FELDER-SILVERMANLEARNING STYLE

Established by Richard Felder & Linda Silverman in

1988

Felder-SilvermanSensing/Intuitive

Visual/Verbal

Inductive/Deductive

Active/Reflective

Sequential/Global

Felder-Silverman

SensingConcrete, PracticalOriented toward facts and procedures

IntuitiveConceptual, InnovativeOriented toward theories and meanings

Felder-Silverman

VisualPrefer visual representations of materialPictures, Diagrams, Flow charts

VerbalPrefer written and spoken explanations

Felder-Silverman

InductivePrefer presentations that proceed from the

specific to the general

DeductivePrefer presentations that go from general to

the specific

Felder-Silverman

ActiveLearn by trying things outPrefer working with others

ReflectiveLearn by thinking things throughPrefer working alone

Felder-Silverman

SequentialLinear, OrderlyLearn in small incremental steps

GlobalHolistic, Systems thinkersLearn in large leaps