learning styles & difficulties
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Content of the presentation
The presentation consists of twocomplex topics:
Learning styles
Learning difficulties
Each of them is going to be presented separately
Different classifications Learning style is the most effective method of
learning for a certain person.
There are plenty of models of learning styles. Eachof them classsifies learning styles from a differentpoint of view. The most important divisions are:
Sensory
Perceptual
Cognitive Information Processing
Personality type
Personal talents
Sensory -Visual, Auditory, Kinesthetic & Tactile
(VAK) model
Learners have a preferred method of input, either by seeing, hearing, or doing
Auditory/aural learners
• Listening, speaking,
explaining, describing, debates, show and tell
• Discussions with teachers and peers
• Musical performances, raps,songs oral presentations, demonstrations, Poems
• Verbal games
• Digital recordings Mp3,Mp4
• Attending classes, tutorials discussion
Visual learners
• Seeing teachers body language and facial expressions
• Pictures, illustrations and diagrams
• Posters, cartoons, collages
• Slide shows
• TV Shows, films and videos
• Graphs and charts
• Maps
• Flash cards
• Underlining and highlighting
• Mind Maps, Flow charts and Brain Storms
Kinaestheticlearners
• Using their senses
• Demonstrations, field trips and tours
• Collections and exhibits
• Samples and products
• Laboratories
• Displays, Dioramas, posters, task cards and mobiles
• Whiteboard activities
• Games, computers
• Trial and error, hands-on activities
• Role playing, charades, plays, performances and dance
• Interviews, surveys
• Teachers who give real life examples
Perceptual - Right/Left Hemispheric Dominance or whole Brain Model
Learners have preferred characteristics attributed to the two different hemispheres of the brain.
OccupationsRight hemisphere
domination:Left hemisphere
domination:
Forest ranger
Wildlife manager
Beautician
Politician
Athlete
Artist
Craftsman
Actor/Actress
Lab scientist
Banker
Judge
Lawyer
Mathematician
Bacteriologist
Librarian
Skating judge, skiing judge, etc.
Cognitive Information Processing –Kolb’s model
Learners have preferred styles in the realms of perception -vs- processing
Personality type - Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)
Learners have preferred styles according to the dichotomies in the table below. The indicatormeasures how people perceive the world and make decisions.
Personal talent - Gardner’s Multiple Intelligences
Learners exhibit preferences in eight different types of intelligence as shown
Importance of findingown learning style
Learning is a key for your future, so itshouldn’t look likethis!
Due to finding thebest method of learning, you will be spending less time on learning and remember more