Learning Preferences and Challenges | Origin: ED137
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Cultural Diversity: Including Every Student --> Learning Preferences and Challenges
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A student's learning preference may change over time as they develop ways to process information and what they have just learned or feel they need to retain in order to pass exams and receive the best possible outcome or grades.
Every student is different and with those differences come different ways of thinking and learning. It is vital that students are taught with everything in mind such as cultural backgrounds, learning styles , and personal challenges in order to succeed.
Everyone learns differently and it is imperative to ensure instructional methods hit many different types of learning.
Preferences are how others like to learn and while although students may not be willing or receptive you should try and do your best to cover multiple styles
Remember, students have a variety of learning styles—be inclusive and incorporate multiple learning styles. Technology is a very useful tool to help meet this need.
Reinforces the need to conduct a learning style inventory with the students at the beginning of the first term. I want to concentrate on using more techniques and activities, etc, to involve the physical or kinesthetic learners learners in my classes.
Learning preferences and learning challenges are very different.
I learned the central 'challenge' related to learning challenges is the processing of information, which is different for different students and has nothing to do with intelligence. Which means it's not concerning the basics skills, but the more advanced, and unfamiliar ways of approaching and learning new tasks. We, as instructors sometimes forget what we didn't know before. We must conceptualize the meaning of what we want students to learn and practice.
Understanding a student's learning preferences will help overcome their learning challenges.
I wish students knew to report learning challenges earlier, but I also want to be the kind of instructor who notices and supports different learning preferences and styles to lessen the possible burden on students with learning challenges if I can. I also want to consider more ways of make instruction interactive and applied rather than lecture and other passive forms, which research shows is not as beneficial for the student.
The learning preferences state here are different than the normative VARK, which has been outdated for years. I was glad to see the different take on this. Also, I will use the portfolio concept, not normally a project for ADN.
It is important to add learning activities so that student have the opportunity to apply what they learn.
Identifying learning styles is important to instructors, but identifying learning challenges may help a student be more empowered to learning opportunities. Often students who are having difficulties will quit school because of learning disabilities. Teachers have an opportunity to assess and help a student be more successful in their education process.
It is important to take the time to learn about our students' goals and interests, what knowledge they have about specific topics, their experiences and what future goals they have. All students should be treated with respect and encouraged to take ownership of their own learning.
All of our cultures make us unique its own way, use resources to aid in building connections and facing challenges.
One perspective I like utilizing a variety of instructional approaches is the ability to show students other ways to study and learn that they may not have tried before. Group work is essential!
Interconnecting students who are not all the same can further learning.
It is important for instructor to adapt the teaching to the learning styles of students. It is important to keep the students engaged on the learning process.
Having a variety of assessment methods pays honor to the fact that students have different learning styles while some students may have learning disabilities.
