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Hi Glenn - it definitely takes more effort to incorporate the different learning styles into your teaching, but the pay-off is terrific - engaged students!!

Susan Polick

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That's an interesting question Tim! Actually as you thought the mixed teams work better together or at least the results they achieve are generally better. Here's an interesting article about forming teams of students: http://www.foundationcoalition.org/home/keycomponents/forming_team_decisions.html#responsibility

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Hi Tim - you have beautifully described the learning styles in the terms of your discipline - wood-working! I think that putting together teams of diverse styles makes for great success as well as exposing the members to the usefullness of sometimes using the other styles. e.g. the hands-on folks see how much time can be saved if someone knows how to read the manual! I have in the past used team building exercises with faculty/administrators that experimented. We use two teams that were diverse and two homogeneous and we compare how successful the teams wer at completing tasks. Can… >>>

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Having this as an everday routine probably encourages them to pay attention - nice John!

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Hi Warren - Iagree you can hardly know your students well in three weeks. You do an excellent job of covering the learning styles- I'll bet you have a great completion rate!

Susan Polick

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Hi David - Thank you for a very thorough comment on the use of CATs!

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That's exactly the way to approach their style, Peter!

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It also let's you know if they understood your question.

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Hi Warren - I agree with you - it is difficult to assess 30 students styles in such a short time. This is why it just makes sense to try to incorporate teaching to all the styles in your classes. In other words, lecture a bit, have some visuals, have some hands on activities etc. Realistically you won't do all of this in every class but as often as possible will be terrific!

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It's also a great exercise in teamwork for your students. Great work Stephen!