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Created for presentation at the Southeast Regional Association of Teacher Educators in Sarasota, FL on October 11, 2013. This is not the final file. More last minute changes may be made.
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20 Learning Styles
Individualizing to Learn
Presented by
Mrs. Melinda StickneyDr. Joe Jerles
Austin Peay State UniversitySRATE Annual Conference, 2013© Larry Lowrance
THE GREAT HUMAN BRAINIt is why we are who we are
Is where we think and
from which we speak, learn and store information
Become who we are
Learns in multiple ways
--called
learning styles
MANY LEARNING STYLES
Today we will share some ways to look at learning that you may not have thought about
Familiar Learning StylesVisual Learning: seeing what is to be learnedAuditory Learning: listening to what is to be learnedTactile Learning: tactile engagement of what is to be
learned
17 Other Learning Styles
4. MULTISENSORY LEARNINGengaging learning through multiple senses
Immersion in sensations
whole body experiences
Multimedia presentations of learning
The more a student is challenged, the easier
learning occurs via multiple senses
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0c-f1PEOZa4
5. SIMULTANEOUS LEARNINGdoing several things at once
Multitasking
Listening to music while working
Going back and forth between activities to learn
Engaging multiple pathways
6. SEQUENTIAL LEARNINGdoing one thing at a time, then moving to next project
Rotate through centers or stations
Processing and mastery of information in steps
Task analysis
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJiDV3EXC4E
7. CONCRETE LEARNINGhands-on experience with learning
Story sequence
Using manipulatives for math
Project based learning
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rog1-H6pZDs
8. ABSTRACT LEARNINGmanipulating abstract concepts
Thinking to relate and expand ideas
Socratic method
Manipulating religious ideas and concepts
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWkgHHp0kDY
9. INDOOR LEARNINGwhen one learns best being inside, sitting in cozy chairs in comfortable temperatures
Independent reading centers
Sitting at a computer to learn
Working a puzzle
Reading in bed with mom or dad
10. OUTDOOR LEARNINGbeing outdoors in open spaces
Rock climbing
Gardening
Playing organized sports outside
Running with dog or riding a horse
Visiting a historical monument
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dh_XE40mj4
11. LEFT BRAIN LEARNINGtasks are logical, analytic and objective
Learning numbers and math
Learning scientific concepts
Measuring and manipulating things
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xn7mGQ25to
12. RIGHT BRAIN LEARNINGtasks are intuitive, thoughtful and subjective
Linguistic concepts
Learning second languages
Playing and learning music
Art and Dramatic play
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ydJr1Is8xI
13. HIGH TECH LEARNINGactivities centered in technology
Tablet technology (iPads, Kindle, etc.)
Computers
Television and movies
Simulators, video games, arcades
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5fTo6jIZNc
14. LOW TECH LEARNING readily available found objects
Writing with paper and pencil or crayons
Lincoln Logs
Recyclables
15. ACTIVE LEARNINGwhen one learns best by doing things
Collaboration
Games
School plays
Learning centers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HM5I79fWTk
16. PASSIVE LEARNINGwhen one learns best by thinking and reflecting
Taking time to imagine, wonder
Reading and reflecting
Taking a “time out” to consider consequences
17. STRUCTURED LEARNINGformalized teacher-directed schedule
Coming in to a classroom with things on the desk to do and centers activated and ready
Following learned routines of the day
Attending to and following teacher directions
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZQFErJn-Eg
18.UNSTRUCTURED LEARNING
Group learning activities
Trial and Error Learning
Problem Based Learning
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXpfCfuDqnY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgA1wZhW5TE
19. SOLITARY LEARNINGwhen one learns best being left to work alone
Engaging in tasks alone
Competing against ones self…beating best time
Parallel Play
20. SOCIAL LEARNINGgroup and cooperative learning activities
Working in teams
Competing as teams
Having partners or buddies
Group projects
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqY5wrSiWe0
TO SUMMARIZERemember as you depart:
The human brain is an active and creative place
Today we shared 20 ways it learns – there are more
Help your students use them to organize their classrooms
-- To meet needs of those who learn differently
-- To meet needs of those who have disabilities
Resources
Jerlesj.wikispaces.com/jnb;’oibn’rtr/
THANK YOU
Questions: Please contact
Mrs. Melinda Stickney
Dr. Joe Jerles e: jerlesj@apsu.edu
College of Education
Box 4545
Austin Peay State University
Clarksville, TN 37044
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