Learning Styles Backgrounder :: Ageless Learner - The Diigo Meta page

• 01 Mar 12
  

  Barry Lewis

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• 13 Dec 11
  

  Lisa Thomas
• 27 Jul 11
  

  oneneoeon

  David Kolb's Learning Style Model

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• 10 May 11
  

  Emily Looser

  "Introduction to Learning Styles"
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• 26 Mar 11
  

  Danielle Richert

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  Nancy McKeand

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• 20 Jul 10
  

  This article introduces several learning style theories, including Howard Gardner’s theory of Multiple Intelligences, which will be discussed in greater depth in Session Three.

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  • Learning styles classify different ways people learn and  how they approach information.
  • When these learners can match the way they approach information with  the way they learn, they see dramatic improvements in understanding,  meaning making, self-image, and for students — grades.
  • Learning style assessments provide you an opportunity to  learn how you are likely to respond under different circumstances and how  to approach information in a way that best addresses your own particular  needs.
  • The learning styles  assessments I find most helpful examine how you take in information  through your senses. Researchers call these sorts of assessments  “perceptual modality assessments.” They look at how you see, hear, feel,  and move through the world. Those perceptions deeply affect your ability  to learn. Whether you tend to rely more or less on one sense than another  has a tremendous influence on how you interpret new experiences and  succeed in whatever you work with each day. Take a perceptual modality  assessment now.
  • Howard Gardner asserts there are at least seven  modalities (referred to as intelligences) that can be used to describe  your individual style.

  • This work suggests people can be:

     
     
    1. Verbal-linguistic: sensitive to the meaning and order  of words
     
    2. Musical: sensitive to pitch, melody, rhythm, and tone
     
    3. Logical-mathematical: Able to handle chains of  reasoning and recognize patterns and order
     
    4. Spatial: perceive the world accurately and try to  re-create or transform aspects of that world
     
    5. Bodily-kinesthetic: able to use the body skillfully  and handle objects adroitly
     
    6. Interpersonal: understand people and relationships
     
    7. Intrapersonal: possess access to one's emotional life  as a means to understand oneself and others.
  • According to Anthony Gregorc, there are four basic  learning styles. Gregorc's Mind Styles model categorizes learners as  Concrete Sequential (CS), Abstract Sequential (AS) Abstract Random (AR)  and Concrete Random (CR).
  • • Concrete Sequential (CS) learners are hardworking,  conventional, accurate, stable, dependable, consistent, factual, and  organized.
     
    • Abstract Sequential (AS) learners are analytic,  objective, knowledgeable, thorough, structured, logical, deliberate, and  systematic.
     
    • Abstract Random (AR) learners are sensitive,  compassionate, perceptive, imaginative, idealistic, sentimental,  spontaneous, and flexible.
     
    • Concrete Random (CR) learners are quick, intuitive,  curious, realistic, creative, innovative, instinctive, adventurous.

  • David Kolb's Learning Style Model classifies learners as  having a preference for 1) concrete experience or abstract  conceptualization (how they take information in), and 2) active  experimentation or reflective observation (how they internalize  information).

     
     
    1. Type 1 (concrete, reflective). A characteristic  question of this learning type is "Why?" Type 1 learners respond well to  explanations of how course material relates to their experience, their  interests, and their future careers. To be effective with Type 1  students, the instructor should function as a motivator.
     
    2. Type 2 (abstract, reflective). A characteristic  question of this learning type is "What?" Type 2 learners respond to  information presented in an organized, logical fashion and benefit if  they have time for reflection. To be effective, the instructor should  function as an expert.
     
    3. Type 3 (abstract, active). A characteristic question  of this learning type is "How?" Type 3 learners respond to having  opportunities to work actively on well-defined tasks and to learn by  trial-and-error in an environment that allows them to fail safely. To be  effective, the instructor should function as a coach, providing guided  practice and feedback.
     
    4. Type 4 (concrete, active). A characteristic question  of this learning type is "What if?" Type 4 learners like applying course  material in new situations to solve real problems. To be effective, the  instructor should stay out of the way, maximizing opportunities for the  students to discover things for themselves.
  • These fall into general categories such as information processing,  personality patterns, and social interaction.
  • Information processing  distinguishes between the way you sense, think, solve problems, and  remember information.
  • You have a preferred, consistent, distinct way of  perceiving, organizing, and retaining information.
  • Personality patterns focus  on attention, emotion, and values. Understanding these differences allows  you to predict the way you'll react and feel about different situations.  
  • Social interaction looks at  likely attitudes, habits, and strategies learners will take toward their  work and how they engage with their peers when they learn. Some learners  are independent, dependent, collaborative, competitive, participant, and  avoidant.

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• 27 Apr 10
  

  Valaina Maher

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• 18 Jan 10
  

  Amy Stanley

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• 06 Jan 10
  

  Alicia Brungardt

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  Jerry Braun

  Includes MI and other ways to "learn" about students.

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• 15 Nov 09
  

  Ania Rolinska

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• 29 Sep 09
  

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• 29 Jul 08
  

  Michele Gill

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• 16 May 08
  

  Lauren Panton
  • Perceptual Modalities

  • This work suggests people can be:

     
     
    1. Verbal-linguistic: sensitive to the meaning and order  of words
     
    2. Musical: sensitive to pitch, melody, rhythm, and tone
     
    3. Logical-mathematical: Able to handle chains of  reasoning and recognize patterns and order
     
    4. Spatial: perceive the world accurately and try to  re-create or transform aspects of that world
     
    5. Bodily-kinesthetic: able to use the body skillfully  and handle objects adroitly
     
    6. Interpersonal: understand people and relationships
     
    7. Intrapersonal: possess access to one's emotional life  as a means to understand oneself and others.
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