Learning and teaching styles

Do we teach

Do we teach

Like we would like to be taughtSo they can learn

Influences on learning styles/preferences

Is the survey by Felder complete ?Do we need to consider Gregoric mind

styles?What about personality types?What about past experiences?

Safe environment? And trust?And___?

Learner survey

ACT REF

11 9 7 5 3 1 1 3 5 7 9 11 SEN

INT 11 9 7 5 3 1 1 3 5 7 9 11 VIS

VRB 11 9 7 5 3 1 1 3 5 7 9 11 SEQ

GLO 11 9 7 5 3 1 1 3 5 7 9 11

Active vs. Reflective learnersResult reflective “7”

I need time to think through some stuff If placed in a group

of dominant active learners I would tend to sit back and let the active learners dominate

Sometimes rewrite notes

Consciously give students time to answer “R”

Change up group pairings “R” and “A”

Give marks on notes “R”

Make active learners the group leaders “A”

Sensing vs. intuitiveResult Sensing 7

I need to see how the information connects to the real world as a technician or teacher

I am ok with one way to problem solve if it works

I am ok to memorize facts that I need to know

I put things in prospective for my students “S”

I typically teach one way for certain things like gear ratio calculation to keep it simple “S”

Must memorize some facts “S”

Teach performance “I”

Visual vs verbal learnersVisual 11, verbal 1

I MUST see the big picture. EG transmission type

Need a wiring diagram not just a flow chart

Teach big picture and explain it “VI &VE”

Teach students how to read a diagram and hydraulic flow chart “VI&VE”

Sequential vs Global learnersResults sequential 3

I have difficulty following and remembering if the teaching is not sequential

Prefer if teacher makes difficult connection

I teach in a sequential manner but reference the big picture “S&G”

Encourage the students to skim the chapter “G”

Influences on learning styles/preferences

Is the survey by Felder complete ?Do we need to consider Gregoric mind

styles?What about personality types?What about past experiences?

Can they trust you?Safe environment?

And___?

Goal: I try to teach the way I would like to be taught and try

to include teaching methods that would help other learning

styles learn as well

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