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Explore different learning styles and their implications for classroom instruction. Discover your personal learning style using the Learning Style Inventory. Understand how mastering different styles can enhance teaching and learning experiences in educational settings.
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Learning Styles Robert Dotson Curriculum Facilitator, EC Department Lenoir County Public Schools
Ground Rules • Look • Listen • Learn • Lend your abilities & insights
Food for Thought “Schools tend to be a place where students come to watch adults work.”
Learning Styles Purpose: • Introduction to Learning styles • Become Aware of Personal Learning Style • Discover Implications for Classroom Instruction References: • Learning Style Inventory for Adults (Silver,Strong,& Hanson 2006) • Dr. Daniel R. Moirao, Ed.D • So Each May Learn: Integrating Learning Styles & Multiple Intelligences (Silver, Strong, & Perini 2000)
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Learning Style Inventory Directions: • Complete page 2 (horizontal) • Compute Scores on page 7 (vertical) • Complete Profile Table & Graph ( Page 8) • **Leave “Subjective Ranking” column blank **
Sensing and thinking produces Masterylearners • who are efficient and results-oriented, preferring action to words and involvement to theory. • They have a high energy level for doing things that are pragmatic, detailed, and useful.
Intuition and thinking produces Understandinglearners • who prefer to be challenged intellectually and to think things through for themselves. • They are curious about ideas, have a high tolerance for theory and abstraction, a taste for complex problems, and a concern for long- range consequences.
Sensing and feeling produces Interpersonal learners • who are sensitive to people’s feelings – their own and others. • They prefer to learn about things that directly affect people’s lives rather than impersonal facts or theories.
Intuition and feeling produces Self-Expressive learners • who dare to dream, are committed to their values, are open to alternatives, and are constantly searching for new and unusual ways to express themselves.