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Understanding Learning StylesConnecting content with Learners
What is a learning style?
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Understanding your learners
Student Comments
Try taking him, whatever the class is. He makes you think
and brings meaning to everything.
I didn't care about the class at all, but heard it was an easy
A. The material is incredibly applicable to your own life.
Great course, well taught, excellent lectures, precise and
accurate testing
This was an AWESOME class! Dr. H made it so interesting
and interactive, lots of class discussion
Learners Like
To be challenged
To be respected
A variety of techniques
Real-life experiences
Receiving prompt feedback
Student comments
She is very intelligent and technologically savvy, but
sometimes doesn't make assignments clear to us lesser
humans.
she is so unorganized and has absolutely no clue what the
plan is most of the time (changes her mind after we have
already competed assignments).. soooo frustrating!
I had a hard time with the material because i did not find it
interesting and am not into his teaching style.
Learners Don’t Like
To be bored
To be talked down to
Inconsistency in
expectations, grading, or
treatment
Learning without context
Learning Styles …
Cognitive
Affective
Physiological
Other things besides
learning styles can
effect how your
students learn
Gender
Culture
Class Age
Why do we care?
Incorporating
learning styles
into teaching
Kolb Learning Style Inventory
My first opportunity to apply Kolb to the
classroom created such positive
results that I could never go back to
my original style of teaching
-Laura BorderUniversity of Colorado at Boulder
Experiential Learning MethodConcrete Experience
Abstract Conceptualization
Active
ExperimentationReflective
Observation
Experiencing
ReflectingDoing
Thinking
Concrete Experience
Learning by experiencing
See Page 4 of Kolb
“A man who carries a cat by the tail
learns something he can learn in no other
way”
~Mark Twain
Reflective Observation
Learning by Reflecting
See Page 4 of Kolb
“You can observe a lot by watching”
~Yogi Berra
Abstract Conceptualization
Learning by Thinking
“Learning without thought is labor lost;
thought without learning is perilous.”
~ Confucius
See Page 4 of Kolb
Active Experimentation
Learning by Doing
"What we have to learn to do, we learn by
doing."
~Aristotle
See Page 4 of Kolb
Combination = Learning Style
Concrete Experience
Abstract Conceptualization
Active
ExperimentationReflective
Observation
Diverging
AssimilatingConverging
Accommodating
See Kolb page 8
Being imaginative
Understanding people
Recognizing problems
Brainstorming
Being open-minded
Broad interests
Information seeking
Diverging
Planning
Creating theoretical
models
Defining problems
Developing theories
Being patient
Assimilates disparate
observations
Inductive reasoning
Assimilating
Converging
Solving problems
Making decisions
Reasoning deductively
Defining problems
Being logical
Practical application of
ideas
Accommodating
Getting things done
Leading
Taking risks
Initiating
Being adaptable and
practical
Puts ideas into action
Intuitive
Trial and error
Let’s do the Kolb!
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FOUR questions that are important to learning styles
What is the importance of the activity/content? (diverger)
What are the parameters or limits of the assignment- what
is the assignment useful for? (converger)
Which facts are needed to complete the assignment?
(assimilators)
What is the end product? What are the performance tasks
or procedures going to be? (accomodators)
Using Kolb to assess your teaching
Lecture:
Does the lecture contain rhetorical questions?
Does the lecture have a clear outline of
concepts
Time for student reflection (one minute papers)
Visual real life or aesthetic support in the form
of photos, colors, or references to student
experiences?
Incorporating Kolb into teaching
Using different Kolb LSI orders, look at
your scenario and try to apply all four
types of learning activities (axes) to appeal
to all four learning styles.
FOUR questions that are important to learning styles
What is the importance of the activity/content? (diverger)
What are the parameters or limits of the assignment- what
is the assignment useful for? (converger)
Which facts are needed to complete the assignment?
(assimilators)
What is the end product? What are the performance tasks
or procedures going to be? (accomodators)
From Theory to Practicehow learning theory relates to learning styles
Accommodating
Constructivists
Humanist
Diverging
Humanist
Converging
Cognitive
Constructivist
Assimilating
Behaviorist
Cognitive
Further Reading
Border, Laura. (2007) Understanding Learning Styles: The
Key to Unlocking Deep Learning and In-depth
Teaching. http://www2.nea.org/he/advo07/advo0407/front.html
Retrieved 7/29/07
Grassian, E. S., & Kaplowitz, J. R. (2001). Information
literacy instruction: Theory and practice. Information
literacy sourcebooks. New York: Neal-Schuman
Mark Morton (2006) RatemyHeuristic.comhttp://www.educause.edu/blog/markmorton/RateMyHeuristicCom/1
65938 Retrieved 7/25/09
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