DIAGNOSING LEARNING STYLE

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DIAGNOSING LEARNING STYLE
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ENVIRONMENTALPSYCHOLOGICALSOCIOLOGICALPHYSICAL
COGNITIVE
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ENVIRONMENTALyour external surroundings
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ENVIRONMENTAL ELEMENTS
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Your preferences about? AMOUNT OF SOUND?
TYPE/ AMOUNT OF LIGHT? TEMPERATURE? FURNITURE
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PSYCHOLOGICALyour emotional preferences
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PSYCHOLOGICAL STYLE
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THE PROFESSORENCOURAGES STUDENTS

• competition

• cooperation

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THE PROFESSOR and STUDENT INDEPENDENCE

• Expects students to ask for help

• Guides students step by step

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THE PROFESSORSTRESSES IMPORTANCE OF

• Group effort

• Individual effort

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SOCIOLOGICALyour interactions with people
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You like to learn ? BY YOURSELF ? IN A PAIR
? WITH A GROUP ? WITH AN EXPERT
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PHYSICALyour personal needs
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PHYSICAL STYLE
SENSES
TIME
MOBILITY
INTAKE
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Your preferences ? PERCEPTUAL (senses)?
INTAKE? TIME? MOBILITY
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WHEN GIVING DIRECTION,THE PROFESSOR

• Tells what to do

• Shows what to do

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THE PROFESSOR and VISUAL AIDS

• uses rarely

• uses often

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DURING CLASSTHE PROFESSOR

• Mostly lectures

• Mostly holds class discussion

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COGNITIVE
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You think? ANALYTICALLY(starting with the
details) vs.? GLOBALLY(starting with
the big picture)
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Logical or intuitive?
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Or you think? INDUCTIVELY (specifically)
vs.? DEDUCTIVELY (generalizing)
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You react? REFLECTIVELY vs.?
SPONTANEOUSLY impulsively
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CEREBRAL PREFERENCE

• LEFT BRAIN vs. RIGHT BRAIN

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You process via ? LEFT BRAIN (verbal,
logical) vs. ? RIGHT BRAIN (visual,
creative)
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LEFT BRAIN vs. RIGHT BRAIN
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• DIGITAL COMPUTER

• KALEIDOSCOPE

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SENSIBLE vs. CREATIVE
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RIGHT HEMISPHERE
LEFT HEMISPHERE
1. INPUT 2. LANGUAGE 3. MEMORY 4. TESTS
5. PROCESSING 6. PERSUASION 7. METAPHORS 8.
APPEARANCE 9. PLANNING 10.TIME 11.
DECISIONMAKING 12. MEMORY 13. GESTURES
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1. RECEIVING

• prefers visual, tactile information

• prefers verbal information

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2. LANGUAGE

• responds to words meaning

• responds to words tone,
• pitch, emotional content

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3. MEMORY

• recalls faces, images

• recalls facts, dates

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4. TESTING

• better at multiple-choice tests

• better at essay exams

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5. PROCESSING

• wants info in sequence, step-by-step

• wants info in chunks, patterns, as a whole

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6. PERSUASION

• responds to logical appeals

• responds to emotional appeals

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7. METAPHORS

• frequently
• uses metaphors

• rarely uses metaphor

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APPEARANCE
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8. APPEARANCE

• looks disorganized, untidy

• looks neat,
• straight, organized

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9. PLANNING

• structured, plans ahead

• fluid, spontaneousad libs

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10. TIME

• punctual, with a strong sense of time

• little sense of time

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11. DECISIONMAKING

• spontaneous
• quick decisions

• reflective
• considers
• decisions

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12. MEMORY

• recalls peoples names

• recalls peoples faces

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13. GESTURES

• speaks with few gestures

• gestures when speaking

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seeing smelling hearing touching
doing
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Sensory Preferences

• Seeing visual channel
• Hearing auditory channel
• Doing haptic/ kinesthetic and tactile channel

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VISUAL total _______
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AUDITORY total _______
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HAPTIC total _______
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VISUAL LEARNERS
AUDITORY LEARNERS
HAPTIC LEARNERS
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VISUAL LEARNERS You will usually learn
better when you read or SEE information your
textbooks will be easier than straight
lectures. Write down things you want to
remember.
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AUDITORY LEARNERSYou will usually learn
better when information comes through your ears -
you need to HEAR information you will probably
do better in lecture situations than in those
requiring a lot of reading. Recite aloud things
you want to remember.
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HAPTIC LEARNERS You will usually learn
better when youre able to DO experience,
experiment, and move.Get active with things
you want to remember
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WHERE TO SIT
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? Sit right up front in a classroom to stay
connected and reduce opportunities to zone out
- closeness to the professor can be very
energizing. ? Sit away from distractions.
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BEGINNING A READING ASSIGNMENT
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Start actively previewing a chapter before
reading by ? first highlighting the title and
headings, ? by numbering the headings and
subheadings, ? by marking or captioning
pictures, charts, maps and diagrams ? by taking
end-of-chapter quizzes to get your momentum
going.
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USING HIGHLIGHTING
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? Use color and visual highlighting to mark up
textbooks, handouts, and lecture notes.? Write
or diagram main points in the margin if theres
room.
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MEMORIZING
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? Squeeze a tennis ball, spin a yoyo, chew gum,
doodle, etc. while reading. ? When you have to
memorize something, pace or walk around while
reciting to yourself, looking at a list or index
cards.
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TO HAVE NOISE OR NOT TO HAVE NOISE
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? Music or white noise in the background can
help siphon off distracting energy.