Learning Styles - Students

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LEARNING STYLES

GOMATESH M. RAVANAVAR

SAVITA G. RAVANAVAR


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Introduction

Objectives and Expected Outcomes Questions:

Who are the class toppers? In which subjects you have scored higher

marks? Why/How?

Why the differences?


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Preferred Learning Style Research on

the left/right brain differences the learning differences

and personality differences

Each person has preferred ways to receive,process and communicate information.

This means, each person has a

preferred learning style.


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Many experts propose that teachersshould accommodate learning styledifferences.

Fleming and Mills do not absolve

teachers from responsibility, but theyshift the primary responsibility tostudents themselves.


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To help you discover how you learn

and your approach to how you study,Fleming and Mills have developed the

13-item, multiple-choice instrument.

The V, A, R and K options correspondto four learning modalities: Visual,

Aural, Read / Write and Kinesthetic.


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TAKE A TEST


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Fill the following test to find outsomething about your preferred learning

method.

Choose the best answerthat best explainsyour preference.

If a single answer does not match, pleaseenter two or more choices.

Leave blank those that do not apply.

Answer the question with your mostcommon behavior (what you do often)


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TEST SUMMARY


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V A R K

1*

2* *

3

4

* * *5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

TOTAL7 4 9 3


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Add up all the V, A, R & K responses in

the table provided.

The largest of one mode over the others

indicates your preferred learning style

Use the table to help you in

class, when studying

and during exams.


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AFTER THE TEST

LEARNING MODALITY d SUGGESTED


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LEARNING MODALITY and SUGGESTED

LEARNING ACTIVITIES

VISUAL

Recall the "picture

of the pages

Draw, use diagramswhere appropriate

Practice runningvisuals back into

words

Use the "in-class"

Reconstruct images

in different ways

Redraw pages from

memory

Replace words with

symbols & initials

Underline

Use different colors

Use symbols,

charts,

arrangements on apage

DURING EXAMSWHEN STUDYINGIN CLASS


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AURAL

Listen to your

voices & write them

down

Speak your

answers

Practice writing

answers to old exam

questions

May take poor

notes because you

prefer listening

Expand your notes

Put summarizednotes on tape and

listen

Read summarizednotes out loud

Explain notes to

another "A" person

Attend lectures &

tutorials

Discuss topics with

students

Explain new ideasto other people

Use a tape recorder

Describeoverheads, pictures

& visuals to

somebody not there

Leave space innotes for later recall



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READ/WRITE

Practice withmultiple-choice

questions

Write out lists

Write paragraphs,

beginnings, endings

Write out the wordsagain & again

Reread notessilently

Rewrite ideas into

other words

Organize diagrams

into statements

Use lists, headings

Use dictionaries &

definitions

Use handouts &

textbooks

Read

Use lecture notes



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KINESTHETIC

Write practice

answers

Role-play the exam

situation in your

room

May take notes

poorly because

topics do not seem

relevant

Put examples innote summaries

Use pictures &

photos to illustrate

Talk about notes

with another "K"person

Use all your senses

Go to lab, take field

trips

Use trial-and-error

methods

Listen to real-lifeexamples

Use hands-on

approach



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SHARE YOUR VIEWS/OPINION


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HOME WORK

Practice the suggested LearningActivities (mentioned in the Table)suiting to your Learning Styles.


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Learning Styles - Students