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Why are Learning Styles Important?
Why are Learning Styles Important?
Learning styles refer to the ways in which and conditions under which learners most efficiently and most effectively perceive, process, store, and recall what they are attempting to learn and how they prefer to approach different learning tasks.
- Bastable, Gramet, Jacobs, & Sopczyk, 2011Understanding learning styles helps you support the diverse interests and needs of your students!
Don't know your student's learning style? Take a quiz below!
Don't know your student's learning style? Take a quiz below!
Below you will find examples of how to match students' learning styles with learning strategies:
Below you will find examples of how to match students' learning styles with learning strategies:
The Visual Learner:
The Visual Learner:
An individual who prefers visual representation of the information.
An individual who prefers visual representation of the information.
The Auditory Learner:
The Auditory Learner:
An individual who prefers heard or spoken information.
An individual who prefers heard or spoken information.
The Read/Write Learner:
The Read/Write Learner:
An individual who prefers information displayed in words.
An individual who prefers information displayed in words.
The Tactile/Kinesthetic Learner:
The Tactile/Kinesthetic Learner:
An individual who prefers real hands-on experience to acquire new information.
An individual who prefers real hands-on experience to acquire new information.
The Multimodal Learner:
The Multimodal Learner:
An individual who utilizes and prefers more than one learning style.
An individual who utilizes and prefers more than one learning style.
References:
Bastable, S. B., Gramet, P., Jacobs, K., & Sopczyk, D. L. (2011). Health professional as educator: Principles of teaching and learning. Sudbury, MA: Jones & Bartlett Learning. Header picture: https://www.gettingsmart.com/2017/01/interconnected-learning-means-for-higher-ed/Visual Picture: http://blog.webkraftng.com/the-power-importance-of-visual-contents-7-formats-that-go-viral-quick/Auditory/Aural Picture: https://www.nytimes.com/guides/smarterliving/be-a-better-listenerRead/Write Picture: https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsereviewofbooks/2016/02/18/reader-survey-what-do-you-value-about-lse-review-of-books/Kinesthetic Picture: https://www.kindergartenkiosk.com/kindergartenkiosk/4/10/the-kinesthetic-active-learnerHow to Study Learning Style Assessment: https://www.how-to-study.com/learning-style-assessment/VARK Learing Styles: http://vark-learn.com/the-vark-questionnaire/Education Planner: http://www.educationplanner.org/students/self-assessments/learning-styles.shtmlReport abuse