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Learning Style s I. Category C. Introduction to Learning Style s. OBJECTIVE: Comprehend his/her dominant learning style in order to use that particular style to his/her educational advantage . Learning Styles Theory. Visual Learner Auditory Learner
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Learning Styles I Category C
Introduction to Learning Styles • OBJECTIVE: Comprehend his/her dominant learning style in order to use that particular style to his/her educational advantage.
Learning Styles Theory • Visual Learner • Auditory Learner • Tactile Learner (Kinesthetic or Hands-On)
Visual Learner • Thinks in images or pictures • Enjoys visual instructions and demonstrations • Facial expressions show their emotions • Remembers faces • Sensitive to the ways things look or appear • Likes to make lists • Avid reader
Enhancing Visual Learner’s Style • Take notes while listening to lecture • Use color-coded highlighting • Use graphs, charts, and diagrams • Use flashcards – increases comprehension • Organize learning material – easier to remember content • Use computer: organize material, create graphs, tables, charts, and spreadsheets
“Visual” Careers • Architect • Designer • Decorator • Engineer • Surgeon • Careers that require a “vision” of the future, such as CEO’s and other executive positions
Auditory Learner • Hearing or listening • Filters incoming information through listening and repeating skills • Enjoys class discussion • Talkative – talks out problems • Constant eye movement while listening • Remembers names
Enhancing Auditory Learner’s Style • Study groups • Make up and repeat rhymes and songs to remember facts, dates, names, etc. • Read explanations out loud • Reason through solutions out loud • Use tape recorder
Musician Teacher Business Counselor Pharmacist Flight Attendant Travel Agent Hunter Disc Jockey Social Work Psychologist Health Care “Auditory” Careers
Tactile Learner • Hands-On (doer) • Touch and movement important • “I feel” • Usually not organized • Loves games • Learns by imitation and practice • Difficulty concentrating while sitting and reading
Enhancing Tactile Learner’s Style • Hold textbook in hand while reading • Stand up, move around, hand gestures • Act out information • Use computer (touch) • Flashcards (movement)
Athletics Building Construction Dancing Inventors Architects Interior Designer Engineers Crafts Acting Fire Fighter Teacher Botanist Mechanics “Tactile” Careers