Chapter SEVEN:
Adopting Lifelong Learning
Quiz,
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Homework
Note: No late assignments will be accepted.
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Quiz Time
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Adopting Lifelong Learning
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Preferred Learning Style Inventory
• Self-Assessment: How I Prefer to Learn
– Page 210
– 15 minutes
Thinking, Doing, Feeling and Innovating Learners
Preferred Learning Style Inventory
http://college.cengage.com/collegesurvival/shared/content/lsi/inventory.swf
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Preferred Learning Style
1.Thinking Learners
2.Doing Learners
3.Feeling Learners
4.Innovating Learners
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Thinking learners
Motivating questions
– Energized by questions that begin with “What”
Preferred way of gathering information
– Enjoy pondering facts and theories
Preferred ways of discovering meaningful answers
– Logical argument and facts
What can you do if the teacher doesn’t teach your style?
– Construct what, how, who, why & what if questions
– Read all of your textbook assignments carefully
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Doing learners
Motivating questions
– Energized by questions that begins with “how?”
Preferred ways of gathering information
– Doers enjoy taking action
Preferred ways of discovering empowering answers
– Doers honor objective testing of an idea
When your instructor doesn’t teach to your preferred style:
– Organize your lecture and reading notes in a step-by-step
fashion, using outlines and study charts
– Practice using the course information or skill outside of class
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Feeling learners
Motivating questions
– Energized by questions that begin with “Why” or “Who”
Preferred ways of gathering information
– Enjoy personal connections and an emotionally supportive
environment
Preferred ways of discovering meaningful answers
– Honor their emotions and seek answers that are personally
meaningful
When your instructor doesn’t teach to your preferred style:
– Discover the value of this subject for you personally
– Make friends with classmates and discuss the subject with them
outside of class
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Innovating learners
Motivating questions
– Energized by questions that begin with “What if?”
Preferred ways of gathering information
– Enjoy seeking new possibilities, imagining unseen futures
Preferred ways of discovering empowering answers
– Honor personal imagination and intuition
When your instructor doesn’t teach to your preferred style
– Construct “What if?” and “What else?” questions and search
for their answers
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Applying the Concept
Identify which of the four learning preferences is being described.
Enjoys discovering and using intuition;
prefers imagination to data and facts.
Enjoys taking action and appreciates wellorganized and well-documented
information.
Enjoys using analysis and logic; prefers
facts and theories over emotion and
intuition.
Enjoys personal connections and
supportive atmosphere.
Innovating
Learner
Doing
Learner
Thinking
Learner
Feeling
Learner
Applying the Concept
Which of the preferred learning preferences would be most
comfortable with the instructors described below?
Warm and caring; uses group work and
interpersonal relating.
Presents information step-by-step; uses
demonstration and hands-on experience.
Uses lectures, visual aids, textbook
readings and logical thinking activities.
Encourages creativity and experimentation;
is flexible and allows independent work.
Feeling
Learner
Doing
Learner
Thinking
Learner
Innovating
Learner
Applying the Concept
Identify which learning preference would benefit most from the
following ways of adapting to different instructors.
Seek answers to “what?” questions and organize
notes logically with outlines.
Seek answers to “what if?” and “what else?”
questions and organize notes with concept maps
and pictures.
Seek answers to “how?” questions and practice
using course information outside of class.
Seek answers to “who?” and “why?” questions
and discover personal value for the course
content.
Thinking
Learner
Innovating
Learner
Doing
Learner
Feeling
Learner
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Homework
• Journal 24 – page 215
• Read Wise Choices in College
– Writing – page 235
Journals for 5th edition only:
• 24
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Study Guide
• How the human brain learns
• Preferred Learning Styles (Thinking Learners,
Doing Learners, Feeling Learners, and Innovating
Learners)
• Making a course correction