Learning Styles
- 1. Learning Styles Student Success Center Gannon University Fall 2014
- 2. VARK Learning Style • How learners prefer to use their senses (hearing, seeing, writing, reading and experiencing) • V - visual • A - aural • R – read/write • K - kinesthetic
- 4. Learning style • Visual – use of sight – Charts, graphs, rewrite notes, pictures – Highlight or underline – Visualize concepts and ideas • Symbols, charts, graphs – Picture spelling words – Test yourself by looking at main ideas and write the details or answers
- 5. Learning style • Auditory – use of hearing – Sit in the front of class – Discussion groups – hear ideas and concepts – Repeats information out loud – Put notes on tape – Look at main ideas and repeat back information – Easily distracted by noise
- 6. Learning style • Tactile – use of touch – Rewrite notes – Use note cards – organize main ideas – Study with pen/pencil in hand – Draw pictures/diagrams – Organization can be a challenge • Kinesthetic – use of body – all senses – Walking around helps in memorizing – Use real world examples
- 7. Kolb Inventory • More complex then the VARK • Focuses on abilities that need to be developed to learn • Based on four stages of learning
- 8. Kolb • Effective learners need four kinds of abilities – Concrete experiences – Reflective observation – Abstract conceptualization – Active experimentation
- 9. Myers-Briggs Type Indicator • Investigates characteristics and how those are related to human interaction and learning • Looking at psychological development • No good/bad or right/wrong
- 10. MBTI Extraversion vs. Introversion • Extraversion – Outgoing, talkative, take action – Energized by people • Introversion – Reflect, think a lot, good listeners – Refreshed by quiet and privacy
- 11. MBTI Sensing vs. Intuition • How one perceives the work • Sensing – 5 senses – Like the facts, traditional, do right thing • Intuition – Fascinated by what facts mean – Look more into future, original, creative, non traditional
- 12. MBTI Thinking vs. Feeling • Thinking – Logical, rational, analytical – Objective, can seem cold or impersonal • Feeling – Warm, empathetic, kind – Wants others to be happy
- 13. MBTI Judging vs. Perceiving • Judging – Planned, orderly, punctual – Quick decisions, judgmental • Perceiving – Adapt to the world – Flexible, slower decision making, juggling too much
- 14. Multiple Intelligences • Dr. Howard Gardner – Eight different types of learning – P.81
- 15. Learning Disabilities • Ex. Dyslexia or ADD • Affects people’s ability to interpret what they see and hear or to link information across different parts of the brain • Can impede learning to read, write or do math