LEARNING STYLES AND STRATEGIES Richard M. Felder Hoechst Celanese Professor of Chemical Engineering North Carolina State University Barbara A. Soloman Coordinator of Advising‚ First Year College North Carolina State University ACTIVE AND REFLECTIVE LEARNERS * Active learners tend to retain and understand information best by doing something active with it--discussing or applying it or explaining it to others. Reflective learners prefer to think about it quietly first. * "Let’s try
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The program we researched is called Waldorf Education. There are many interesting observations I have made during this study of Waldorf education. The Waldorf education is based on an anthroposophical (anthroposophy-through study and practiced observation‚ one awakens to his own inner nature and the spiritual realities of outer nature and the cosmos. The awareness of those relationships brings a greater reverence for all life.) view designed by Rudolf Steiner‚ an understanding of the human being
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Kolb (1984)‚ in introducing the idea of the experiential learning cycle and of learning styles‚ defines learning as the process whereby "knowledge is created through the transformation of expertise". He suggests that ideas are not fixed but are formed and modified through current and past experiences. His learning cycle consists of four stages; completing each stage is important to improve learning in the next stage : Active Experimentation (The learner actively uses the theories formed and also
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The Kolb Learning Style Inventory—Version 3.1 2005 Technical Specifications Alice Y. Kolb Experience Based Learning Systems‚ Inc. David A. Kolb Case Western Reserve University May 15‚ 2005 Abstract The Kolb Learning Style Inventory Version 3.1 (KLSI 3.1)‚ revised in 2005‚ is the latest revision of the original Learning Style Inventory developed by David A. Kolb. Like its predecessors‚ KLSI 3.1 is based on experiential learning theory (Kolb 1984) and is designed to help individuals identify the way
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Principles of Learning (TPPL) Assignment Part A – Literature review analysing theories and principles of learning. Learning Styles A student’s individual learning style is their normal reaction to information or experiences. For example‚ Keefe (1979) defines learning styles as the "composite of characteristic cognitive‚ affective‚ and physiological factors that serve as relatively stable indicators of how a learner perceives‚ interacts with‚ and responds to the learning environment."‚ or more
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The study was conducted to determine the dominant learning styles of science students in Gubat national High School during the school year 2008 – 2009. Specifically‚ it sought answer the following questions:1. What are the dominant learning styles of the science students in each year level?2. Is there a difference in the learning styles of the science student?3. What are the activities proposed to suit for the dominant learning styles of the science students? The descriptive method was
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Kinesthetic The Three Different Learning StylesChad BruceCOLL100APU Amy Peterson Three different learning styles There are 7 different learning styles but I am just going to focus on 3 of them‚ visual‚ auditory & kinesthetic. Everyone has a different mix of learning styles. Some may find that they have a dominant learning style. Other people may find they use different learning styles depending on the circumstances. There is no right mixture and your styles are not fixed. You can always learn
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the Learning Styles........................................... Page 4 3. My Learning Style......................................................................... Page 5‚ 6 4. Conclusion.................................................................................... Page 7 5. References......................................................................................Page 8 Introduction: Human beings use five senses to develop and adjust to the best way of learning. By touching
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Learning Style Inventory Student Name Institution Learning styles determine how effective a student will be receptive to instructions from the teacher or content from educative material. Ideally‚ scientists have proposed three main types of learning styles common among students: auditory‚ visual‚ and tactile. Consequently‚ a student can either possess only one style of learning or have a combination of any of the three learning styles. For instance‚ many psychological and human behavior
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Learning Styles and Theories There are multiple learning styles and theories that apply to individuals in multiple ways. The VARK learning style that my analysis revealed is read/write according to the questionnaire by Fleming (2001-2014). This categorization of my learning style compliments me well and I definitely agree that actually seeing the information spelled out in front of me allows me to better understand the information. The two learning theories that relate to my VARK learning style
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