Learning StylesLearning StylesLearning StylesLearning Styles

Mrs. DeBallMrs. DeBall

AVID CoordinatorAVID Coordinator

December 2007December 2007

Mrs. DeBallMrs. DeBall

AVID CoordinatorAVID Coordinator

December 2007December 2007

Outcome:Outcome:Outcome:Outcome:

Ability to determine different Ability to determine different learning styleslearning styles

Determine if you have a dominant Determine if you have a dominant learning stylelearning style

Identify common classroom activities Identify common classroom activities & how they relate to different & how they relate to different learning styleslearning styles

Develop strategies to compensate when Develop strategies to compensate when your learning style is not being your learning style is not being addressedaddressed

Ability to determine different Ability to determine different learning styleslearning styles

Determine if you have a dominant Determine if you have a dominant learning stylelearning style

Identify common classroom activities Identify common classroom activities & how they relate to different & how they relate to different learning styleslearning styles

Develop strategies to compensate when Develop strategies to compensate when your learning style is not being your learning style is not being addressedaddressed

DO NOTs:DO NOTs:DO NOTs:DO NOTs:

Blame your teacher if your Blame your teacher if your learning style is not being learning style is not being addressedaddressed

INSTEAD:INSTEAD: Learn to cope & make learning Learn to cope & make learning meaningful for YOU!meaningful for YOU!

Blame your teacher if your Blame your teacher if your learning style is not being learning style is not being addressedaddressed

INSTEAD:INSTEAD: Learn to cope & make learning Learn to cope & make learning meaningful for YOU!meaningful for YOU!

QuickWriteQuickWriteQuickWriteQuickWrite

In your AVID NB:In your AVID NB: Write for 4 Write for 4 minutes about the minutes about the following following questions:questions: What does it mean What does it mean to “learn how to to “learn how to learn?”learn?”

What skills help us What skills help us to be better to be better learners?learners?

What do we need to What do we need to learn about learn about ourselves to make ourselves to make us better learners?us better learners?

In your AVID NB:In your AVID NB: Write for 4 Write for 4 minutes about the minutes about the following following questions:questions: What does it mean What does it mean to “learn how to to “learn how to learn?”learn?”

What skills help us What skills help us to be better to be better learners?learners?

What do we need to What do we need to learn about learn about ourselves to make ourselves to make us better learners?us better learners?

VisualVisualVisualVisual

Learn through Learn through seeingseeing Need to see Need to see teacher's body teacher's body language & language & expressionsexpressions

Prefer sitting in Prefer sitting in frontfront

Think in picturesThink in pictures Take detailed Take detailed notes notes

Learn through Learn through seeingseeing Need to see Need to see teacher's body teacher's body language & language & expressionsexpressions

Prefer sitting in Prefer sitting in frontfront

Think in picturesThink in pictures Take detailed Take detailed notes notes

AuditoryAuditoryAuditoryAuditory

Learn through Learn through listeninglistening Learn best: Verbal Learn best: Verbal lectures, lectures, discussions, discussions, talking things talking things throughthrough

Written information Written information may have little may have little meaning until it is meaning until it is heardheard

benefit from benefit from reading text aloudreading text aloud

Learn through Learn through listeninglistening Learn best: Verbal Learn best: Verbal lectures, lectures, discussions, discussions, talking things talking things throughthrough

Written information Written information may have little may have little meaning until it is meaning until it is heardheard

benefit from benefit from reading text aloudreading text aloud

Tactile / KinestheticTactile / KinestheticTactile / KinestheticTactile / Kinesthetic

Learn through , Learn through , moving, doing and moving, doing and touching... touching... Learn best through a Learn best through a hands-on approachhands-on approach

Actively explore Actively explore physical world around physical world around themthem

Find it hard to sit Find it hard to sit still for long still for long periodsperiods

May become distracted May become distracted by their need for by their need for activity and activity and explorationexploration

Learn through , Learn through , moving, doing and moving, doing and touching... touching... Learn best through a Learn best through a hands-on approachhands-on approach

Actively explore Actively explore physical world around physical world around themthem

Find it hard to sit Find it hard to sit still for long still for long periodsperiods

May become distracted May become distracted by their need for by their need for activity and activity and explorationexploration

IndividualIndividualIndividualIndividual

Learner prefers Learner prefers to work aloneto work alone

Learner prefers Learner prefers to work aloneto work alone

GroupGroupGroupGroup

Learner prefers Learner prefers to work in a to work in a group of peoplegroup of people

Learner prefers Learner prefers to work in a to work in a group of peoplegroup of people

OralOralOralOral

Learner prefers Learner prefers to talk about to talk about findings/answerfindings/answerss

Learner prefers Learner prefers to talk about to talk about findings/answerfindings/answerss

WrittenWrittenWrittenWritten

Learner prefers Learner prefers to write out to write out answers, rather answers, rather than discussingthan discussing

Learner prefers Learner prefers to write out to write out answers, rather answers, rather than discussingthan discussing

Get into groups…Get into groups…Get into groups…Get into groups…

Find people who Find people who share your share your learning style…learning style…

Select one person Select one person to be the recorderto be the recorder

Select one person Select one person to be the reporterto be the reporter

Answer the Answer the following following questions on the questions on the paper provided:paper provided:

Find people who Find people who share your share your learning style…learning style…

Select one person Select one person to be the recorderto be the recorder

Select one person Select one person to be the reporterto be the reporter

Answer the Answer the following following questions on the questions on the paper provided:paper provided:

What strategies can What strategies can teachers use to help us teachers use to help us as visual/ as visual/ auditory/tactile auditory/tactile learners?learners?

What learning situations What learning situations are particularly are particularly challenging for us?challenging for us?

What learning situations What learning situations are particularly easy are particularly easy for us?for us?

What strategies can we What strategies can we use to take use to take responsibility for our responsibility for our learning?learning?

What strategies can What strategies can teachers use to help us teachers use to help us as visual/ as visual/ auditory/tactile auditory/tactile learners?learners?

What learning situations What learning situations are particularly are particularly challenging for us?challenging for us?

What learning situations What learning situations are particularly easy are particularly easy for us?for us?

What strategies can we What strategies can we use to take use to take responsibility for our responsibility for our learning?learning?

Choose one:Choose one:Choose one:Choose one:

Choose one activity Choose one activity to focus on, from to focus on, from what you all what you all observed in classesobserved in classes

How is this a How is this a challenge for our challenge for our learning style?learning style?

List three List three strategies to strategies to compensate/overcome compensate/overcome on a on a NEWNEW poster poster

Choose one activity Choose one activity to focus on, from to focus on, from what you all what you all observed in classesobserved in classes

How is this a How is this a challenge for our challenge for our learning style?learning style?

List three List three strategies to strategies to compensate/overcome compensate/overcome on a on a NEWNEW poster poster