Learning Styles and Outcomes

1. Learning Styles and Outcomes How we learn

2. Learning Styles and Outcomes Education is what survives when what has beenlearned has been forgotten.BF Fisher 1964 I am always ready to learn although I do not always like being taught.Winston Churchill 1952 What we have to learn to do, we learn by doing.Aristotle (384-322 BC)

3. Learning Styles and Outcomes Tell me... I’ll hear it Show me... I’ll see it Involve me... I’ll understand it

4. Learning and Teaching Domains • knowledge • - cognitive (head) • motor skills • - psychomotor (hand) • attitudes • - affective (heart)

5. Learning Styles • Experiential Learning

6. Learning Styles David Kolb’s LearningStyles 1. Concrete experience • learn from feeling 2. Reflective observation • learn by watching and viewing 3. Abstract conceptualization • learn by thinking 4. Active experimentation • learn by doing

7. Reflective observation Activeexperimentation Abstract conceptualization Learning Styles The Learning Cycle (notes) Concrete experience Responsive feelings Doing the task Watching the task Controlled feelings

8. Learning Styles The Inventory What kind of learner are you?

9. Learning Styles • Concrete experience • you learn from specific experiences • you are sensitive to feelings • you learn best by field trips, films/videos, and simulations

10. Learning Styles • Reflective observation • you observe carefully before making judgment • you can view things from different perspectives • you learn best by journals & discussion

11. Learning Styles • Abstract conceptualization • you logically analyze ideas • you act on an intellectual understanding of a situation • you learn best by projects & lectures

12. Learning Styles • Active experimentation • you have the ability to get things done • you are willing to take risks • you learn best by case studies

13. CE Learning to ride a bicycle AE RO AC Learning Styles The Inventory Doer Watcher Leap on the bikeand have a go! Watch another personride a bike Feeler Thinker Receive practicaltips from a bikingexpert Think about and havea clear grasp ofthe bikingconcept

14. Learning Styles - instructional sequence CEStudents see films of news reportsfrom WWII and Vietnam AEStudents write a short paper comparing public reaction between WWII and Vietnam REStudents write a personal reaction to depictions of the two wars ACLecture on public reaction to the two wars and discussion to compare to your own reactions

15. Learning Styles • Why is understanding Learning Styles useful to you as an instructor? • awareness of our own learning-style type should encourage us to look carefully at our own teaching styles • awareness of our own learning-style type should encourage us to expose our students to all four modes • the model provides systematic and sequential selection of classroom activities

16. Learning Styles contd. • NLP research shows that many learners have a strong visual, auditory and kinesthetic preferences • the power of the Internet - interaction with content, instructor and other learners affords a reflective experience • use your students as your primary resource - much information is unconsciously collected