1. Learning Styles/Preferences
Objective 2.02

2. What is a Learning Style
A Learning Style is the way people think and learn.

3. Types of Learning Styles
Auditory Learners
Visual Learners
Tactile Learners

4. Auditory Learners
Auditory learning is a learning style in which a person learns through listening.
An auditory learner depends on hearing and speaking as a main way of learning.
Learning Strengths:
Remember what they hear and say
Enjoy class discussions
Can remember oral instructions
Teaching Strategies:
Structure classroom to minimize noise/distractions
Repeat key points and summarize lessons
Write down key words to avoid confusion due to pronunciation
Teaching with Technology:
Incorporate multimedia applications utilizing sounds, music, or speech.
Have students use sound or voice recorders on the computer.

5. Visual Learners
Visual learning is a teaching and learning style in which ideas, concepts, data, and other information are associated with images and techniques.
Learning Strengths:
Remember what they see
Enjoy visual projects and presentations
Can remember diagrams, charts, maps
Teaching Strategies:
Provide interesting visuals to look at
Make sure visual presentations (notes, etc.) are organized
Make sure handouts are clearly readable
Teaching with Technology:
Incorporate multimedia applications utilizing videos, images, or diagrams.
Have students take digital images or videos for use on the computer.

6. Tactile Learners
Kinesthetic Learning (also known as Tactile Learning) is a learning style in which learning takes place by the student carrying out a physical activity, rather than listening to a lecture or watching a demonstration.
Learning Strengths:
Remember what they experience with their hands or bodies (movement)
Enjoy using tools or active lessons
Can remember procedures after having done them
Teaching Strategies:
Incorporate creative or out-of-seat activities into lessons
Encourage students to take their own notes
Incorporate computers into student lessons
Teaching with Technology:
Incorporate interactive multimedia applications, such as simulations.
Have students create their own multimedia presentations.

7. Learning Preferences/Multiple Intelligences
Verbal-Linguistic
Logical-Mathematical
Visual-Spatial
Bodily-Kinesthetic
Musical
Interpersonal
Intrapersonal
Naturalist

8. Verbal-Linguistic
Verbal-Linguistic: This intelligence relates to language, spoken and written.
Suitable Careers:
Author
Journalist
Lawyer
Public Speaker
Behaviors:
writes/tells stories
enjoys word games
effective speaker
Famous Linguists:
Abraham Lincoln, 5th U.S. President
Tom Clancy, novelist
Ways to improve this intelligence:
read...a lot!
practice speaking in public
write a poem or story

9. Logical-Mathematical
Logical-Mathematical: This intelligence relates to numbers, patterns, and inductive and deductive thinking.
Suitable Careers:
Accountant
Computer Programmer
Engineer
Scientist
Behaviors:
often asks questions
enjoys number/logic games
organizes
Famous Logicians:
Albert Einstein, physicist and mathematician
John Maynard Keynes, economist
Ways to improve this intelligence:
predict the ending to movies/stories
play games involving patterns
practice math word problems

10. Visual-Spatial
Visual-Spatial: This intelligence relates to sight and visualization, and internal mental images.
Suitable Careers:
Illustrator
Artist
Architect
Craftsman
Behaviors:
draws or builds models
enjoys picture puzzles
is able to visualize things easily
Famous Visualists:
Frank Lloyd Wright, architect
Gary Larson, cartoonist
Ways to improve this intelligence:
draw a picture of something from memory
illustrate a story
build a model of someplace

11. Bodily-Kinesthetic
Bodily-Kinesthetic: This intelligence relates to knowledge and awareness of the body and its movement and abilities.
Suitable Careers:
Dancer
Actor
Sculptor
Athlete/Coach
Behaviors:
plays sports
enjoys physical games
uses hands or body while talking
Famous Kinesthetists:
Michael Jordan, professional basketball player
Alvin Ailey, choreographer
Ways to improve this intelligence:
take a dance class
play a sport
exercise

12. Musical
Musical: This intelligence relates to recognizing sound and rhythm patterns.
Suitable Careers:
Composer
Orchestral Performer
Singer
Music Critic
Behaviors:
can sing or play an instrument
enjoys musical or rhythmic games
appreciates classical music and music of other cultures
Famous Musicians:
Eric Clapton, guitarist
John Williams, orchestral composer and director
Ways to improve this intelligence:
listen for the rhythm of natural sounds
practice playing an instrument
sing along with the radio

13. Interpersonal
Interpersonal: This intelligence relates to communication and relation to other people.
Suitable Careers:
Politician
Teacher
Psychologist
Evangelist
Behaviors:
makes friends easily
enjoys interaction games
shows leadership
Famous Interpersonalists:
Sigmund Freud, psychologist
John F. Kennedy, U.S. president
Ways to improve this intelligence:
concentrate on people's body language
play role-playing games

14. Intrapersonal
Intrapersonal: This intelligence relates to inner reflection and awareness, and metacognition.
Suitable Careers:
Counselor
Social Worker
Religious Leader
Behaviors:
follows hunches or instincts
enjoys individual games
expresses confidence in self
Famous Intrapersonalists:
Mother Teresa, missionary
Martin Luther King, Jr., minister and human rights activist
Ways to improve this intelligence:
start a diary
concentrate on your feelings during the day

15. Naturalist
Naturalist: This intelligence relates to recognition of order and patterns in nature, such as in plants and animals.
Suitable Careers:
Zoologist
Conservationist
Park Ranger
Behaviors:
likes animals
enjoys outdoor games
likes being outside
Famous Naturalists:
Charles Darwin, biologist
Diane Fossey, primate researcher
Ways to improve this intelligence:
start a collection of bugs or leaves
go camping or hiking for a weekend
get a pet