Learning Style

1. Learning Style “If Children Are Not Learning The Way We Teach, We Need To Teach The Way They Learn” Bergin.G berging76@gmail.com

2. Activity - 1 Draw the following table Write the following words in the corresponding Column.

3. Activity - 1 Foot ball Ant Yellow Bicycle Pull Sing Cone Doctor Monster Lightning Rainbow Volcano Proud Satellite afternoon Happy Sixteen Gun Peel Thick Thorn Answer Collide Cry Flow Blast Mime Mask Picnic report

5. Learning Styles - Visual • (learn by seeing and writing) • 40% of learners • Can be verbal (sees words) or pictorial (sees pictures) • Remembers faces but not names • Vivid imaginations • Think in pictures • Facial expression tells what their emotions are. • Uses color • Caution: TV, Movies, Nintendo can be addicting

6. Learning Styles - Auditory • (learn by listening) • 30% of learners • Learn from verbal instruction • Need phonics • Enjoy plays • Write lightly and it is not always legible • Remember names and forget faces • Distracted by noise • Remember by listening, especially with music • Games and pictures are annoying and distracting.

7. Learning Styles - Kinesthetic • (learn through doing) • Learn by doing. • Not avid reader. • Poor spellers. • Remember what was done. • Doesn't "hear" things as well. • Touch is important. • Attacks things physically - fight, hit, pound. • Impulsive. • Needs math and science manipulative • Loves games

8. Learning Styles - Tactile (learn through experiencing/ feelings) Most of the same traits as kinesthetic Note: Kinesthetic and tactile learners have the most difficulty learning to read.

9. Some facts about me Activity - 2 • Name 3 things you like to do in nature. • Write the name of a favourite song you like to sing. • Write down a physical exercise you are able and willing to do. • When alone, I like to.. • Name something you recently read. • List 3 words that express your feelings about math. • Draw your bedroom as it looks right now. • Describe someone you really admire.

10. Principles of Multiple Intelligence Theory Intelligence is not singular: intelligences are multiple. Every person is a unique blend of dynamic intelligences. All intelligences are dynamic. Multiple intelligences can be identified and described The use of one of the intelligences can be used to enhance another intelligence Every person deserves opportunities to recognize and develop the multiplicity of intelligences.

11. Teachers should have a variety of teaching styles. If a child does not master a skill the first time, try again, but not necessarily the same way you taught it the first time.”

12. Theory of Multiple Intelligence • Verbal Linguistic Intelligence • Logical MathematicalIntelligence • Spatial Intelligence • Kinesthetic Intelligence • Musical Intelligence • Inter personal Intelligence • Intra personal Intelligence • Naturalist Intelligence

13. 1. Linguistic Intelligence Gardner's Definition: Linguistic Intelligence (Word Smart) is the capacity to use language, your native language, and perhaps other languages, to express what's on your mind and to understand other people. • Criteria Used for Linguistic Intelligence • Can understand words and manipulate the structure of language • Has highly developed communication skills including writing, speaking, and story-telling • Knows and correctly uses rules of grammar • Enjoys reading, writing, and speaking • Has a large vocabulary

14. 1. Linguistic Intelligence • This person learns best by • Saying, hearing, and seeing words • Writing • Talking • Reading These people would do well in these careers. Author Journalist Poet Playwright Radio Announcer Speech Pathologist Typist Novelist Comedian Politician

15. 1. Linguistic Intelligence Famous People With Linguistic Intelligence William Shakespeare Edgar Allen Poe Earnest Hemmingway F. Scott Fitzgerald Emily Dickinson Agatha Christie T.S. Eliot Rudyard Kipling

16. 1. Linguistic Intelligence Activities these people would enjoy • Write a story and read it aloud. • Allow to speak. • Debate. • Read books or articles. • Write a poem, an essay, plays or news articles. • Conduct an interview or do talk shows. • Write and present theories. • Play games that use tongue twisters and spellings. • Write journals or diaries. • Document and present a thesis.

17. 2. Logical-Mathematical Intelligence Gardner's Definition: Logical-mathematical intelligence is the capacity to use numbers effectively and reasoning, and they love experimenting, questioning, figuring out logical puzzles, and calculating. They are interested in the following area problem solving measuring Coding sequencing critical thinking predicting playing logic games collecting data Experimenting solving puzzles Classifying using manipulative learning the scientific model using money using geometry

18. 2. Logical-Mathematical Intelligence These people would do well in these careers. Accountant Actuary Auditor Banker Bookkeeper Businessperson Computer Analyst Doctor Legal Assistant Mathematician Purchasing Agent Technician Science Teacher Statistician Science Researcher Underwriter

19. 2. Logical-Mathematical Intelligence Famous People With Logical Intelligence • Einstein • Pythagoras • Newton • Pascal • Archimedes • Euclid • Copernicus • Plato • Galileo • Aristotle

20. 2. Logical-Mathematical Intelligence Activities these people would enjoy Solve problems. Create number patterns. Conduct an experiment on a particular theory. Solve puzzles. Develop a computer program to solve mathematical queries. Describe the patterns or symmetry of any chemicals. Play games using money. Make spread sheets for calculations. Conduct experiments using deductive / inductive reasoning. Collect data and sequence or organize them. Learn about scientific models and explain them. Solve geometric problems. Make predictions using theories. Make a scientific model using measurements.

21. 3. Spatial intelligence Gardner's Definition: In spatial intelligence , the ability to transfer a vision to a painting, sculpture, or film is a key quality. They are interested in the following area Graphing photographing making visual analogies mapping stories making 3D projects painting Illustrating using charts using organizers visualizing Sketching patterning visual puzzles

22. 3. Spatial intelligence These people would do well in these careers. Advertising Agent Architect Cartographer(Map Maker) Drafter Engineer Fine Artist Graphic Designer Inventor Fashion Designer Painter Interior Designer Photographer Pilot Sculptor Surveyor

23. 3. Spatial intelligence Famous People With spatial Intelligence • Leonardo Da Vinci • Pablo Picasso • Spike Lee • Vincent Van Gogh • Frank Lloyd Wright (architect) • Steven Spielberg • Ansel Adams (photographer) • Amelia Earhart • Auguste Rodin (sculptor) • Robert Fulton (inventor) • Michelangelo

24. 3. Spatial intelligence Activities these people would enjoy • Demonstrate a piece of art. • Make visual metaphors or analogies. • Map historical events and stories using graphs. • Make 3D projects. • Sketch, paint or draw. • Visualize patterns and create them. • Play visual puzzles. • Play photo memory games.

25. 4. Kinesthetic Intelligence Gardner's Definition: KinestheticIntelligence is the ability to use one’s hands to produce or transform things. They are interested in the following area hands on experiments activities changing room arrangement creative movement going on field trips Crafts physical education activities dramatizing using cooperative groups dancing

26. 4. Kinesthetic Intelligence These people would do well in these careers. Actor Athlete Carpenter Choreographer Craftsman Dancer Farmer Forest Ranger Inventor Jeweler Mechanic Mime P.E. Teacher Physical Therapist Recreational Director Actress

27. 4. Kinesthetic Intelligence Famous People With kinestheticIntelligence Babe Ruth Jim Thorpe Kristi Yamaguchi Mickey Mantle Thomas Edison Isadora Duncan Cincinnatus Faberge Wilbur Wright Orville Wright

28. 4. Kinesthetic Intelligence Activities these people would enjoy • Demonstrate a piece of art. • Make visual metaphors or analogies. • Map historical events and stories using graphs. • Make 3D projects. • Sketch, paint or draw. • Visualize patterns and create them. • Play visual puzzles. • Play photo memory games.

29. 5. Musical Intelligence Gardner's Definition: Musically intelligent means that they can able to distinguish the sounds around you and that you have the ability to make your own melodies. • They are interested in the following area • Sing songs. Play or compose music. • Write lyrics short jingles. • Create rhythmic patterns. Play different Partcipatein choir or solo singing. Hum and rap. • Demonstrate the working of a musical instrument. • Explain differences and similarities in tones and sounds. • Practice singing in a group.

30. 5. Musical Intelligence These people would do well in these careers. Song Writer Performing Musician Piano Turner Singer Sound Engineer Music Therapist Studio Engineer Instrument Manager

31. 5. Musical Intelligence Famous People With Musical Intelligence Ludwig van Beethoven Ray Charles Robert Schumann Sergei Rachmaninoff Yehudi Menuhin Willie Nelson The Mavericks LawerenceWelk George Gershwin

32. 5. Musical Intelligence Activities these people would enjoy • Sing songs. • Play or compose music. • Write lyrics or short jingles. • Create rhythmic patterns. • Play different musical instruments in a group. • Participate in choir or solo singing. • Hum and rap. • Demonstrate the working of a musical instrument. • Explain differences and similarities in tones and sounds. • Practice singing in a group.

33. 6. Interpersonal Intelligence Gardner's Definition: Interpersonal intelligence, (people smart), is understanding other people.  Anybody who deals with other people has to be skilled in the interpersonal sphere. They are interested in the following area classroom parties peer editing cooperative learning sharing group work forming clubs peer teaching social awareness conflict mediation discussing cross age tutoring study group brainstorming

34. 6. Interpersonal Intelligence These people would do well in these careers. Administrator Counselor Manager Nurse Personnel Director Politician Public Relations Salesperson School Principal Sociologist Therapist Teacher Travel Agent Psychologist Religious Leader

35. 6. Interpersonal Intelligence Famous People With Musical Intelligence • Abraham Lincoln       • George Washington        • Ghandi • Dr.Joyce Brothers      • Oprah  Winfrey       • Jesse  Jackson • Martin Luther King       • Rev. Billy Graha

36. 6. Interpersonal Intelligence Activities these people would enjoy • Participate in group projects. • Combined learning. • Party in a group. • Conduct a meeting to solve problems. • Resolve conflict. • Discuss and debate an issue. • Brainstorm on any subject. • Interpret others' feelings. • Join a sports activity group. • Form activity or social clubs. • Participate in group book reading and share views.

37. 7. Intrapersonal Intelligence Gardner's Definition: Intrapersonal intelligence is self-knowledge and the ability to act adaptively on the basis of that knowledge. It’s how well you know yourself. They are interested in the following area personal response individual study personal goal setting individual projects journal log keeping personal choice in projects independent reading

38. 7. Intrapersonal Intelligence These people would do well in these careers. • • Program planner • Psychiatrist • Psychology Teacher • Philosopher • Theologian • Researcher • Spiritual Counselor • Psychologist

39. 7. Intrapersonal Intelligence Famous People With intra personal Intelligence • Aristotle • Emily Dickinson • General George Patton • Helen Keller • Malcolm X • Mohammed

40. 7. Intrapersonal Intelligence Activities these people would enjoy • Pursue a new goal. • Share meaningful personal experience. • Write about your perceptions. • Focus on some particular weakness and strengthen it. • Reflect on your actions. • Indulge in some individual reading, study and projects.

41. 8. Natural Intelligence Gardner's Definition: The ability to discriminate among living things and to see patterns in the natural world. They are interested in the following area reading outside cloud watching identifying insects building habitats identifying plants using a microscope Dissecting going on a nature walk build a garden studying the stars bird watching collecting rocks making bird feeders going to the zoo

42. 8. Natura Intelligence These people would do well in these careers. • Agriculture • Gardener • Biology Teacher • Bird watcher • Naturalist • Researcher

43. 8. Natura Intelligence Famous People With Naturalist Intelligence • David Suzuki • Steven Schafersman • Ruzo • Robert T. Pennock • Karl Popper

44. 8. Natura Intelligence Activities these people would enjoy • Take care of animals and plants. • Participate in nature clubs. • Get involved in an environment protection program. • Build a birdhouse. • Keep an observation journal of the plants or animals in your care. • Study cloud formation. • Collect different colored rocks. • Research one particular plant or animal and demonstrate its importance in the nature cycle. • Make a note of the difference in temperature and pollution. • Map and demonstrate the ozone layer. • Explain importance of recycling..