AND LEARNING!

By: Jamie Lunsetter

What are “Learning Preferences”?

• Each individual is unique, therefore, each individual’s style of learning is also unique.

• 3 Main Learning Preferences According to Fleming’s VARK Model

• 1. Visual• 2. Auditory• 3. Kinesthetic• ***COMBINATIONS

Visual Learners

• Learn best from:– Demonstrations– Videos– Overhead/PPT Notes– Skits– Anything they can see

• Distracted by movement and not by sound

Auditory Learners-Learn best from:

* Lectures* Music* Podcasts* Class Discussion* Verbal Directions* In-Class Readings

-About 20% of people learn best by auditory means-Distracted by sound and not by movement in the classroom

Kinesthetic Learners

• Learns best by:– “Hands-on” Activities Such as:

• Science Experiments• Acting in a class skit• Taking apart and putting an

engine together

• Some believe Kinesthetic Learning is the most “natural” learning

• Make up 15% of the population

How do we Reach All Learners?

• VARIETY!!!!– An example of a Government

lesson might be:• Play an excerpt of the

Declaration of Independence being read (Auditory)

• Discuss the parts of the Declaration using a PPT Slide Presentation (Visual)

• Role play the actual meeting of delegates when they drafted the Declaration (Kinesthetic)

Other Learning Preference Models

• David Kolb’s Model– Converger– Diverger– Assimilator– Accomodator

• Honey and Mumford’s Model– Having an experience– Reviewing the experience– Concluding from the

experience– Planning the next steps

Other Learning Preference Models

• Anthony Gregorc’s Model– Two Perceptual Qualities:

• Concrete, Abstract– Two Ordering Abilities:

• Random, Sequential

• Sudbury Model of Democratic Education– Many ways to learn– Learning is a process that is

done BY individuals, not done TO individuals

Learning Styles Related to Multiple Intelligences

• There are 9 Multiple Intelligences– Naturalist– Musical– Logical/Mathematical– Verbal/Linguistic– Interpersonal– Bodily/Kinesthetic– Visual/Spatial– Existential– Intrapersonal

Learning Preference Assessments

• There are many on-line assessments for testing your personal learning preference:

•http://www.businessballs.com/vaklearningstylestest.htm•http://www.ldpride.net/learning-style-test-b.html•http://appl003.lsu.edu/cas/learningjourney.nsf/ModalityDiagnostic?OpenForm• Many more available for free or to purchase