1. I THINK THEREFORE I AM
Surgical Conference and Expo, 2016

2. DISCLAIMER
This speaker has obtained funding from CCI to present this educational session.

3. OBJECTIVES 1. Complete select learning inventories.
2. Discuss implications of inventory results to personal teaching style.
3. Apply results of learning inventories to your staff development plan.

4. WHAT DOES LEARNING STYLE MEAN?
Approach to a learning situation
Implications for performance/learning outcomes
4 styles:
Visual
Auditory
Read/write
Kinesthetic
Pettigrew, A.C. (2015). Learning and students In Oermann, M.H. (Ed.). Teaching in nursing and role of the educator: The complete guide to best practice in teaching, evaluation, and curriculum development (pp ). New York: Springer Publishing Co.
Guide to how learners learn best
Implications for educators as well, as we tend to teach the way we ourselves learn best.
Visual preference=maps, charts, flow charts rather than text format
Auditory= information received through language (heard or spoken)
Read/write=information in text format
Kinesthetic=Concrete, experience-based, tactile.
Good idea to try and include as many of these as possible in your teaching strategies.
Use Maggie/BLS as an example

5. LEARNING STYLE INSTRUMENTS
Look for:
Validity/reliability
Domains measured
Validates what learner perceives vs what educator perceives
One tool to help develop an individualized orientation
Soloman/Felder cites articles that have been written on their instrument
Not intended to diagnose learning style
Use observation and interviews in addition to Learning Style instrument as part of your initial assessment of the person.

6. LEARNING STYLE INVENTORIES
VARK Questionnaire
Learning styles inventory worksheet University of Oregon (handout)
Learning styles inventory
Solomon and Felder
PLSI Inventory
Marcia Conner