English Didatics I: Learning styles

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Back to our blog, this is the turn of learning styles.

Note: 100%of population uses a combination of all three styles listed above. Most often one type is dominant.

One of the most accepted understandings of learning styles is that student learning styles fall into three categories: Visual Learners, Auditory Learners and Kinesthetic Learners. These learning styles are found within educational theorist Neil Fleming’s VARK model of Student Learning.

Students’ preferred learning modes have significant influence on their behavior and learning.
Students’ preferred learning modes should be matched with appropriate learning strategies.
Information that is accessed through students’ use of their modality preferences shows an increase in their levels of comprehension, motivation, and metacognition.

Visual learners prefer the use of images, maps, and graphic organizers to access and understand new information.
Auditory learners best understand new content through listening and speaking in situations such as lectures and group discussions. Aural learners use repetition as a study technique and benefit from the use of mnemonic devices.
Read & Write, Students with a strong reading/writing preference learn best through words. These students may present themselves as copious note takers or avid readers, and are able to translate abstract concepts into words and essays.
KinestheticStudents who are kinesthetic learners best understand information through tactile representations of information. These students are hands-on learners and learn best through figuring things out by hand (i.e. understanding how a clock works by putting one together).