1. C&I 204: Learning Styles
September 7, 2011

2. Today’s Class You be the teacher: Share ideas on How Children Learn
Discuss Learning Styles
Investigate ways to incorporate activities in the classroom that meet the needs of different learners

3. How Children Learn You be the teacher:
Find the people who have the same number strip as you
With your group, discuss the principle on your strip. Use the following to guide your discussion
Which professional teaching standard does it relate to?
What does the teacher need to do in the classroom?
What might it look like?
How did the teacher in Monday’s video do this?
How has Dana done it?
How have you seen it incorporated in other classes (or not incorporated?)

4. Learning Modalities
Visual
Aural / Auditory
Read/write
Kinesthetic
Being Multimodal

5. Learning Styles
An individual ‘s preferences for the conditions of the learning process. Includes, where when, how learning takes place and with what materials (Burden and Byrd, 2010) Shout Out: Who are the different types of learners in our classrooms?

6. Sensing
Employs 5 senses for input
No emotional connection
Sensors
Like concrete facts, organization, structure
Live and work in here and now
Motivated by practicality and usefulness
Realistic outlook
Operate according to procedures

7. Intuition
Help to determine big concepts
Give reality meaning
Predict potential changes
Intuitives
Want to know theory before facts
Like flexibility freedom to explore possibilities
Follow their inspiration and vision
Feel constrained by procedures

8. Thinkers Objective Order and organization
Employ logic, reason, and evidence
No need for social approval
Uncomfortable in emotional situations
Everything can be rationalized

9. Feelers Subjective Spontaneous and social Bounce ideas
Approval from peers
Everything is personal

10. Attitude Introverts --Reflective learners Extroverts --Active learners
Need to address the J & P in the lecture notes and power point

11. Auditory Learners
Students with this style will be able to recall what they hear and will prefer oral instructions. They learn by listening and speaking. These students enjoy talking and interviewing. They are phonetic readers who enjoy oral reading, choral reading, and listening to recorded books. They learn best by doing the following:
interviewing, debating
participating on a panel
giving oral reports
participating in oral discussions of written material

12. Visual Learners
Visual learners will be able to recall what they see and will prefer written instructions. These students are sight readers who enjoy reading silently. Better yet, present information to them with a video. They will learn by observing and enjoy working with the following:
computer graphics
maps, graphs, charts
cartoons
posters
diagrams
graphic organizers
text with a lot of pictures

13. Tactile Learners
Students with this strength learn best by touching. They understand directions that they write and will learn best through manipulatives. They'll learn best by :
drawing
playing board games
making dioramas
making models
following instructions to make something

14. Kinesthetic Learners
Kinesthetic learners also learn by touching or manipulating objects. They need to involve their whole body in learning. They remember material best if they act it out. These students learn best by:
playing games that involve their whole body
movement activities
making models
following instructions to make something
setting up experiments

15. Global Learners
Global learners are spontaneous and intuitive. They do not like to be bored. Information needs to be presented in an interesting manner using attractive materials. Cooperative learning strategies and holistic reading methods work well with these learners. Global learners learn best through:
choral reading
recorded books
story writing
computer programs
games
group activities

16. Analytic Learners
Analytic learners plan and organize their work. They focus on details and are logical. They are phonetic readers and prefer to work individually on activity sheets. They learn best when:
information is presented in sequential steps
lessons are structured and teacher-directed
goals are clear
requirements are spelled out

17. My Results
Naturalistic 17% Bodily-Kinesthetic 33% Musical 50% Interpersonal 75% Intrapersonal 44% Visual-Spatial 5% Logical-Mathematical 38% Verbal-Linguistic 67%

18. What Kind of Learner are You?
Share with a partner what you’ve learned about yourself as a learner
What kinds of learning activities do you love?
What kinds of learning activities do you dread?
How do you see your learning style being an asset for your students?
What are you going to have to work on

19. What can you do?
Once you know the learning profiles of your students, what can you do?
Create a classroom with flexible spaces and learning options.
Present information in different ways
Offer opportunities for students to explore in different ways (modes)
Allow for a variety of groupings
Offer choice of independent, cooperative or competitive experiences

20. So What???? How does this play out in the classroom?
Look at your “How Children Learn” information.
How do each one of the principles relate to learning styles
Let’s watch it in action:
1st grade science lesson (#2, 3:30)

21. How do we do it? Lessons from Read Write Think Art and Music
Spatial/Visual
Kinesthetic

22. 3rd Grade Blog
Mrs. Yollis How are the different learning styles incorporated here? Explore this on your own and jot down your thoughts related to what you know about the different learners you will have in your classroom.

23. Next Time Jury Duty Week- Check Wiki for class announcements
For the week- Read Ch. 2, Fundamentals of Planning (Do a 3,2,1 Response. See the wiki for this on the Course Readings page)
Monday, September 12
Learning Targets (Objectives)
Exploring the Common Core Standards
Wednesday, September 14: Who Knows!?!
Work on Initial Reflective Essay
Open LiveText Lab hours, 10-2