A Brief Introduction to Learning Styles

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A Brief Introduction to Learning Styles

• Learning style is simply the way that you learn
  new information most efficiently.

• Think about how you remember a phone number. Do
  you

• have to use a phone to punch in the numbers to
  see where your fingers go?

• close your eyes and see the number when you wrote
  it down?

• look at the phone to see the numbers on the phone?

• say the number aloud or hear the persons voice
  who told you the number?

123-4567
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VARK Learning Styles

• Four Main Learning Styles
• Visual
• Aural
• Read/Write
• Kinesthetic

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Different Learning Styles One Classroom
Beth Dietz-Uhler Psychology uhlerbd_at_muohio.edu
Lizz Howard CIT howardev_at_muohio.edu

• Miami University Middletown

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Visual Learners

• Visual learners learn by seeing graphical
  representations

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get hours worked and hourly wage
Think of passing a parameter like passing a baton
in a relay race
The parameter is like the baton.
pay hours wage
display pay
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Aural Learners

• they learn by listening or talking
• may need to read directions aloud
• instructor may need to tell them what they are
  expected to do during a group exercise or lab
• may perform better in group exercises or with
  partners

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Read/Write Learners

• they learn by written word either by reading it
  or writing it
• they might have several books open at once
• provide lecture notes that are incomplete have
  them write examples
• provide written handouts for all assignments and
  activities
• include written directions along with graphical
  directions

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Step 5. Choose View ?Locals Window. This window
will display the values of all of the local
variables. You may have to drag the locals
window to make it larger (move your cursor until
it is a double-arrow and then click and drag
ask your neighbor if you need help).
This is the Locals window it will display the
values of all of your local variables. VERY
useful!!
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Kinesthetic Learners

• learn by doing
• create hands-on labs and group exercises
• material must seem real or relevant
• use practical examples and realistic assignments

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Multimodal Learners

• have preferences for more than one learning style
• may be able to adapt their learning to the most
  convenient style (such as what matches with their
  instructor)
• may mean that they need all of their preferences
  to learn

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Learning Styles Applied Learner-Centered Learning

• Learner-centered learning is regarded as a
  highly effective form of learning.
• Shifts the focus in the classroom from the
  teacher to the learner, highlighting what the
  student is learning and how the student is
  learning (Weimer, 2002).

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Learning Styles Applied Learner-Centered Learning

• In this type of instruction, the teacher provides
  learning opportunities and then assumes the role
  of a guide.
• Evidence exists to suggest that learner-centered
  classrooms lead to more effective learning than
  teacher-centered classrooms (Weimer, 2002).

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Learning Styles Applied Learner-Centered Learning

• In Introduction to Psychology (PSY111) Online,
  students choose learning opportunities that best
  align with their individual learning styles.
• Learning opportunities include visual, auditory,
  read/write, and kinesthetic.
• http//www.users.muohio.edu/uhlerbd/psy111modthree
  .html

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Learning Style Website

• www.vark-learn.com
• will determine a value for each learning style
• Be sure to explain to your students why you
  present the material in so many different ways
• for example, here are our learning styles

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Its Your Turn

• Using Internet Explorer,visit www.vark-learn.com
• Click on Questionnaire
• Check all answers thatapply to you
• Tell us your scores

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Personality Profiles

• based on Myers-Briggs personality types
• uses a combination of four letters to define a
  personality type

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Personality Profiles
www.humanmetrics.com
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Personality Profiles
www.humanmetrics.com
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Personality Profiles
http//keirsey.com
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Why Use Personality Profiles?

• to provide insight into how people approach
  learning
• about themselves
• about people who will be using the project that
  they will design
• framework for students (and faculty and
  administrators and ) to view other perspectives

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Personality Profile Websites

• www.humanmetrics.com
• this questionnaire will take about 10-15 minutes
  to complete
• it will give you the four letters of your type
  and the percentages
• for example, my type is E-78 N-67 T-78 J-87
• www.hobbitlore.com
• this site will take about 5-10 minutes to
  complete
• it will match your personality type to characters
  from Lord of The Rings
• for example, I am most like the Dwarves