Monday, 23 May 2011

Learning Styles

"If students don’t learn the way we teach them, let’s teach them the way they learn!"
~Kenneth Dunn

“Learning style refers to the factors that influence the way people are able to concentrate, process, practice, internalize and retain new and difficult information.  There are many different learning styles models.”

Types of learning
  • Rote
  • Narrative
  • Visual
  • Verbal
  • Analytical
  • Multi-Sense
  • Symbolic and Numeric

According to Gawith, G we learn by:
  • Memorizing
  • Visualizing
  • Questioning
  • Doing
  • Interpreting
  • Experiencing
  • Asking "what if"
  • Listening
  • Taking notes
  • Seeing something in other terms
  • Building up evidence
  • Feeling,sensing and emphasizing 

Gardner, H Multiple intelligence
  • Verbal-Lingustic
  • Musical
  • Logical-Mathematical
  • Spatial
  • Bodily-kinesthetic
  • Interpersonal
  • Intra-personal
  • Naturalist
  • Spiritualist