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Planning Lessons to Capitalize on Learning Styles

Planning Lessons to Capitalize on Learning Styles. Connie Davis, Northern Colorado Literacy Resource Center nclrc@stvrain.k12.co.us Nadeen Lester, St. Vrain Valley Adult Education ntlester@comcast.net. Learning Styles. Cognitive, affective and physiological behaviors

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Planning Lessons to Capitalize on Learning Styles

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  1. Planning Lessons to Capitalize on Learning Styles • Connie Davis, Northern Colorado Literacy Resource Center nclrc@stvrain.k12.co.us • Nadeen Lester, St. Vrain Valley Adult Education ntlester@comcast.net

  2. Learning Styles • Cognitive, affective and physiological behaviors • How learners perceive, interact with, and respond to the learning environment. • Acquired biologically and developmentally and can be influenced through experience.

  3. Research • Knowledge of learning styles can help both educators and learners improve their effectiveness. (Hotta Dover) • Students learn more when information is presented in a variety of modes than when only a single mode is used. (Felder & Henriques)

  4. Research • Stress, frustration, and burnout may occur when students are subjected over extended periods of time to teaching styles inconsistent with their learning style preferences. (Smith & Renzulli)

  5. 3 types of learning styles: • Visual Learners • Auditory Learners • Kinesthetic Learners

  6. A Lesson with Visual Learners in Mind • Reading Excerpt: “Two Mark Twain Editorials” • Objective: Reading Rate Improvement • Activity: “Pump It Up,” pages 1 & 2

  7. A Lesson with Auditory Learners in Mind • Lesson from NorthStar Listening & Speaking, Basic/Low Intermediate • Simple past tense, regular & irregular forms • Activity: “That’s Not What I Said,” page 6

  8. A Lesson with Kinesthetic Learners in Mind • Lesson from Contemporary English, Book 2 • Prepositions • Activity: “The Bank Stops Here,” page 10

  9. Your Ideas • Ideas from professional experience • Thoughts about future classes • Comments

  10. Wrap Up • Goal: Include all 3 learning styles in our classes to obtain a balanced teaching style • Resources • Evaluations

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