How do Students Learn?

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How do Students Learn?

• A Learning Emporium Session

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Host

• The Bagel Emporium
• Instructional Advancement
• Bill Vilberg
• Vilberg.com
• Student Government
• Miami.edu/sg

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Do all students learn the same way?

1. Yes, all learn the same way
2. Most learn in a similar manner
3. No, most learn in a different manner
4. Unsure/I do not know

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Classical View of Learning Styles

• Auditory
• learn best through verbal lectures, discussions,
  talking things through and listening to what
  others have to say
• Visual
• tend to prefer sitting at the front of the
  classroom to avoid visual obstructions and
  respond best to graphics
• Kinesthetic
• learn best through a hands-on approach, actively
  exploring the physical world around them

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Updated View of Learning Styles

• iPod/iPad
• Listen to music while studying or writing a paper
• YouTube
• Watch humorous videos or music videos while
  studying
• Facebook
• Stays connected with the gossip and this
  weekends party pictures

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What do I mean?

• Acollege student 20 years ago (most of you!) does
  not use nor respond to the same studying and
  teaching methods as you did!

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Then vs Now
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Then vsNow
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Then vs Now
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Then vs Now
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Then vsNow

• http//www.youtube.com/watch?vaLwaPP9cxT4

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A few more cool things
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A few more cool things
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A few more cool things
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How to Tweak Your Approach

• "Involving students in discussion fosters
  retention of information, application of
  knowledge to new situations, and development of
  higher-order thinking skills
• -Higher Education Journal

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• Yet 70 to 90 percent of professors use the
  traditional lecture as their primary
  instructional strategy!!!

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Auditory Learners

• Prefer to pay attention instead of taking copious
  notes
• Encourage tape recording
• Use AV equipment in rooms to self record and
  create a podcast
• Appreciate being able to hear lecture clearly
• Mic yourself if in a large lecture hall
• Enjoy audience polling
• Ask the audience questions at end of class out
  loud with students responding
• Post questions so they can listen and not write!

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Visual Learners

• The visual learners like to have a general idea
  about what they want to learn before they get the
  details
• Write a lecture outline on the board so they can
  organize their thoughts
• Tend to underline using different colors
• On your board work/ power point use different
  colors to emphasize key things
• Prefer to recall the pictures that they studied
  when preparing for the exam
• DRAW! And use figures and videos

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Kinesthetic Learners

• Like to touch what they want to learn
• Bring props whenever possible!
• Technology that can help the kinesthetic students
  in learning is technology that allows them to
  manipulate tools in the classroom
• Interactive websites
• Enjoy teacher interaction
• Step our from behind the podium and join your
  audience!
• Ask for students to come to board and solve
  problems

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iPod/iPad Style

• The iPod/iPad style can support the three
  learning styles.
• Allows the kinesthetic learners to touch the
  screen
• Allows the auditory students to listen to audio
  files
• Allows visual students to see and download
  pictures

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YouTube Style

• Can help auditory students by allowing them to
  hear other voices during the class
• Allows kinesthetic students to manipulate tools
  in the class(watch video on their PC or handheld
  device)
• Can help visual students by allowing for pictures
  and other visual aides to be used on the screen
• Create YouTube video watching mini assignments

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Facebook Style

• Create a Facebook fan page for your class
• Post practice questions before a test there
• Allows for discussion to occur underneath a post
• Allows you to send notifications to students
• They will check this more often!

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• Discussion

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• What have you tried that has worked?

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• What could you try to incorporate/change into
  your teaching strategy?

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Do all students learn the same way?

1. Yes, all learn the same way
2. Mostlearn in a similar manner
3. Mostlearn in a different manner
4. Unsure/I do not know

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Take Away

• Tweeking your approach is a consequence of
  teaching new generations of students
• Use Bill Vilberg to help you come up with
  creative ways to update your teaching style or
  lesson plan
• Poll your students, they give they best feedback
  for you to use in your classes

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• Dont be afraid to try something new!

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