There is no single solution because it will depend GREATLY on your style

This means that your reaction is linked to your personality and cognition

How would you react, if you were in this situation?

Keefe (1979): LS might be thought of as cognitive, affective, and physiological characteristic that are relatively stable indicators of how a learner perceives, interacts with, and responds to the learning environment.

Steward and Felicetti (1992): LS are the educational conditions under which a student is most likely to learn. The most important thing is not what, it is how.

Others have identified enumerate many other LS such as:Sensory, communicative, cultural, affective cognitive among

others

Field Independent Field dependent

Distinguish parts from a whole

Tunnel vision – Increases with age

Affetive Charac:◦ independent◦ competitive◦ Self confident

Perceives the whole pic

One is more dominant in adulthood

Affetive Charact:◦ Social◦ To derive self identiy from

others, empathy

Academic advantages

Personal advantages

Professional advantages

•Overcome limitations and maximizing learning potential • Reduces frustration and stress level•

• Motivation for learning• Improve self-confidence and self-esteem

• Manage teams • Delivers effective presentations• Gain over the competition

Most students are unaware of their learning styles and if left to their own means, they are unlikely to start learning in new ways.

For that reason, it is necessary that students know about their learning style.

Some students are different from

others.

As a teacher you can apply different methods. 

These learners need to see the teacher's body language and facial expression to fully understand lecture or classroom discussion, visual learners often prefer to take detailed notes to absorb the information. d. They prefer sitting at the front of the classroom to avoid visual obstructions They may think in pictures and learn best from visual displays. During

Characteristics • Like to read •See

what they are reading• Close their eyes to visualize or remember

•Notice details • Tend to value planning and organization • Are

meticulous, neat in appearance• • Find something to watch when bored • Find

quiet, passive surroundings ideal

They learn best through verbal lectures, discussions, talking things through and listening to what others have to say. Auditory learners interpret the underlying meanings of speech through listening to tone of voice, pitch, speed and other tones. Written information may have little meaning until it is heard. These learners often benefit from reading text aloud and using a tape recorder.

Characteristics

• Sit where they can hear • Are most likely to read aloud

• Enjoy music • Are easily distracted by noises

• Enjoy listening activities • Enjoy talking

• Hum or talk to themselves or others when bored

May not coordinate colors or clothes, but can explain what they are wearing

and why

learn through , moving, doing and touching...    Tactile/Kinesthetic persons learn best through a hands-on approach,

actively exploring the physical world around them. They may find it hard to sit still for long periods and may become distracted by their need for activity and exploration.

Characteristics • Speak with their hands and with gestures

• Remember what was done but have difficulty recalling what was said or seen

•Rely on what they can directly experience, do, or perform

•Are uncomfortable in classrooms where they lack hands-on experience

• Like physical rewards

• Need to be active and in motion

http://www.ldpride.net/Understanding-Learning-Styles.pdf

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual_learning

http://agelesslearner.com/assess/learningstyle.html

http://nwlink.com/~donclark/hrd/styles.html Second language acquisition, Rod Ellis