Learning+Styles

=[|www.engr.ncsu.edu/learningstyles/ilsweb.html]= take survey and bring results to class on 4-14-10

= = =SENSORY Learning Styles - person's preferred method of RECEIVING information=

3 styles I. //Visual// = see it II. //Auditory// = hear it III. //Kinesthetic// = touch or experience it

=THINKING STYLES= preferred method for processing input=

__Carl Jung - 4 psychological types__
A. //Feeling// - emotion is key B. //Intuition// - abstract processing C. //Sensing// - 5 senses, concrete doing D. //Thinking// - logical, analytical

__Kolb - thinking styles__
A. Activist - prefers doing things with others, cooperative learning (what can we do to help out with the problem) B. Pragmatist - need a practical application, a good reason (ask student why it is important to be on time) C. Reflective - need //time// to think about content (needs time to think about the problem) D. Theorist - likes to adapt input to existing theory, or likes to develop own theory (what theory would explain why this student is late to class)

CHARACTERISTICS of styles Converger - Diverger - needs time to reflect and step away from experience, see more concrete examples

Assimilator - abstract, needs time to assimilate Accomodator - concrete experience, active

__UnaffiliatedStyles__
Global - abstract Sequential - concrete

=EXPRESSION STYLE - preferred method for expression=

Multiple Intelligences - Gardner - everybody is capable of each of the 8 to some degree barring some physiological barrier

different kinds of "smarts"

8 ways 1. interpersonal - smart about people 2. intrapersonal - smart about self 3. spatial/visual - visual relationships/distances 4. mathematical/logical - data, numbers 5. musical - 6. naturalistic - how things are interrelated with nature 7. linguistic - 8. kinesthetic/bodily

= = = = =Articles about Learning Styles=

Brett's article

another, just in case ...