In this sense, academic success and performance will benefit and promote the students, the teachers/educators, and also the educational system. Learning is defined as the acquisition of knowledge through practice and experiences. Just as students differ, so does the way they learn. Some students learn by action or doing, some learn by observing, some learn by studying, while some learn by practice. Honey and Mumford identified these as ‘activists’, ‘reflectors’, ‘theorists’ and ‘pragmatists’.
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The common learning styles are visual, aural, logical, and kinesthetic Advanogy.com (2012). Visual is one the common different learning styles. Visual learners have their own tendencies’ for learning. Visual learners are those who learn things best through seeing them, and will find that information ‘clicks” when it is explained with the aid of a chart About.com (2012). If you use the visual style, you prefer using images, pictures, colors, and maps to organize information and communicate with others.
Visual learners need to see things in order to learn, aural learners are better when they hear the information, and reading/writing learners perform best reading information and writing it down. Kinesthetic learners are more hands on learners. A number of questions are asked on the webpage and determining on the way the questions are answered, it then scores the individual in each category. The VARK will show the individual’s scores in each area and the highest score is considered to be their best learning style. It then provides ideas in each category that demonstrates effective learning strategies that may be helpful based on their results.
Some people may find that they have a main style of learning, with a lesser amount ofuse of the other styles. Therefore learning can be affected by your learning styles, but there are many other influences on learning which I will describe in this leaflet that an affect you’re learning here at South West College. The main influences on learning that I will describe in further in detail are: - Theories of learning - Influences on learning - Skills for learning - Support for learning - Learning opportunities Theories of learning: A learning style is "the way in which an individual experiences the world and how that individual processes and integrates new information." Through the use of "'Learning Styles' just as we receive information about the world around us through our five senses, we also have individual sensory preference as to how we recreate and make sense of that information." (Smith, 2001) These preferences can be visual, auditory or kinaesthetic (VAK).
I feel it is important to take into account the personalities of the children, as learning may be inhibited if one child is particularly domineering or intimidating. It is also necessary to look at the subject being taught and be flexible in the grouping of children. I personally feel that for subjects such as Literacy and Numeracy, where there is pressure for academic success the children should be split into ability groups. I feel by working in ability groups, the children are still able to support each other and there is still a hint of Vygotsky’s ZPD theory being practised, as there is still a range of abilities within an ability group and the more able of one particular ability group, can support the others in the group. It is important to remember that no one child is the same as another, even if they are classified as being of similar ability.
Each person's thinking effect on which way they choose. The way of learning has effects on learning and understanding. Approaches to learning has contain inclinations, attitudes, and learning style and quality. Different approaches to learning can make students challenge to think about the ways they use and which one is the best for them. Students should choose one of the ways which is more suitable for them.
It is through the talk that learning occurs. There are many approaches to collaborative learning: 1. Learning is an active process whereby learners assimilate the information and relate this new knowledge to a framework of prior knowledge. 2. Learning requires a challenge that opens the door for the learner to actively engage his/her peers, and to process and synthesize information rather than simply memorize and regurgitate it.
The Active Learning Style There are different types of learning styles defined simply as "a preferred way of acquiring knowledge and processing information. Many study are already made about learning and teaching style by asking your self what’s my style? In general, they can be called personality learning styles. By having an idea of exactly what a learning style is we can go over the basic types of learning styles. First, there is the Visual Learning Style.