SUCCESS SKILLS

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SUCCESS SKILLS Strategies for Study and Lifelong
Learning 2E by Abby Marks-Beale
CHAPTER 2 Discovering Your Learning Styles
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CHAPTER 2 DISCOVERING YOUR LEARNING STYLE
I would have each one be very careful to find
out and preserve his own way. ---Thoreau
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WE ARE UNIQUE

• As we mature, we develop our own comfortable,
  effective ways to learn.
• Your learning preference or style is entirely
  personal and right for you.
• Understanding your learning preferences and style
  will help you be successful in the classroom, and
  in the real world.

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LEARNING STYLES ---how you prefer to gather
information and what you do with the information.
Your learning style is reflected in your behavior.
Your learning styles are a reflection of how you
absorb information and how you process it.
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• Instructors preferred teaching styles match
  their preferred learning styles.

• Your employment supervisors behavior reflect
  their preferred teaching and learning styles.

• Teachers and supervisors can consider and adapt
  to your learning style.

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OBSERVERS
are more thoughtful--prefer to think about what
is being taught.
PARTICIPANTS
prefer to become involved and learn from
experience.
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SEQUENTIAL LEARNERS

• Prefer logical, step-by-step problem solving.
• Enjoy theory.
• Prefer orderliness and neatness.
• Require structure.

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RANDOM LEARNERS

• Prefer less structure.
• Need examples and comparisons.
• Respond to pictures and illustrations in reading
  material.
• May appear to be disorganized.
• May not respond well to traditional instruction.

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BALANCED LEARNERS

• Possess both sequential and random preferences.
• Are able to adapt to either style, as needed.

To the man who only has a hammer, everything he
encounters begins to look like a nail.
---Maslow
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Your job is to learn and succeed in every
learning situation.

• Observe your instructors. Discover their
  teaching styles.
• Find ways to adapt--it is YOUR responsibility to
  understand.

Do what you can, with what you have, where you
are. ---David Sarnoff
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SEQUENTIAL INSTRUCTORS

• Are systematic and organized.
• Like facts and details.
• Show more interest in data than in people.
• May be unaware of the emotional climate.
• Have well-planned learning activities.
• Stress factual correctness in grading.
• Tend to be firm disciplinarians.

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RANDOM INSTRUCTORS

• Value others opinions.
• Prefer open discussion.
• May make an effort to individualize instruction.
• Expect interest value to enhance learning.
• Encourage self-discovery.
• May be more spontaneous, less likely to use
  structured lesson plans.
• May create what appears as a disorderly learning
  environment.

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HOW TO ASSESS YOUR INSTRUCTORS STYLE

• Consider clues from their presentations.
• Consider the kinds of questions they ask.
• Observe their behavior.
• Observe their dress.

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SENSORY LEARNING PREFERENCES

• Visual learners prefer visual aids,
  demonstration.
• Auditory learners prefer listening and speaking.
• Kinesthetic learners prefer to be physically
  involved .

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OTHER LEARNING STYLES

• Left brain/right brain theory
• Independent learning
• Social learning
• Multiple intelligences

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SUCCESS SKILLS Strategies for Study and Lifelong
Learning Chapter 2 Discovering Your Learning
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