learning styles & difficulties

Content of the presentation

The presentation consists of twocomplex topics:

Learning styles

Learning difficulties

Each of them is going to be presented separately

Different classifications Learning style is the most effective method of

learning for a certain person.

There are plenty of models of learning styles. Eachof them classsifies learning styles from a differentpoint of view. The most important divisions are:

Sensory

Perceptual

Cognitive Information Processing

Personality type

Personal talents

Sensory -Visual, Auditory, Kinesthetic & Tactile

(VAK) model

Learners have a preferred method of input, either by seeing, hearing, or doing

Auditory/aural learners

• Listening, speaking,

explaining, describing, debates, show and tell

• Discussions with teachers and peers

• Musical performances, raps,songs oral presentations, demonstrations, Poems

• Verbal games

• Digital recordings Mp3,Mp4

• Attending classes, tutorials discussion

Visual learners

• Seeing teachers body language and facial expressions

• Pictures, illustrations and diagrams

• Posters, cartoons, collages

• Slide shows

• TV Shows, films and videos

• Graphs and charts

• Maps

• Flash cards

• Underlining and highlighting

• Mind Maps, Flow charts and Brain Storms

Kinaestheticlearners

• Using their senses

• Demonstrations, field trips and tours

• Collections and exhibits

• Samples and products

• Laboratories

• Displays, Dioramas, posters, task cards and mobiles

• Whiteboard activities

• Games, computers

• Trial and error, hands-on activities

• Role playing, charades, plays, performances and dance

• Interviews, surveys

• Teachers who give real life examples

Perceptual - Right/Left Hemispheric Dominance or whole Brain Model

Learners have preferred characteristics attributed to the two different hemispheres of the brain.

OccupationsRight hemisphere

domination:Left hemisphere

domination:

Forest ranger

Wildlife manager

Beautician

Politician

Athlete

Artist

Craftsman

Actor/Actress

Lab scientist

Banker

Judge

Lawyer

Mathematician

Bacteriologist

Librarian

Skating judge, skiing judge, etc.

Cognitive Information Processing –Kolb’s model

Learners have preferred styles in the realms of perception -vs- processing

Personality type - Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)

Learners have preferred styles according to the dichotomies in the table below. The indicatormeasures how people perceive the world and make decisions.

Personal talent - Gardner’s Multiple Intelligences

Learners exhibit preferences in eight different types of intelligence as shown

Importance of findingown learning style

Learning is a key for your future, so itshouldn’t look likethis!

Due to finding thebest method of learning, you will be spending less time on learning and remember more