1. Marlee O’Dowd Etec 424 October 31, 2015
Learning Styles
Marlee O’Dowd Etec October 31, 2015

2. What are learning styles?
Learning style is an individual's unique approach to learning based on strengths, weaknesses, and preferences.

3. Learning style overview
Everyone has his/her own way of learning
Everyone has a mix of learning styles
Some have a dominant learning style
The is no right or wrong learning style

4. Traditional styles
Traditional schooling mainly uses linguistic and logical teaching methods
Many schools still rely on classroom and book-based teaching, much repetition, and pressured exams 
Students who use these learning styles excel in the traditional classroom
Students who use less favored learning styles score lower in the traditional classroom

5. Brain Research

6. Multiple Intelligences
Howard Gardner of Harvard has identified seven distinct intelligences.
theory has emerged from recent cognitive research and "documents the extent to which students possess different kinds of minds and therefore learn, remember, perform, and understand in different ways," according to Gardner (1991).
Gardner says that these differences "challenge an educational system that assumes that everyone can learn the same materials in the same way and that a uniform, universal measure suffices to test student learning

7. The Seven Learning Styles
Visual
Aural
Verbal
Physical
Logical
Social
Solitary

8. Visual (spatial)
Prefers using images, pictures colors and maps to organize information and communicate with others.
Can easily visualize ideas and concepts
Prefers to use mind maps, colors, and images in place of text.

9. Aural (auditory-musical)
Prefers using sound and music
Often associates concepts and ideas with sounds and music
Uses sound as an anchoring technique to recall information

10. Verbal (linguistic) Prefer using words, both in speech and writing.
Find it easy to express themselves, both in writing and verbally.
Know the meaning of many words, and regularly make an effort to find the meaning of new words

11. Physical (kinesthetic)
Prefers using your body, hands and sense of touch
Think out issues, ideas and problems while moving or working with hands or whole body.
Use larger hand gestures and other body language to communicate.

12. Logical (mathematical)
Prefers using logic, reasoning and systems.
Recognize patterns easily, as well as connections between seemingly meaningless content.
Work well with numbers and you can perform complex calculations.

13. Social (interpersonal)
Prefers to learn in groups or with other people.
Prefers to work through issues, ideas and problems with a group.
prefer social activities, rather than doing your own thing

14. Solitary (intrapersonal)
Prefer to work alone and use self-study.
Can concentrate well, focusing your thoughts and feelings on your current topic.
Spend time on self-analysis, and often reflect on past events and the way you approached them.

16. Learning Styles Impact
The use of multiple learning styles is a relatively new teaching approach
Educators should recognize learning styles
Howard Gardner argues that our educational system and society as a whole “would be better served if disciplines could be presented in a numbers of ways and learning could be assessed through a variety of means."

17. Works Cited
"Gardner's Multiple Intelligences." Gardner's Multiple Intelligences. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 Oct
"Overview of Learning Styles." Overview of Learning Styles. N.p., n.d. Web. 26 Oct

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