completion of this workshop
you should be aware of ways to
develop less dominant styles and
clues to your teacher’s style.
“I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make
them think.” Socrates
Take a few minutes to evaluate your learning style:
web address:
URL:http://how to learn.com/personal.html
“What I hear, I forget. What I see, I remember.
What I do, I understand.” Confucius
• Three major Learning Styles:
Visual ( Seeing)
60%
If dominant in this style you prefer reading. Images or
pictures are created when information is heard or read .
Occipital and
parietal lobes
Linguistic
List key points
Organized
diagrams/white
space Highlight
Improve your visual abilities
 Learn the SQ3R system
 Increase reading comprehension
 Create visual images to recall information
Auditory (Hearing) 30%
Your dominance in this style indicates that you learn by
listening. Problem solving improves with talking, you may be
able to repeat statements but may be easily distracted.
Right temporal
Internal dialogue
Musical
Tape notes
Ask
questions
brainstorm
Improve your auditory skills
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Be actively
involved
Listen with
an open
mind
Eliminate
distractions
Ask
questions
Kinesthetic (Touching) 10%
People that choose this style as a preference learns
best if they can touch or involve movement in
processing information. Many enjoy acting out
solutions and focusing on feelings.
Motor cortex (back of
must move around
Frontal lobe)
models
present oriented
charts
Improving Kinesthetic learning
 Notice details
 Make puzzles or games
 Describe your interpretation
This chart helps you determine your learning style; read the word in the left column and then answer the questions in the successive three
columns to see how you respond to each situation. Your answers may fall into all three columns, but one column will likely contain the
most answers. The dominant column indicates your primary learning style.
Visual
Auditory
Kinesthetic & Tactile
Do you sound out the word or use a
phonetic approach?
Do you enjoy listening but are impatient
to talk? Do you use words such as hear,
tune, and think?
Do you become distracted by sounds or
noises?
Do you forget faces but remember
names or remember what you talked
about?
Do you write the word down to find if it
feels right?
Do you gesture and use expressive
movements? Do you use words such as
feel, touch, and hold?
Do you become distracted by activity
around you?
When you..
Spell
Talk
Concentrate
Meet someone
again
Contact
people on
business
Do you try to see the word?
Do you sparingly but dislike listening for too
long? Do you favor words such as see,
picture, and imagine?
Do you become distracted by untidiness or
movement?
Do you forget names but remember faces
or remember where you met?
Do you remember best what you did
together?
Do you prefer direct, face-to-face, personal
meetings?
Do you prefer the telephone?
Do you talk with them while walking or
participating in an activity?
Do you like descriptive scenes or pause to
imagine the actions?
Do you enjoy dialog and conversation
or hear the characters talk?
Do you prefer action stories or are not a
keen reader?
Do something
new at work
Do you like to see demonstrations,
diagrams, slides, or posters?
Do you prefer verbal instructions or
talking about it with someone else?
Do you prefer to jump right in and try it?
Put something
together
Need help with
a computer
application
Do you look at the directions and the
picture?
Read
Do you seek out pictures or diagrams?
Do you ignore the directions and figure it
out as you go along?
Do you call the help desk, ask a
neighbor, or growl at the computer?
Do you keep trying to do it or try it on
another computer?
Additional Theories
Myers Briggs Type Indicator
Multiple Intelligences
Active/ Reflective
Concrete/Abstract
Memletics
“To acquire knowledge, one must study; but
to acquire wisdom, one must observe.”
Marilyn vos Savant
Additional information on Learning Styles
Web sites
URL; http://howtolearn.com/personal.html (longer inventory check list)
http://www.ncsu.edu/felder-public/learning-styles.html
www.advisorteam.com
www.learning-styles-online.com/
www.scholastic.com
www.learninginfo.com
www.learningstyles.org
www.learnstudyskills.com
http://crse002.lsu.edu/lac.nsf/guest-diagnosticframe
Books
Malone, John C., Jr., Theories of Learning: A historical Approach
Lawrence, Gordon, People Types and Tiger Stripes
Perry, William, Forms of Intellectual and ethical Development in the College Years:
A Scheme