Learning Styles

To include all learning styles in the classroom we should...

use a variety of teaching styles that includes multiple learning styles.

If you are an auditory learner...

you learn by hearing and listening. You understand and remember things you have heard. You store information by the way it sounds, and you have an easier time understanding spoken instructions than written ones.

Athletes tends to have a high

Kinesthetic Intelligence

An analytical thinker might say...

"Should I use a pencil or a pen?"

A global thinker might say...

"Why are we doing this?"

Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs

5 levels of need from the most basic to the most complex. The lowest levels must fulfilled in order to reach higher fulfillment.

Theory of multiple intelligences

Gardner chose eight abilities that he held to meet these criteria: musical-rhythmic, visual-spatial, verbal-linguistic, logical-mathematical, bodily-kinesthetic, interpersonal, intrapersonal, and naturalistic.

Schools tend to put more focus or value which types of intelligence

Linguistic/ word smart and Logical/ number smart

The most basic level of need

Physiological- breathing, food, sleep

Auditory learning

a learning style in which a person learns through listening. An auditory learner depends on hearing and speaking as a main way of learning.

Kinesthetic learning

a learning style in which learning takes place by the students carrying out physical activities, rather than listening to a lecture or watching demonstrations.

Visual learning

a teaching and learning style in which ideas, concepts, data, and other information are associated with images and techniques.

Learning Style

an individual's unique approach to learning based on strengths, weaknesses, and preferences.

Analytic thinkers

are concerned with rules, details, and procedures. They like to get information in a step by step manner.

Global thinkers

are concerned with the "big picture" or end result. They like to get information from pictures, symbols, and visual representations.

Student-centered learning

broadly encompasses methods of teaching that shift the focus of instruction from the teacher to the student.

A read/ write learner

like to see information displayed as words/ text. They like power points, creating lists, and using the Internet to learn.

A kinesthetic learner

needs to be actively doing something while learning in order to truly "get" the materials.

Visual style learners...

prefer using images, pictures, colors, and maps to organize information and communicate with others.

Research suggests people remember 90% of what they...

say while doing the reinforcing activity