Learning+Styles


 * __Learning Styles __**

From Wikipedia: **Learning styles** are various approaches or ways of learning[|[1]]. They involve [|educating] methods, particular to an individual, that are presumed to allow that individual to learn best. Most people prefer an identifiable method of interacting with, taking in, and processing [|stimuli] or [|information]. Based on this concept, the idea of individualized "learning styles" originated in the 1970s, and acquired "enormous popularity".[|[2]]
 * Definition **

Proponents say that teachers should assess the learning styles of their students and adapt their classroom methods to best fit each student's learning style, which is called the '//meshing hypothesis//

One of the most common and widely-used [|[18]]  categorizations of the various types of learning styles is Fleming's VARK model (sometimes VAK) which expanded upon earlier [|Neuro-linguistic programming] ([|VARK]) models [|[19]] :
 * 1) [|visual learners];
 * 2) [|auditory learners];
 * 3) reading/writing-preference learners;
 * 4) [|kinesthetic learners] or [|tactile learners][|[1]].

Fleming claimed that visual learners have a preference for seeing (think in pictures; visual aids such as overhead slides, diagrams, handouts, etc.). Auditory learners best learn through listening (lectures, discussions, tapes, etc.). Tactile/kinesthetic learners prefer to learn via experience—moving, touching, and doing (active exploration of the world; science projects; experiments, etc.). Its use in pedagogy allows teachers to prepare classes that address each of these areas. Students can also use the model to identify their preferred learning style and maximize their educational experience by focusing on what benefits them the most

Silver, H.F., Strong R.W, & Perini, M.J. (2002). //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">So Each May Learn: Integrating Learning Styles and // //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Multiple Intelligences. //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> ASCD.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 21px;">Resources **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 18px;">Books: **[[image:SoEachMayLearn.jpg width="333" height="417" align="right"]]

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Learning Styles in the Classroom at Suite101.com <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">[] <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Blog Post – Carol Ann Tomlinson on Learning Styles <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">[]
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Site includes: Theory of Multiple Intelligences, ways to implement, and research @http://performancepyramid.muohio.edu/pyramid/identifying-learning-styles/Multiple-Intelligences.html

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Video highlighting learning styles, and the VAK model <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">[]
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 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 21px;">Post an Idea or Lesson Plan **