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Learning Styles/Preferences
Objective 2.02
What is a Learning Style
• A Learning Style is the way people think and learn.
Types of Learning Styles
• Auditory Learners
• Visual Learners
• Tactile Learners
Auditory Learners
• Auditory learning is a learning style in which a person
learns through listening.
• An auditory learner depends on hearing and speaking as a
main way of learning.
Learning Strengths:
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Remember what they hear and say
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Enjoy class discussions
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Can remember oral instructions
Teaching Strategies:
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Structure classroom to minimize
noise/distractions
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Repeat key points and summarize lessons
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Write down key words to avoid confusion due
to pronunciation
Teaching with Technology:
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Incorporate multimedia applications utilizing sounds, music, or speech.
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Have students use sound or voice recorders on the computer.
Visual Learners
• Visual learning is a teaching and learning style in which ideas,
concepts, data, and other information are associated with images and
techniques.
Learning Strengths:
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Remember what they see
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Enjoy visual projects and presentations
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Can remember diagrams, charts, maps
Teaching Strategies:
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Provide interesting visuals to look at
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Make sure visual presentations (notes, etc.)
are organized
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Make sure handouts are clearly readable
Teaching with Technology:
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Incorporate multimedia applications utilizing videos, images, or diagrams.
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Have students take digital images or videos for use on the computer.
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Tactile Learners
• Kinesthetic Learning (also known as Tactile Learning) is a learning
style in which learning takes place by the student carrying out a
physical activity, rather than listening to a lecture or watching a
demonstration.
Learning Strengths:
Teaching Strategies:
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Remember what they experience with their
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Incorporate creative or out-of-seat activities
hands or bodies (movement)
into lessons
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Enjoy using tools or active lessons
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Encourage students to take their own notes
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Can remember procedures after having done  Incorporate computers into student lessons
them
Teaching with Technology:
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Incorporate interactive multimedia applications, such as simulations.
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Have students create their own multimedia presentations.
Learning Preferences/Multiple Intelligences
• Verbal-Linguistic
• Logical-Mathematical
• Visual-Spatial
• Bodily-Kinesthetic
• Musical
• Interpersonal
• Intrapersonal
• Naturalist
Verbal-Linguistic
• Verbal-Linguistic: This intelligence relates to language, spoken and
written.
Suitable Careers:

Author

Journalist

Lawyer

Public Speaker
Famous Linguists:

Abraham Lincoln, 5th U.S.
President

Tom Clancy, novelist
Behaviors:
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writes/tells stories
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enjoys word games

effective speaker
Ways to improve this intelligence:
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read...a lot!
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practice speaking in public

write a poem or story
Logical-Mathematical
• Logical-Mathematical: This intelligence relates to numbers, patterns,
and inductive and deductive thinking.
Suitable Careers:

Accountant

Computer Programmer

Engineer

Scientist
Famous Logicians:

Albert Einstein, physicist and
mathematician
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John Maynard Keynes, economist
Behaviors:
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often asks questions
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enjoys number/logic games

organizes
Ways to improve this intelligence:
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predict the ending to movies/stories
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play games involving patterns

practice math word problems
Visual-Spatial
• Visual-Spatial: This intelligence relates to sight and visualization, and
internal mental images.
Suitable Careers:

Illustrator

Artist

Architect

Craftsman
Famous Visualists:

Frank Lloyd Wright, architect

Gary Larson, cartoonist
Behaviors:
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draws or builds models
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enjoys picture puzzles

is able to visualize things easily
Ways to improve this intelligence:

draw a picture of something from
memory
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illustrate a story

build a model of someplace
Bodily-Kinesthetic
• Bodily-Kinesthetic: This intelligence relates to knowledge and
awareness of the body and its movement and abilities.
Suitable Careers:

Dancer

Actor

Sculptor

Athlete/Coach
Famous Kinesthetists:

Michael Jordan, professional
basketball player
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Alvin Ailey, choreographer
Behaviors:
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plays sports

enjoys physical games

uses hands or body while talking
Ways to improve this intelligence:
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take a dance class
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play a sport

exercise
Musical
• Musical: This intelligence relates to recognizing sound and rhythm
patterns.
Suitable Careers:

Composer
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Orchestral Performer
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Singer
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Music Critic
Famous Musicians:
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Eric Clapton, guitarist
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John Williams, orchestral
composer and director
Behaviors:

can sing or play an instrument
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enjoys musical or rhythmic games
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appreciates classical music and
music of other cultures
Ways to improve this intelligence:

listen for the rhythm of natural
sounds
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practice playing an instrument

sing along with the radio
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Interpersonal
• Interpersonal: This intelligence relates to communication and relation
to other people.
Suitable Careers:

Politician

Teacher

Psychologist

Evangelist
Famous Interpersonalists:

Sigmund Freud, psychologist

John F. Kennedy, U.S. president
Behaviors:
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makes friends easily

enjoys interaction games

shows leadership
Ways to improve this intelligence:
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concentrate on people's body
language
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play role-playing games
Intrapersonal
• Intrapersonal: This intelligence relates to inner reflection and
awareness, and metacognition.
Suitable Careers:

Counselor

Social Worker

Religious Leader
Famous Intrapersonalists:

Mother Teresa, missionary

Martin Luther King, Jr., minister
and human rights activist
Behaviors:
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follows hunches or instincts
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enjoys individual games

expresses confidence in self
Ways to improve this intelligence:
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start a diary

concentrate on your feelings during
the day
Naturalist
• Naturalist: This intelligence relates to recognition of order and
patterns in nature, such as in plants and animals.
Suitable Careers:

Zoologist
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Conservationist

Park Ranger
Behaviors:
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likes animals
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enjoys outdoor games

likes being outside
Famous Naturalists:

Charles Darwin, biologist
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Diane Fossey, primate researcher
Ways to improve this intelligence:
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start a collection of bugs or leaves
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go camping or hiking for a weekend
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get a pet