1. Learning Styles & Career Success – Part 2: Taking Information In
Kathleen E. High, M.Ed., GCDF
Adjunct Career Counselor
Career Planning Center, Cypress College

2. Workshop Overview
There are many ways to teach and learn, and this workshop introduces participants to many theories related to how people take in, process, and apply new knowledge. This workshop (2nd of 4) emphasizes theories reveal how individuals take in new information. Three Sensory Learning Styles, Multiple Intelligences, Rote Learning, and Experiential Learning theories are explained. Participants will receive tips for utilizing these learning theories in their education.

3. Learning Objectives for this Workshop (Slide 1 of 2)
Participants will be able to:
Recognize three categories of learning styles
Identify three types of sensory learning styles
Recognize the eight Multiple Intelligences
Define what is Rote Learning
Understand and give examples of Experiential Learning options

4. Learning Objectives for this Workshop (Slide 2 of 2)
Participants will also be able to:
Identify helpful resources for applying the learning theories related to information gathering and processing
Discover additional resources available on campus relating to learning styles

5. Let’s Begin . . .

6. In Workshop #1Mentioned Three Types of Learning Theories:
Many theories on how to teach and learn
Most learning styles theories fall into 1 of 3 categories:
Taking Information In
Information Gathering & Processing
Thinking About Information
Mental Processing
Processing Information Together
Collaborative Learning

7. This Workshop Focuses On:
The First Type of Theories:
Taking Information In: 
Information Gathering & Processing

8. What is YOUR Learning Style?
Did you take the following assessment to identify your preferred learning style during the first workshop? If not, please do so now because we are about to discuss the results.
Career Cruising
User Name: cypress
Password:
Click on “Assessments” tab on the menu
Click on “Learning Styles Inventory”
Create a user name and password
Take the assessment

9. Taking Information In: ‘Information Gathering &Processing’
The following theories identify how you take in and ‘process’ new knowledge and experiences
3 Sensory Learning Styles
Multiple Intelligences
Rote Learning
Experiential Learning
(Work Based Learning)

10. 3 Sensory Learning Styles
People can take in and process information through 3 primary senses:
Visual (Seeing)
Auditory (Hearing)
Kinesthetic (Physical Activity)

11. As a Reminder…
You just took a learning styles inventory on the Career Cruising website.
What were your results? What is your primary/preferred learning style?
Visual
Auditory
Kinesthetic

12. Visual Learners Description: Strong visualization skills
Learn best by seeing information
Easily recall printed information as numbers, words, phrases, or sentences
Easily understand and recall information presented in pictures, charts, or diagrams
Strong visual spatial skills that involve sizes, shapes, textures, angles, and dimensions
Keen awareness of aesthetics, the beauty of the physical environment, and visual media

13. Visual Learners Suggested Learning Strategies: Use highlighters
Take time to visualize pictures, charts, graphs, or printed information and take time to practice recalling visual memories when you study
Use visual study tools such as visual mappings, hierarchies, comparison charts and time lines to represent information you are studying
Add colors and/or shapes or pictures
Enhance your notes, flash cards, or any other study tools by adding colors and pictures (sketches, cartoons, and stick figures)

14. Visual Learners Suggested Learning Strategies: (Cont’d)
Color-code study tools
Colors can be used to accentuate specific parts of textbooks, notes, or any written materials you work with or you have created
Copy information in your own handwriting if seeing information on paper in your own handwriting helps you learn and remember more easily
Use your keen observational skills to observe people and pick up on clues they may give about important information, emotions, or their general state of being

15. Auditory Learners Description: Learn best by hearing information
Can accurately remember details of information heard in conversations or lectures
Have strong language skills that include well-developed vocabularies and appreciation of words
Have strong oral communication skills that enable them to carry on conversations and be articulate
Have “finely tuned ears” and may find learning a foreign language relatively easy
Hear tones, rhythms, and notes of music and often have exceptional musical talents

16. Auditory Learners Suggested Learning Strategies:
Talk out loud to explain new information, express your ideas, practice information you are studying, or paraphrase another speaker
Recite frequently while you study. Speak out loud in complete sentences and in your own words
Read out loud

17. Auditory Learners Suggested Learning Strategies: (Cont’d)
Work with tutors, with a “study buddy,” or in a study group to have ample opportunity to ask questions, articulate answers, and express your understanding of information orally
Tape record lectures
Create rhymes, jingles, or songs to help you remember specific facts
After reading something, make a summary and say it out loud

18. Kinesthetic Learners Description:
Learn best by using their hands (“hands-on”) or by full body movement
Learn best by doing
Learn well in activities that involve performing (athletes, actors, dancers)
Work well with their hands
Learn well in skill-based subjects such as repair work, sculpting, art, or working with tools

19. Kinesthetic Learners Description: (Cont’d)
Are well-coordinated with a strong sense of timing and body movements
Often wiggle, tap their feet, or move their legs when they sit
May have been labeled as “hyperactive”

20. Kinesthetic Learners Suggested Learning Strategies:
Handle objects, tools, or machinery that you are trying to learn (i.e. handle rocks you study in geology)
Create manipulatives (study tools that you can use with your hands), including flash cards
Cut charts or diagrams apart; reassemble them in their correct order
Use computer/phone-based apps
Use exaggerated movements and hand expressions, drama, or role-playing to assist in the development of long-term memory

21. Kinesthetic Learners Suggested Learning Strategies: (Cont’d)
Talk and walk as you recite or practice information
Work with a chalkboard/dry erase board, flip chart, or on large poster to create study tools.
List, draw, practice, or write information while you stand up and work on a larger surface

22. Multiple Intelligences
There are multiple ways of being intelligent
These intelligences can be used to identify helpful learning strategies

23. Multiple Intelligences:
Description:
Verbal/Linguistic
Words, language, writing, speaking
Mathematical/ Logical
Analyzing problems, solving mathematical problems
Visual/Spatial
Good at visualizing
Bodily/Kinesthetic
Physical movement, motor control

24. Multiple Intelligences: (Cont’d)
Description:
Musical
Rhythm and music
Interpersonal
Understanding and relating to other people
Intrapersonal
Introspection and self-reflection
Naturalistic
Finding patters and relationships to nature

25. Multiple Intelligences – Learning Strategies:
Strategy:
Verbal/Linguistic
Highlight and underline text, write it out, recite, re-write and edit your notes, talk about what you’re learning

26. Multiple Intelligences – Learning Strategies: (Cont’d)
Strategy:
Mathematical/ Logical
Analyze tasks in sequence of steps, group concepts into categories and look for patterns, Convert text into charts, tables, and graphs
Convert ideas to numbers

27. Multiple Intelligences – Learning Strategies: (Cont’d)
Strategy:
Visual/Spatial
Create concept maps and other visuals, color code notes, focus by sketching or drawing,

28. Multiple Intelligences – Learning Strategies: (Cont’d)
Strategy:
Bodily/Kinesthetic
Be physically active while learning, read/ recite while standing or walking, study in different locations, create hands-on activities, notice sensations involved when learning something well

29. Multiple Intelligences: Learning Strategies:(Cont’d)
Description:
Musical
During study break, play music or dance to restore energy, put on background music that will improve concentration while studying, relate key concepts to songs, create songs to memorize

30. Multiple Intelligences: Learning Strategies:(Cont’d)
Description:
Interpersonal
Conduct study groups, create and use flash cards with partner, teach the topic to someone else

31. Multiple Intelligences: Learning Strategies:(Cont’d)
Description:
Intrapersonal
Connect concepts to your values and goals, study alone before working in a group, connect readings and lectures to significant past experiences, keep a journal of your experiences in life

32. Multiple Intelligences: Learning Strategies:(Cont’d)
Description:
Naturalistic
Take walks outside during study breaks, display outdoor pictures in your study area, play recordings of outdoor sounds while studying, discuss course work or study topics during walk or hike

33. Rote Learning
Becoming competent at a particular skill through practice and repetition
Effective strategy for learning a particular skill (using tools, math, typing, sports, spelling, writing, critical thinking, driving, etc.)
Good for memorization or learning foundational information

34. Experiential Learning
AKA: Work-Based Learning & On the Job Training
Some education programs require or encourage real-world experience through:
Volunteering (unpaid experience)
Internships (beginning experience within a profession – may or may not be paid)
Apprenticeships (paid training)
Service Learning (community service tied to formal learning)

35. Still Want More Help? Take Counseling Classes
Visit the Career Planning Center
See a Career Counselor

36. Counseling classes to help you learn to succeed
COUN 150: Academic & Life Success
A great class to help students get to know themselves and what they want from college
COUN 140: Educational Planning
If you know what you want to major in, this class will help you identify and lay out the classes you need to reach that goal

37. Counseling classes help you learn to succeed
COUN 141: Career Exploration
Quickly (in 8 weeks) get to know yourself and identify potential career options
COUN 151: Career & Life Planning
Get to know yourself and identify potential career options and how to prepare for that potential career

38. Visit the Career Planning Center
Talk to a Career Counselor for help Identifying:
Your preferred learning styles
Your personality type
Why you may be struggling with the classes in your major
A major/career goal that is compatible with your learning style
Why you don’t like you current major

39. Visit the Career Planning Center
Talk to a Career Counselor for help Identifying: (Continued)
Personality, Interests, Values, Preferred Skills,
Preferred Learning Styles
How to develop your learning strategies and styles
How these traits translate into major / career options
Class requirements for specific career options you are considering

40. Visit the Career Planning Center
Talk to a career counselor: (Continued)
Get a deeper understanding how to use personality to help with learning
Identify other barriers to success, and get referrals to appropriate resources

41. Visit the Career Planning Center
Talk to our friendly and helpful Career Center staff for help with:
Using the Career Planning Center’s resources
Identifying resources to help with study skills
Identifying resources that reveal preferred training styles of different industries
Identifying additional campus support offices that address other concerns you have

42. Visit the Career Planning Center
Use our resources:
Books or print resources:
Effective study methods
Learning Style preferences
Personality-based learning styles

43. Visit the Career Planning Center
Use our resources:
Online resources:
Identify industry- or career-based learning preferences
Career-related minimum education requirements and options
Career Cruising database offers a learning styles assessment

44. Almost done . . . As a result of participating in the Online Workshop, you have:
Learned why it is important to know your learning styles
Identified many different teaching/learning styles
Acquired a wealth of Tips & Tricks to use when your style doesn’t match your teacher’s style
Now it is time to learn about a few additional resources and finish this Online Workshop.

45. Almost done . . . As a result of participating in the Online Workshop, you have: (Continued)
Identify how personality affects learning preferences
Receive tips for improving their learning efforts
Develop adaptive skills for dealing with different teaching styles
Identify helpful resources for adapting to different teaching styles
Now it is time to learn about a few additional resources and finish this Online Workshop.

46. Visit the Career Planning Center
Explore additional resources to help with learning styles:
Online Workshops:
Are you in the right major?
Handouts from Career and Student Success Workshops
Resource Library of books and computer programs
Other Resources to assist you:
Career Counselors
Friendly and helpful staff
Career Classes
Career Assessments
Career Resource Library
Career-related web-based software

47. References Learning Theories: Learning Styles Overview
Multiple Intelligences
Rote Learning

48. References and Sources:
California Career Café
Doing What Matters for Jobs and the Economy
Ellis, D. (2013). Becoming a Master Student (14th Ed.), Boston: Cengage.

49. References and Sources:
Feldman, R. (2014). POWER learning (6th Edition). New York: McGraw-Hill Irwin.
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