1. i-Plan to Use My Learning Style
PURPOSE:
To understand and use personal learning styles to make learning easier and memory long term

2. i-Plan to Use My Learning Style
While all the senses are used for learning, everyone has a dominant learning style or preference for gaining information.
Learning is easier if the student can access his or her dominant style.
Since this is not always possible, it is beneficial to develop non-dominant styles.
Self-explanatory

3. i-Plan to Use My Learning Style
The Learning Style Inventory will
help you determine:
1) how you learn best
2) the best study time for you.

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Find out if you should study
in the am or the pm
Find out if you learn best by:
Doing - a tactile or kinesthetic learner
Seeing - a visual learner
Hearing- an auditory learner
Have students access the Learning Style Inventory. Read directions and provide time for them to complete it. When finished, students should complete the sheet which addresses their style and keep the other two to reference when working toward developing non-dominant traits.
Stress that knowing their Learning Style is only good if they use that information to affect their learning.

5. i-Plan to Use My Learning Style
A Visual Learner;
Thinks in pictures
Remembers events as illustrations
Learns from using maps, charts, graphs, photos,
and drawings
Understands better after seeing a video or role play
Learns from note taking
“Think Visual for Residual”
Self-explanatory
Check for understanding of “Think Visual for Residual”.

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A Visual Learner Should:
Take notes with added pictures, etc.
Outline
Create organizers, maps, charts, drawings, illustrations as they listen
Use graphic organizers
Sit up front to avoid distractions
Add personal symbols to your notes

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Auditory Learners:
Learn from discussions
Like when people talk with them
Like lectures
Listen to the radio
Talk though the information
Listen well to viewpoints of others

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Auditory Learners should:
Read text aloud (if not in class, then at home)
Record and listen to their notes while studying
Participate in group discussions
Hold informal interviews
Look for paired learning situations; discuss information with a “study buddy” (someone you can talk to, but stay on task)

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Kinesthetic Learners:
Like hands-on experiences
Do well in lab classes
Like projects
Learn from field trips
Learn from project-based activities
Learn from exploratory activities

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Kinesthetic Learners Should:
Move around whenever possible (ex. walk around while studying flashcards)
Cut out representations of concepts
Participate in projects whenever possible
Put learning to the beat of music whenever possible
Act out a situation
Place note cards around the room and study concepts at each separate location

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Train both sides of your brain:
Left side = logical Right side = creative
Examples:
Alternate the ear you use to answer phone or the hand you use to brush your teeth
If you are not a visual learner, watch the Nova or Discovery Channel to strengthen that trait
Have students fold their hands and cross their thumbs. The thumb on top will be their dominant side of the brain.
We only use 2-3% of our brain - look at what’s left to develop!
Discuss ways to train the non-dominant side of your brain. Crossword puzzles, jeopardy, chess all have been proven to raise your I.Q. Brain training activities (learn an instrument, use your non-dominant hand) have also proved to help prevent or slow Alzheimer’s disease. This research has created a new market for handheld electronic puzzles.

12. i-Plan to Use My Learning Style
I will study “smart”.
I will use my personal learning style to my advantage in studying.
I will use my prime time for learning to my advantage in studying.
I will look for ways to develop the non-dominant side of the brain.
Summarize

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RAM PRIDE- LIVE IT!!!!!!
Have them chant: you say “RAM PRIDE”, they respond- “LIVE IT!”