Individual Learning Style

Master of Arts in Education/Adult Education and TrainingSascha Hirzel

COM516September 20, 2013

Dorina Varsamis

Learning Style AssessmentThree learning types:

AuditoryVisualKinesthetic

My Individual Learning Style(s)Visual and Kinesthetic

My Individual Learning Style(s) Contd.First Test Result:

Second Test Result:

Auditory (10%)

Visual (45%)

Kinesthetic (45%)

Auditory (12%)

Visual (44%)

Kinesthetic (44%)

Qualities of Visual LearnersLike seeing information

Enjoy illustrated concepts

Visualize information (James, 2009)

Strategies for Visual LearnersSit at the front of the class

Color-code things

Try drawing things out

Use flash cards Take notes (What’s Your Learning Style?, 2011)

Qualities of Kinesthetic LearnersTalk with their hands

Remember what they have done

Benefit from hands-on learning activities

(James, 2009)

Strategies for Kinesthetic Learners

Participate in hands-on activities

Take breaksIt’s okay to fidget

(What’s Your Learning Style?, 2011)

VARK Learning Styles

Aural (8%)

Visual (32%)

Kinesthetic (32%)

Read/Write (28%)

(The Vark Questionnaire. 2011)

Kolb Learning Cycle

(Kolb’s Learning Cycle, n.d.)

Conclusion

It is important to understand the type of learner you are

You may be adept at learning in multiple ways

Do the things that work for you

References Bixler, B. (n.d.). Learning Styles Inventory. Retrieved from

http://www.personal.psu.edu/bxb11/LSI/LSI.htm James, B. (2009). Learning Styles. Retrieved from

http://sunburst.usd.edu/~bwjames/tut/learning-style/

Kolb’s Learning Cycle. (n.d.). Truman State University. http://excellence.truman.edu/tutoring/userfiles//Kolbs_Learning_Cycle-TSSC.pdf

The Vark Questionnaire. (2011, July). University of Redlands. Retrieved from

http://www.redlands.edu/docs/StudentLife/VARK_Main_Copy_Updated_Version_7.1_%28July_2011%29.pdf

What’s Your Learning Style? (2011). Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency. Retrieved from http://educationplanner.org/students/self-assessments/learning-styles.shtml