Factors
The determination of a certain learning style can be attributed to several factors. According to Rita Dunn and Shirley A. Griggs’ book entitled Learning Styles: Quiet Revolution in American Secondary Schools, a learning style can be described as, “a biologically and developmentally imposed set of characteristics that make the same teaching method wonderful for some and terrible for others (Dunn, 1988, p.3).” Learning styles are attributed to what senses people employ to remember information more efficiently. For example, some people use hearing, others use sight, and others may use touch. A person’s particular style of learning can also come from motivation, which can factor into individual students’ success in school. Other factors not normally considered that may affect learning styles are the time of day and eating or drinking while learning (Dunn, 1988). In order to run a successful classroom, a teacher must carefully consider all of these factors. Dunn and Griggs say that, “Extensive research documents that statistically higher test scores, improved attitudes toward school and learning, and reduced number of discipline problems result when students are taught through their own personal learning style strengths (Dunn, 1988, p. 3).”
Active and Reflective Learners
One group of learning styles that are comparable to each other is active and reflective learners. It is apparent that active learners are people who like to be doing something active while they are learning. Sitting and taking notes is particularly difficult for this type of learner. For example, one sixth grade teacher at Denali Middle School allows the active learners in her class to use a bouncy ball while they are reviewing spelling w...
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Mills, D. Applying What We Know: Student Learning Styles. Retrieved September 27, 2004 from http://www.csrnet.org/csrnet/articles/student-learning-styles.html
The author discusses perception and how different people see things different ways. This plays a large role in the determination of a particular learning style. He then explains and discusses different learning styles.
Unknown author. “Cognitive/Learning Styles.” Retrieved October 18, 2004 from Exploration in Learning and Instruction: The Theory into Practice Database.
This article is a link from the database named above. It gives some background information on cognitive styles and learning styles. It also offers other resources about learning styles.
Wilson, B. (2004). Educational Psychology (PSYC 201). Class notes. Towson University.
The National Institute of Mental Health: Eating Disorders: Facts About Eating Disorders and the Search for Solutions. Pub No. 01-4901. Accessed Feb. 2002.
Shapiro, C. M. (2012). Eating disorders: Causes, diagnosis, and treatments [Ebrary version]. Retrieved from http://libproxy.utdallas.edu/login?url=http://site.ebrary.com/lib/utdallas/Doc?id=10683384&ppg=3
In later years, many European scientists defined race by separating Homo Sapiens into three to six different groups. * Australoid: those from Australia, Melanesian islands * Caucasoid: Europe, North Africa, South west Asia * Mongoloid: East Asia, Siberia, the Americas * Negroid: Central and Southern Africa * Native Americans * Polynesians The scientific justification for these six groups was that members of these groups shared similar physical characteristics and originated in a particular region of the world. During the nineteenth century theories of race were advanced both by the scientific community and in the popular daily and periodical press. One idea that was taken into belief was racial standing based on skull size and features. The human skull was us...
Honey, P. & Mumford, A. (2006). The Learning Style Questionnaire 80-item Version. London: Pearson Assessment.
Anorexia nervosa is characterized by a fear of being overweight which results in becoming exceedingly thin. (guide) People with anorexia go to an extreme in abusing the way they diet, over exercise, and purge. When looking for symptoms in anorexia it is slightly hard to tell, for many times people keep their disorder a secret. Once someone starts undergoing this process, people sometimes gain weight rather than lose, which also initiates them to lose more weight. During the period of growth and maturation, anorexia leads to somatic and psychological development and which leads to serious health issues. (journal research) Although many don’t see what is happening, over time they are sev...
Learning is a process that individuals face every day, whether it is in classroom, at work, or surfing the Internet, but each person has a particular style in which they prefer to accomplish this learning. An individual’s learning style is the manner in which that person finds learning to be the easiest for them, and while many individuals have a primary style, everyone uses all the learning styles in various combinations throughout their day and life.
Learning styles is one of the ways schools have changed over the past couple of years in regards to diversity. The varieties of learning styles of students have become more aware to educators. There are three main learning styles; visual learning, kinesthetic learning, and auditory learning. Visual learners take up about half of student learners using textbooks, charts, course outlines, and graphs are useful instructional aides (Sadker, p. 47). Kinesthetic learning is also known as tactile learning. These students learn by hands on learning. Planning for student to have movement in class will help these learners. Our last learning style is the less of the three called auditory learning. These students learn best by hearing; they can remember the details of conversations and lectures and many have strong language skills (Sadker, p. 47). By providing a time for these students to recite the lesson themselves can support this form of learning. To be an effective teacher for all the learning style diversities means being able to be flexible and incorporate a variety of teaching techniques.
The learning styles test identified me as a tactile-kinesthetic learner, meaning that I learn best by doing, rather than listening or seeing. This means that I need to adapt my studying to methods that correlate with this style. Some of the suggestions given by the Abiator’s active classroom website seemed useful and relevant, such as using flashcards while pacing the room, while others seemed absurd, such as covering my workspace in colored construction paper.
Researchers study eating disorders to try to understand their many complexities. “Eating disorders are complicated psychiatric illnesses in which food is used to deal with unsettling emotions and difficult life issues” (Michel & Willard, 2003, p. 2). To help those with eating disorders, one must understand the causes, effects and treatments associated with the disorders. Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa and Compulsive Overeating are three common eating disorders found in society today. “No one knows exactly what causes eating disorders. However, all socioeconomic, ethnic and cultural groups are at risk” (Matthews, 2001, p.3). Eating disorders are difficult to diagnose but can be deadly if left untreated.
Honey and Mumford say (Gallagher K., 2013, p. 23-24) that idyllically someone has a composed learning style, though some individuals have a robust preference for a particular style.
In this essay I will be describing various types of learning styles and stating the advantages and disadvantages of these learning styles. I will also inform you of the most commonly used method of finding out your own learning style, and I will inform you of the man who made this method. Finally, I will write about my own preferred learning styles and the strengths and weaknesses of the different learning styles.
Learning style models differ depending on the theorist that has created them, even though practically all of them contain an accentuation on processing and personality. The learning styles model created by Harvey Silver, Richard Strong, and Matthew Perini versus the Dunn and Dunn learning styles model, is one example of how their is a wide range of theories that can appreciated. These two models diverge because while Silver’s model focuses on the four main types of learner styles, the Dunn and Dunn model explores the 21 elements that affect how a human being learns. The Dunn and Dunn model classifies these 21 elements into five categories: emotional, environmental, sociological, psychological and physiological variables. Silver’s model instead explores the strengths of each of the four types of learners. Although these models contain differences, they both put an emphasis on the relevance of the process and approaches to learning, while Gardner does not eminently consider either ideas within his theory.
...d around, and the empiricists and rationalists have managed to build and destroy certain views in ways that make my head spin, but Kant’s view will always fascinate me. Not only because he constructs a world that we are not the center of, and he boils reality down to mental conceptions. He makes one wonder about this world of impossibility. He realizes that as human beings we yearn to know and believe, and search for answers to an infinite amount of possibilities, and there is a lot of truth to this. We still search for and ask questions which cannot easily be answered because our reason propels to. As Kant once said “Human reason has this peculiar fate that in one species of its knowledge it is burdened by questions which, as prescribed by the very nature of reason itself, it is not able to ignore,but which, as transcending all its powers also not able to answer.
International trading has had its delays and road blocks, which has created a number of problems for countries around the world. Countries, fighting with one another to get the better deal, create tariffs and taxes to maximize their profit. This fighting leads to bad relationships with competing countries, and the little producing countries get the short end of this stick. Regulations and organizations have been established to help everyone get the best deal, such as the World Trade Organization (WTO), but not everyone wants help, especially from an organization that seems to help only the big countries and those they want to trade with. This paper will be discussing international trading with emphasis on national sovereignty, the World Trade Organization, and how the WTO impacts trading countries.
Thought out our lives, we are faced with many different learning experiences. Some of these experiences have made a better impact than others. This can be attributed to everyone’s different multiple intelligences or learning styles. A persons learning style is the method though which they gain information about their environment. As a teacher, it is our responsibility to know these styles, so we can reach each of our students and use all of the necessary methods.