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v Click on each style for a brief description. Please Select a Topic Below. About Styles About Styles Examples by Style Examples by Style Style Discover O Discover Others’ Styles Discover Others’ Styles Discover O Try the pre-test?e pre-test?

On a rainy afternoon, would you rather  watch a movie or video?  read a book?  play a board game with someone?  walk in the rain?  write s or a letter? In learning new material, would you rather  hear a lecture on the topic?  read the material alone?  take notes as you study the material?  listen to music as you study?  talk about it with a small group? Your choices offer clues about your learning style. Please Select a Topic Below. About Styles About Styles Examples by Style Examples by Style Style Discover O Discover Others’ Styles Discover Others’ Styles Discover O

Most people have two or three preferred learning styles. You use these most frequently. You can develop a new teaching-learning style. For example, many people develop the ability to learn through lecture (a LOGICAL learning method), because it is commonly used in business, training workshops, worship, and in other areas of life. Please Select a Topic Below. About Styles About Styles Examples by Style Examples by Style Style Discover O Discover Others’ Styles Discover Others’ Styles Discover O

Many leaders stay in their comfort zone and teach the way they learn. This leaves learners adjusting to the leader, rather than the leader engaging learners where the learner feels comfortable. Often leaders assume everyone learns in the same way they do. Please Select a Topic Below. About Styles About Styles Examples by Style Examples by Style Style Discover O Discover Others’ Styles Discover Others’ Styles Discover O

Watch what a person does during leisure time. Inside activity Outside activity Active Quiet Alone With others Notice how the person delivers information. Draws pictures Writes out directions Quick & to the point In elaborate detail Stands or sits still Talks with the hands Want to know what another’s learning style is? Please Select a Topic Below. About Styles About Styles Examples by Style Examples by Style Style Discover O Discover Others’ Styles Discover Others’ Styles Discover O

Watch how a person takes in information. Listens politely Prefers solitude Asks questions Doodles or stares off Prefers noisy environment Repeats information verbally Want to know what another’s learning style is? Please Select a Topic Below. About Styles About Styles Examples by Style Examples by Style Style Discover O Discover Others’ Styles Discover Others’ Styles Discover O

LOGICAL LOGICAL––Change several facts in a familiar Bible story. Hand out the story, directing learners to correct the wrong facts. (As an example, In those days Caesar Antichrist issued a degree that a census....) Let them compare their corrections to the story in the Bible. MUSICAL MUSICAL––Direct learners to write new lyrics to a familiar Christian chorus or hymn tune using themes from the session’s Bible study. See how each learning style relates to a teaching method. Please Select a Topic Below. About Styles About Styles Examples by Style Examples by Style Style Discover O Discover Others’ Styles Discover Others’ Styles Discover O

NATURAL NATURAL––Show a nature video, with the audio turned off, as you read Genesis 1 aloud. REFLECTIVE REFLECTIVE––Tell learners to complete open- ended statements by supplying their own feelings and thoughts. (As an example, If I had been the blind man Jesus healed, I would have... ) RELATIONAL RELATIONAL––Direct learners to work in small teams to plan and carry out person-on-the-street interviews with witnesses of Jesus’ resurrection. Please Select a Topic Below. About Styles About Styles Examples by Style Examples by Style Style Discover O Discover Others’ Styles Discover Others’ Styles Discover O

VERBAL VERBAL––Read a familiar Bible story adding in cheers, boos, and hisses at appropriate places in the story. VISUAL VISUAL––Use flimsy paper plates to create masks. Direct learners to use one side to express how they feel the world sees them and the other side to express how they really think they are. Let students walk around reading each others’ masks with first one side and then the other displayed. Please Select a Topic Below. About Styles About Styles Examples by Style Examples by Style Style Discover O Discover Others’ Styles Discover Others’ Styles Discover O

Logical learners like to solve problems. Logical learners prefer to do their own research. Logical learners are good at organizing. Select below to learn more about

Musical learners usually have a good sense of rhythm and pitch. Musical learners feel the emotions of music. Musical learners may listen to music while doing other activities. Select below to learn more about

Natural learners feel most comfortable outside. Natural learners feel most comfortable outside. Natural learners excel in the sciences. Natural learners excel in the sciences. Natural learners see beauty even in the destructive side of nature. Natural learners see beauty even in the destructive side of nature. Select below to learn more about

Reflective learners prefer to learn alone. Reflective learners are usually self- motivated. When reflective learners share, their ideas are usually unique. Select below to learn more about

Relational learners like group learning activities. Relational learners are good communi- cators, often using expressive body language. Relational learners work well with others. Select below to learn more about

Verbal learners gain information through hearing. Verbal learners hear words in their minds. Verbal learners like word games. Select below to learn more about

Visual learners learn best by seeing. Visual learners learn best by seeing. When reading or hearing about an event, visual learners see mental images. When reading or hearing about an event, visual learners see mental images. Visual learners enjoy films, tables or charts, jigsaw puzzles, and cartoons. Visual learners enjoy films, tables or charts, jigsaw puzzles, and cartoons. Select below to learn more about

1. True / False – Leaders tend to teach in the style that their learners learn. 2. There are _______ teaching-learning styles. 3. Most people have ________ teaching-learning styles. 4. You can determine a person’s learning style by __________________. 5. True / False – For the VISUAL learner, use rhymes and word games. Check-Up Check-Up Check-Up Check-Up Check-Up U Check-Up Check-Up Check-U Check-U Check-Up Check-Up Review?