I vividly remember struggling in my high school Latin class. Speaking Spanish fluently certainly did not help me in this class (as I thought it would). It took me reading, writing and RECORDING myself (with playback) to obtain the perfect score on my final exam.
To this day, I remain a written word and kinesthetic learner. For some reason, I always felt that my inability to retain spoken information as some type of learning disability. In 2017, I was diagnosed with ADD (now, universally ADHD). I still find it challenging to learn from audible/spoken content, but I can retain information as long as it is repeated.
It is SO important that educators remember student learning styles in and out of the classroom. I think there is often such a rush to present so much information in a short term that educators forget to consider the learning style of INDIVIDUALS in their classroom.
I plan to remember my own struggles when preparing and developing content for my students.
I had to quickly adapt to teaching my daughter in a different way than I learn. Now that I am teaching, I still apply the different learning styles in my class, especially during review time.
I agree with trying to combine the different types of learners on a project because they will all have an area where their individual learning style will be needed.
Breaking things down into smaller more efficient modules is what I have been doing for a few years to accommodate all types of learners and do things like color code calculations as a visual guide or clue. Creating interdisciplinary or more industry led projects could be beneficial for our program and the students.
I learned that students will have a specific learning style through which they prefer to learn.
A lesson should try to address as many learning styles as possible.
We all have our own learning style; whether it's auditory, written, visual, or kinesthetic. By learning to teach in all styles, not just our own, we can achieve improved outcomes for all learners.
I learned about the different ways auditory learners process and what is best for them. I think we tend to focus on the written and the visual more than we do with the auditory ones. We just take them for granted.
As an instructor, it is better to incorporate different learning styles to accomodate students. We cannot have only one modality as it will not be effective to other students.
In the sensory modalities module, I learned that kinesthetic learners learn more effectively standing up, listening to music, while doodling, etc. This was a delight for me to learn as it offers some fun diversions from the usual lecture or demo format.
It's good to have multiple modalities presented in the class: videos, demonstrations, ppt lectures, whiteboard examples with discussion, building something for a lab.
Always try to incorporate more than one teaching styles at any given moment. When lecturing for example, use power point illustrations with images, graphs and illustrations that will cover both visual and auditory learners.
I found the kinesthetic learner interesting. Also, I may try incorporating a way to learn my students' learning styles next semester.
I liked learning of the specific strategies for each learning style, especially kinesthetic, because I've always been stumped on how to help kinesthetic learners in my class. I've learned that our learning styles quiz we do at the beginning of every cohort is actually a good thing and to keep it up! I like that instructors are encouraged to get students to learn through other styles as well, because realistically, on the job, the student will have no choice but to learn through different styles. It's best to get used to it in a classroom setting first.
This module addressed the different learning styles and provided great content for strategies to use an instructor to meet all of them. I personally like an interdisciplinary approach because it brings more real world relevance in a broader sense to students.
I liked the recommendation to be sure I am not always teaching in my own preferred learning style. It has made me think about how I primarily deliver instruction.
Look at your lesson, what are the main points you are trying to teach? How can I try and hit the 4 different styles? Lecturing isn't always the best. If you try to incorporate the different styles, the lesson will be more engaging. You will get more out of your students.
I did a learning style assessment and plan to use this tool in my upcoming class so I can have a better understanding of my students' learning styles.
Every student is different, not every student is the same therefor different teaching styles must be accommodated to reach different students.
I agree with using visual delivery along with a hands -on style of teaching
