Learning Styles
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Learning Styles Acadia Institute for Teaching and Technology 1 Learning Styles Students taught partly in a manner they prefer, leads to an increased comfort level and willingness to learn. Taught partly in a less preferred manner, provides practice and feedback in ways of thinking and solving problems which they may not initially be comfortable with but which they will have to use to be fully effective professionals. Acadia Institute for Teaching and Technology 2 Methods Learning Styles – so why Evaluation Learners Objectives Acadia Institute for Teaching and Technology The Understanding As instructors primary Teaching to learning we goal of an tailor styles theircan learning will our undergraduate allow teaching styles andus to understand methods education tois to forcing them to how the match produce thea learn outside students learning student styles their preferred setting that capable our inofour styles will classes students thinking for develop learn more the possess. themselves. best. effective professional. 3 Learning Styles - Categories Learning Styles Visual Verbal Input into mind Sensory Intuitive Perception of Information Active Reflective Sequential Processing to Retain Building Understanding Global Acadia Institute for Teaching and Technology 4 Learning Styles Visual - Verbal • Identify information • People tend to prefer to take in information either visually or verbally Input Acadia Institute for Teaching and Technology 5 Learning Styles Visual-Verbal Index of Learning Styles Questionnaire http://www.engr.ncsu.edu/le arningstyles/ilsweb.html Acadia Institute for Teaching and Technology 6 Learning Styles Visual - Verbal Visual 70% Prefer charts, diagrams, and pictures Verbal 30% Prefer the spoken and written word Acadia Institute for Teaching and Technology 7 Learning Styles Visual - Verbal Visual Learner Verbal Learner Instruction Video Clips Diagrams & Images Maps Lecture Audio clips Assignments Mind Mapping PowerPoint With Images Interviews Seminars Reports & Speeches Assessment Id on Maps Drawings and Sketches Read & response Sound Identification Verbal tests Reference Reference maps Diagrams/Pictures Articles Video/Audio Clips Communication Whiteboard Chat Phone Audio Conferencing Acadia Institute for Teaching and Technology 8 Learning Styles Visual - Verbal Helping the Visual Learner Helping the Verbal Learner Try to find and use diagrams, sketches, flow charts… Use concept maps when appropriate… Color code notes if possible… Try to locate video clips related to your topics… Prepare summaries of material… Allow for presentation of others explanations… Discussions of topics by the class… Acadia Institute for Teaching and Technology 9 Learning Styles Sensing-Intuitive • Perception of information • Sensors like to work with real data and like details • Intuitors like to work with theories and like concepts • Making it fit in the real world or the world of ideas • Concrete Conceptual Facts and Data Concepts Acadia Institute for Teaching and Technology 10 Learning Styles Sensing-Intuitive Index of Learning Styles Questionnaire http://www.engr.ncsu.edu/le arningstyles/ilsweb.html Acadia Institute for Teaching and Technology 11 Learning Styles Sensing-Intuitive Sensing 58% - (Logical) Prefer data and facts Want a connection to real world Intuitive 42% - (innovators) Prefer theories and interpretations of factual information Want a connection to other ideas Acadia Institute for Teaching and Technology 12 Learning Styles Sensing - Intuitive Sensing Learner Intuitive Learner Instruction Images Sounds Demos Case Studies Hypothesis Setting Assignments Creation of Demos Images Case Studies Problem Solving Resolution Building Assessment Detail Tests Audio Tests Outcome Projections Reference Field Trips Virtual Field Trips Compare & Contrast Communication Conferencing Tools Group Work Acadia Institute for Teaching and Technology 13 Learning Styles Sensing - Intuitive Helping the Sensing Learner Helping the Intuitive Learner Provide specific examples to material if possible… Try to frame material in how they apply in practice… Brainstorming on how the material presented works in practice… Connection exercises for theories being presented… Question development time… Provide time or exercises for building hypothesis… Acadia Institute for Teaching and Technology 14 Learning Styles Active-Reflective • Processing to Retain • Active learners need to interact with the material directly and/or talking with others • Reflective learners need to think about where the new information fits Acadia Institute for Teaching and Technology 15 Learning Styles Active-Reflective Index of Learning Styles Questionnaire http://www.engr.ncsu.edu/le arningstyles/ilsweb.html Acadia Institute for Teaching and Technology 16 Learning Styles Active-Reflective Active 68% Learn best by doing something physical with the information Let’s try it and see how it works out Reflective 32% Do the processing in their head Let’s think it through Acadia Institute for Teaching and Technology 17 Learning Styles Active - Reflective Active Learner Reflective Learner Instruction Class Participation Critical Thinking Reflection Time Assignments Model Building Problem Sets Journaling Assessment Projects Reports Problem Solving Essays Reference Field Trips Virtual Field trips Observations Readings Communication Meetings Webcasts Acadia Institute for Teaching and Technology 18 Learning Styles Active - Reflective Helping the Active Learner Helping the Reflective Learner Allow time for problem-solving activities… Hypothesis development exercises… Group discussions on topics in the material… Reflective time in a class… Question development time… Summaries of class materials… Blogging… Acadia Institute for Teaching and Technology 19 Learning Styles Sequential-Global • Building Understanding • Sequentials want to follow a linear process • Global learners want to work from the big picture Acadia Institute for Teaching and Technology 20 Learning Styles Sequential-Global Index of Learning Styles Questionnaire http://www.engr.ncsu.edu/le arningstyles/ilsweb.html Acadia Institute for Teaching and Technology 21 Learning Styles Sequential-Global Sequential 72% Easily makes linear connections between individual steps Global 28% Must see the big picture Before the individual pieces fall into place Acadia Institute for Teaching and Technology 22 Learning Styles Sequential - Global Sequential Learner Global Learner Instruction Video Clips Diagrams & Images Maps Lecture Audio clips Assignments Mind Mapping PowerPoint With Images Interviews Seminars Reports & Speeches Assessment Id on Maps Drawings and Sketches Read & response Sound Identification Verbal tests Reference Reference maps Diagrams/Pictures Articles Vide/Audio Clips Communication Whiteboard Chat Phone Audio Conferencing Acadia Institute for Teaching and Technology 23 Learning Styles Sequential - Global Helping the Sequential Learner Helping the Global Learner Provide material in order of completing a task… Provide examples and material to fill in steps… Organize material into more blocks than step by step approach… Relate material to existing material and theories… Acadia Institute for Teaching and Technology 24 Learning Styles - Helping Learners Learning Style Teaching Style Visual Verbal Visual Input - Presentation Sensory Intuitive Concrete Perception - Content Active Reflective Sequential Verbal Abstract Active Processing - Participation Passive Linear Understanding - Perspective Global Acadia Institute for Teaching and Technology Sweeping 25 References • http://www.ncsu.edu/felder-public/learning_Styles.html • http://www.engr.ncsu.edu/learningstyles/ilsweb.html • http://www.uncw.edu/cte/soloman_felder.htm Acadia Institute for Teaching and Technology 26
