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Chapter 9.
Unit 10
1. Name the different learning styles? (5) * Visual learner – seeing * Auditory learner – hearing * Kin aesthetic learner- Moving * Tactile learner- touching * 2. What makes up ones learning style?(5) * How do you take in information- visually, kin aesthetically or additive. * How do you organize and process information- dominant right or left brain, which processes analytically or globally. * Which circumstances are needed to store or process information- emotional, social, physical and environmental?
3. Distinguish between learning styles and thinking styles? (5) * A learning style is more or less a consistent way in which a person perceives, conceptualizes, organizes and recalls information. * Your thinking style is your characteristic way of processing information. It's the way you acquire your knowledge, organize your thoughts, form your views and opinions, apply your values, solve problems, make decisions, plan, and express yourself to others.
4. Do you think that the learning style of a learner should play any role in the choice of methods used in the learning programme? (10) * “Yes” Each learner should be analyzed based on their specific learning styles, and teachers should be able to cater for these different learning styles regularly throughout every learning sequence. * Using different methods, techniques and activities to suite the learner’s specific learning style. * Students learn better and more quickly if the teaching methods used match their preferred learning styles. * Student will learn best if taught in a method deemed appropriate for the student's learning style. 5. Lloyd Geering distinguishes the following psychological types? * The extraverted thinkers – abound in management, military strategy and some forms of science. * The introverted thinker – interested in ideas for their own sake. *
Questions and answers
Chapter 9.
Unit 10
1. Name the different learning styles? (5) * Visual learner – seeing * Auditory learner – hearing * Kin aesthetic learner- Moving * Tactile learner- touching * 2. What makes up ones learning style?(5) * How do you take in information- visually, kin aesthetically or additive. * How do you organize and process information- dominant right or left brain, which processes analytically or globally. * Which circumstances are needed to store or process information- emotional, social, physical and environmental?
3. Distinguish between learning styles and thinking styles? (5) * A learning style is more or less a consistent way in which a person perceives, conceptualizes, organizes and recalls information. * Your thinking style is your characteristic way of processing information. It's the way you acquire your knowledge, organize your thoughts, form your views and opinions, apply your values, solve problems, make decisions, plan, and express yourself to others.
4. Do you think that the learning style of a learner should play any role in the choice of methods used in the learning programme? (10) * “Yes” Each learner should be analyzed based on their specific learning styles, and teachers should be able to cater for these different learning styles regularly throughout every learning sequence. * Using different methods, techniques and activities to suite the learner’s specific learning style. * Students learn better and more quickly if the teaching methods used match their preferred learning styles. * Student will learn best if taught in a method deemed appropriate for the student's learning style. 5. Lloyd Geering distinguishes the following psychological types? * The extraverted thinkers – abound in management, military strategy and some forms of science. * The introverted thinker – interested in ideas for their own sake. *