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Learner Variables

Learner Variables . Learning Styles and Multiple Intelligences. Learning Styles. An individual’s general approach to learning; not fixed, but a dominant way of negotiating reality Learning Style Profiles The Analytic Learner The Global Learner. The Analytic Learner .

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Learner Variables

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  1. Learner Variables Learning Styles and Multiple Intelligences

  2. Learning Styles An individual’s general approach to learning; not fixed, but a dominant way of negotiating reality • Learning Style Profiles • The Analytic Learner • The Global Learner Learner Variables

  3. The Analytic Learner • Prefers linear/sequential processing • Looks for details • May be field independent • May be reflective • May have a low tolerance for ambiguity • Seeks closure • May be left-brain dominant Learner Variables

  4. Activities for the Analytic Learner • Story rebuilding • Scrambled words and sentences • Time-line, ordering activities • Summarizing with structured formats-semantic maps • Where’s WaldoTM • CALL Learner Variables

  5. The Global Learner • Prefers parallel and random processing • Looks for the big picture • May be field dependent • May be impulsive • May have a high tolerance for ambiguity • Does not require fast closure • May be right-brain dominant Learner Variables

  6. Activities for the Global Learner • Open-ended activities • Role play • Story invention • surveys • Jigsaw reading/listening • Unguided writing • games • charades, dance, improvisation • CALL Learner Variables

  7. Learning Channels/Modalities Visual Learner • Needs visual input • Prefers written directions Auditory Learner • Needs auditory input • Prefers oral directions Haptic Learner • Needs hands-on experience • Requires movement and/or touch Learner Variables

  8. Activities for the visual learner • Authentic/primary texts • Photos • Movies • Visualization activities • Map work • Illustrations Learner Variables

  9. Auditory Learner • Small group work • Radio, TV, movies • Music • Story retelling • bingo Learner Variables

  10. Personality Types Extrovert • Derives energy from the external world –other people • Likes interactivity and communication Introvert • Derives energy from the internal world—ideas and feelings • Likes working alone or in small, familiar groups Learner Variables

  11. Haptic Learner • General audiomotor tasks (TPR) • Games involving manipulation • Object identification through smell, touch, taste • Autograph activities Learner Variables

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