Learning styles
Learning styles are different ways that a person can learn. Most people favor some particular method of interacting with, taking in, and processing stimuli or information. Psychologists have proposed several complementary taxonomies of learning styles.
Visual, Aural, Kinesthetic (VAK and VARK)
Although the theorists may disagree on the vocabulary to describe the four basic types of learning style, the following are representative categories: visual (learn by seeing)aural or audial (learn by hearing)reading/writing (learn by processing text) (This category is not always listed.)kinesthetic or practical (learn by doing). Multi-modal learners are people who have more than one strong learning style.
Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)
The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator is a popular survey based on four sets of preferences: Extroverted/Introverted INtuitive/Sensing Thinking/Feeling Judging/Perceiving.
Gardner's Multiple Intelligences
Howard Gardner's work indicated the existence of multiple intelligences that people (and animals) use, frequently with some abilities dominant. Gardner's intelligences are: Verbal/Linguistic Logical/Mathematical Musical Spatial Bodily/Kinesthetic Interpersonal Intrapersonal Naturalist Existentialist.
Other Styles
The DiSC assessment (Carlson Learning) and the Kolb Learning Inventory (David A. Kolb) are other models of learning styles.
Assessments
Learning styles can be determined using tools like social psychologist David A. Kolb's Learning Styles Inventory (1974, 1985) or Neil Fleming's VARK Learning Style Test, among others.
Related topics EducationMontessori methodLearning
References Learning Styles (by Don Clark)
External linksDavid A. Kolb HomepageDavid A. Kolb's Learning Styles Inventory (1974, 1985)Infed's David A. Kolb on Experiential LearningVARK: A guide to learning styles (Online Test)online VARK Learning Style TestLearnativity: Learning StylesFunderstanding: Learning StylesAmerican Society for Training and Development Reading ListIntroduction to learning styles by Ann Harris, Ferl, BectaAgeless LearnerEncyclopedia of Educational TechnologyBig Dog's ISD PageNC State University (Online Test)[http://www.ncsu.edu/felder-public/Papers/Secondtier.html REACHING THE SECOND TIER LEARNING AND TEACHING STYLES IN COLLEGE SCIENCE EDUCATIONLEARNING STYLES AND STRATEGIES Richard M. Felder University of Minnesota resources on learning styles Myers-Brigg and learning styles Tutorial on learning styles Indiana State University learning styles site Paragon learning styles inventory James Madison University learning styles site University of South Dakota learning styles resources Children's Learning Styles
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