What are learning styles?

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What are learning styles?

• Information enters your brain through three
  methods sight, hearing, and touch. The one
  which you use the most is called your learning
  style.
• Visual Learners learn by sight
• Auditory Learners learn by hearing
• Tactile Learners (kinesthetic) learn by touch

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Visual Learners

• Prefer to see information such as pictures,
  diagrams, cartoons, or demonstrations
• Picture words and concepts that they hear as
  images
• Might get easily distracted during a lecture with
  no visual aids
• Could become overwhelmed with intense visuals
  accompanied by lecture
• Benefit from using charts, maps, notes, and flash
  cards when studying

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Auditory Learners

• Prefer to hear information spoken
• Can absorb a lecture with little effort
• May not need detailed notes to learn
• Often avoid eye contact in order to concentrate
• May read aloud to themselves
• Like background music when they study

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Tactile or Kinesthetic Learners

• Prefer touch as their primary mode for taking in
  information
• In traditional lecture situations, they should
  write out important facts
• Create study sheets connected to vivid examples
• Role-playing might help them learn and remember
  important ideas

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Learning Styles and Teaching

• Remember to use a variety of learning modalities
  when planning lessons.

Hear it!
See it!
Touch it!
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Teaching Strategies
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Visual Learners

• Draw pictures to represent ideas, paintGames
  matching, puzzlesVisual cues to rememberHave a
  being there experienceField tripVisualization
  and imagineGraphicsFlowchartsVideosCreateMode
  lsDescribe in detailColor, lines, and
  shapesCreative designsSculpturesGraphic
  organizersArt mediaDisplaysPostersChartsBroch
  uresPictures and illustrationsCartoons and
  caricaturesColor-coding

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Auditory Learners

• Play word games for vocabularyExplain ideasTell
  jokes, riddles, and limericksTrivia
  gamesWriteReport - oral and writtenExplainDesc
  ribe and discussInterviewsLabelGive and follow
  directionsRetellEssaysAudio recordingsSpeeches
  DebatesResearch ProjectsQuizzes and
  testsLogs, journals, diariesQuestions and
  answers

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Tactile/Kinesthetic Learners

• Opportunities to move and handle materialsTrace
  and highlightAct out concepts and stories role
  playingModelsExperimentsWrite or draw while
  listeningWalk while thinkingUse hands and arms
  for expression
  Imagine themselves in a situationSimulate Dance
  or mimePerformCreate, construct, or
  developGestures or actions to support
  learningManipulativesInventionsSports
  participationDemonstrating using physical
  movementExercisesHands-on experiencesSimulation
  s / Role-playingField tripsMovement routines

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What is your dominant learning style?

• Complete the Learning Styles Inventory.
• Are you surprised by the results?
• How will this information assist you with
  planning instructional activities for students?