How You Learn: Every Person is Different

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How You LearnEvery Person is Different

• Mrs. Meade
• JMMS 7th Grade Science

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Individual Differences in Learning

• How do you show youre smart (or clever or
  talented)?
• How do you remember?
• What motivates you to learn?
• How do you interact with information?
• How do you concentrate?
• How do you communicate what you know?

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Multiple Intelligences
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Multiple Intelligences

• Linguistic intelligence - word smart
• Logical-mathematical intelligence - logic smart
• Spatial intelligence - picture smart
• Bodily-kinesthetic intelligence - body smart
• Musical intelligence - music smart
• Natural intelligence - nature smart
• Interpersonal intelligence - people smart
• Intrapersonal intelligence - inside smart

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Linguistic Intelligence

• Linguistic Intelligence is defined as having the
  following criteria
• deep understanding of words and meanings of
  words,
• highly developed oral and written communication
  skills
• knowledge of grammar rules
• sensitivity to the musical qualities and rhythms
  of words,
• knowledge of the many different uses for
  language, such as persuasion, information, or
  pleasure
• Poets, writers, and public speakers are examples
  of linguistically intelligent people.
• Maya Angelou, William Shakespeare, and Abraham
  Lincoln are famous examples of linguistically
  intelligent people.

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Logical-Mathematical Intelligence

• Logical-Mathematical Intelligence is defined as
  having the following criteria
• ability to understand numbers and logical
  concepts
• ability to perceive numerical and logical
  patterns
• possession of highly developed reasoning skills
• understanding of abstract analysis and functions
• Physicists, computer programmers, and business
  executives, such as accountants, are examples of
  logical-mathematically intelligent people
• Albert Einstein and Bill Gates are famous
  examples of people with strengths in this
  intelligence

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Visual-Spatial Intelligence

• Visual-Spatial Intelligence is defined as having
  the following criteria
• sensitivity to the relationship between line,
  color, shape, space, and form
• ability to manipulate and mentally rotate objects
  
• capacity to create a graphic likeness of a real
  object
• ability to understand the components of visual
  and spatial displays within the graphic arts
• Graphic artists, architects, and map-makers are
  examples of spatially intelligent jobs
• People who excel at reading maps, playing chess,
  drawing diagrams and illustrations, repairing
  machinery, understanding geometry, and completing
  jigsaw puzzles are spatially intelligent

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Bodily-Kinesthetic Intelligence

• Bodily-Kinesthetic Intelligence is defined as
  having the following criteria
• highly developed coordination, balance,
  dexterity, strength, speed, and flexibility
• expertise in using the entire body to relate
  thoughts and feelings
• ability to manipulate objects skillfully, using
  both fine and gross motor movements
• Dancers, football players, and gymnasts are
  examples of bodily-kinesthetic intelligence
• Dancer Camille Dieterle, football player Joe
  Montana, and Olympic gymnast Kerrie Strug are
  examples of people with this intelligence.

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Musical-Rhythmic Intelligence

• Musical-Rhythmic Intelligence is defined as
  having the following criteria
• ability to discern and express musical forms
• sensitivity to rhythm, pitch, meter, tone, or
  melody
• sensitivity to timbre, or a highly developed
  ability to distinguish the sound of a violin from
  that of a flute, viola, human voice, or cello.
• Composers, musicians, and conductors are examples
  of careers for musically intelligent people.
• Beethoven, cellist Yo Yo Ma, and conductor Arturo
  Toscanini are famous examples of musically
  intelligent people

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Natural Intelligence

• Naturalist Intelligence is defined as having the
  following criteria
• intense interest in the plant and animal species
  of the world
• highly developed ability to observe patterns in
  nature and catalog natural material, such as
  animals, rocks, minerals, etc.
• love of being outdoors coupled with a high
  interest in the well-being of the environment
• Charles Darwin is the best example of a famous
  person with naturalist intelligence

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Interpersonal Intelligence

• Interpersonal Intelligence is defined as having
  the following criteria
• ability to perceive and make distinctions in the
  moods, characteristics, intentions, temperaments,
  motivations, and feelings of other people
• sensitivity to those distinctions, acknowledged
  by treating each individual with their personal
  distinctions in mind
• Those who have highly developed interpersonal
  intelligence are successful leaders, bosses,
  public speakers, and military officers
• Martin Luther King Jr., Franklin Roosevelt, and
  Norman Schwartzkopf are famous examples of
  successful people with interpersonal intelligence

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Intrapersonal Intelligence

• Intrapersonal Intelligence is defined as having
  the following criteria
• highly developed self-knowledge, defined as
  having accurate knowledge of ones dreams, goals,
  strengths, limitations, moods, anxieties,
  desires, and motivations
• ability to act on the basis of self-knowledge,
  creating environments, guiding behavior, and
  making decisions based on an accurate picture of
  oneself
• People that have intrapersonal intelligence know
  themselves well. They arent forced into molds,
  and they make decisions based on what is right
  for themselves. They possess a strong sense of
  identity and purpose.

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Learning Styles
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Definition of Learning Styles

• How do you like to learn something new?
• Learn by listening to somebody explain?
• Learn by reading?
• Learn by seeing a demonstration?

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Learning Styles

• Visual Learners (seeing)
• Auditory Learners (listening)
• Kinesthetic-Tactile Learners (moving/touching)
• LEARNING THROUGH the SENSES!

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We all learn in different ways ..

• Some of us are visual and remember what we see
• - learn by looking so remember pictures, words
  and what we see
• Some of us are auditory and remember what we hear
  
• learn by listening so remember sounds,
  discussion and what we hear
• Some of us are kinesthetic and remember what we
  touch and feel well
• learn by doing so remember action/hands on
  learning activities

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Left brained?
Right brained ?
Words, reading, language Numbers Logical,
ordered Makes plans Likes facts Follows
rules Tidy, organised On time Prefers black
and white statistics
Art and being creative Needs big picture Takes
risks Music rhyme and rhythm, movement Has
ideas Imagines, role-play Disorganised Prefers
pictures
Some prefer to use the left side when learning,
some prefer to use the right side when learning.
Others can use both at the same time!
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• Each person has certain tendencies towards a
  particular style.
• These can be influenced by culture, personal
  experiences, maturity level and development.
• BUT
• although we tend to have a fast lane
• a method we prefer to use
• - we learn best when all three are engaged.

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Learning Styles
Multi-sensory approaches help you learn because
of the way our brain is organized. When we
learn, information takes one path into our brain
when we use our eyes, another when we use our
ears, and a yet a third when we use our hands.
By using more than one sense we bombard our
brain with the new information in multiple ways.
As a result we learn better.
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Senses Help You Learn

• Students retain
• 10 of what they read
• 20 of what they hear
• 30 of what they see
• 50 of what they see and hear
• 70 of what they say
• 90 of what they say and do