Learning Styles

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Learning Styles

• By
• Diane and Vickie

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What is a learning style?

• Simply a different approach or way of learning!

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There are 3 basic types of styles

• Tactile/Kinesthetic
• Visual
• Auditory

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Visual Learners

• Learn best through seeing
• Usually sit at front of room
• Learn from illustrations and handouts

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Auditory Learners

• Learn best through listening
• Learn from lecture and discussions
• Interpret underlying meanings of speech through
  subtle nuances such as tone and pitch

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Tactile/Kinesthetic Learners

• Learn through movement and hands-on
• Often become distracted by their need for
  activity and exploration

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• It is important to remember that the students
  characteristics
• Aptitude
• Personality
• Background experience

• Affects what is learned!

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The Dunn Model (1978)

• Rita Dunn
• Professor, Division of Admin Instructional
  Leadership
• Director, Center for the Study of Learning and
  Teaching Styles at St. Johns University in New
  York
• 1988, outstanding educator of the year

http//www/learningstyles.net/2004/1_rd.html
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The Dunn Model (1978)

• Among the most comprehensive in scope and
  practice for teachers
• Model comprised of 5 major categories/stimuli
• Emotional
• Sociological
• Physical
• Environmental
• Psychological

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Environmental Stimuli

• Light
• Sound
• Temperature

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Emotional and Sociological Stimuli

• Motivation
• Responsibility

• Self
• Peers
• Adults

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Physical and Psychological Stimuli

• Mobility
• Time of day

• Right vs. Left brain dominance

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• As students develop and accumulate experiences,
  they come to rely on some elements more than
  others.
• For the average student, 4-5 elements become
  extremely important when learning new
  information.

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Multiple Intelligences

• Developed in 1983 by Howard Gardner
• There are 9 Multiple Intelligences
• Linguistic- using language
• Logical/Mathematical- facility with logic
• Spatial- thinking about spatial relationships
• Kinesthetic- using ones whole body well
• Musical- hearing, remembering, recognizing
  musical/rhythmical patterns

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MI contd.

• Interpersonal- work skillfully with others
• Intrapersonal- self-aware, self-understanding
• Naturalist- nature smart
• Existentialist- big picture smart

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Advantages of MI

• Broader way of describing human potential than IQ
• Builds on students strengths
• Recognizes talents and abilities of
  non-academically oriented students

• Expands options for student to demonstrate
  knowledge
• Offer a balanced, holistic approach

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Disadvantages of MI

• Defines learning domains rather than learning
  styles
• Limited research base
• Does not distinguish between kinesthetic and
  tactual

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Works Cited

• Gardner, H. (1983). Frames of Mind The Theory of
  Multiple Intelligences. New York Basic Books.
• Ackerman, Phillip, et al. Learning and Individual
  Differences Advances in Theory and Research.
  New York W.H Freeman and Company, 1989.
• Mascazine, John R., Barbara S. Thompson.
  Attending to Learning Styles in Mathematics and
  Science Classrooms, ERIC Digest. June, 1997 5
  pgs. lthttp//www.ericfacility.net/ericdigests/ed43
  2440.html