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Learning Styles

Learning Styles. North Carolina State University Felder-Silverman Model. Learning Styles. Active learner Doing , discussing, explaining Like group work Dislike passive lectures Help by Getting involved Group work Guessing games. Learning Styles. Reflective Think things through first

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Learning Styles

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  1. Learning Styles North Carolina State University Felder-Silverman Model

  2. Learning Styles • Active learner • Doing , discussing, explaining • Like group work • Dislike passive lectures • Help by • Getting involved • Group work • Guessing games

  3. Learning Styles • Reflective • Think things through first • Prefer working alone • Helped by • Stop and think • Review • Think of applications and questions • Write summaries

  4. Learning Styles • Sensing learners • Like facts • Problem solve by established methods • Hate complications and surprises • Dislike being tested unless previously taught in detail • Good with facts • Good with hands on work • Practical and careful • Need facts that connect with the real world

  5. Learning Styles • Sensors – helped by • Connections with real world • Practical applications • Brainstorming with other students

  6. Learning Styles • Intuitive learners • Like discovering possibilities • Like innovation • Dislike repetition • Grasp new concepts • Good with abstractions • Work fast • Innovative • Dislike – too much memory work and routine

  7. Learning Styles • Intuitive learners – helped by • More theory • Go slower and re read as tend to rush stuff

  8. Learning Styles • Visual learners • Learn what they see • Pictures • Diagrams • Charts • Films • Helped by • Diagrams sketches • Mind maps • Colour coding

  9. Learning Styles • Verbal • Learn from words • Written • Spoken explanation • Helped by • Summaries • Outlines • Group work – listen and explain

  10. Learning Styles • Sequential learner • Linear steps • Logical progression • May not understand everything but can use material • Good detail people

  11. Learning Styles • Sequential learner • Helped by • Outline material in logical order • Relate topics to known material to enhance global thinking

  12. Learning Styles • Global learner • Large jumps from mystery to understanding • Grasp bigger picture • May have difficulty in explaining methods as unconscious process • Good concept people

  13. Learning Styles • Global learner • Helped by • Skim information first to get overview • Immerse in a subject for larger blocks rather than looking at multiple things at once • Try to relate to things already known • Consult references

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