2. Learning: The acquisition of
knowledge or skills through
experience, practice, study,
or by being taught.
The problem is there is no
easy way learn.
3. Discovering How You Learn
Learning style: An VARK
individual’s natural or
habitual pattern of The Kolb Inventory
acquiring and
processing information in The Myers-Briggs Type-
learning situations. Indication
Multiple Intelligences
5. V.A.R.K
-measures your preferences for using
you senses to learn
Visual: learns information through
charts, graphs, symbols, and other
visual means.
Aural: Prefer to hear information
Read/Write: Prefer to learn
information that is displayed as
words.
Kinesthetic: Prefer to learn
through experience and practice.
6. Using V.A.R.K To Study
More Effectively
-Underline or high light notes
-use charts, or graphs to explain concepts
-Talk with others to verify your notes and overall
understanding
-Read out loud and ask yourself class
-Rewrite notes
-Write study question
-Read notes silently
-Use all your senses in learning
-Supplement your work with real-world examples
7. The Kolb Inventory
Four kinds of abilities of Learning Styles
Concrete experience abilities: -1980 David Kolb
Learning through feelings and
reactions to an experience. -More complex then V.A.R.K
-Focuses on abilities we need to
Reflective observation abilities: develop in order to learn
Learning is influenced from
watching and learning.
Abstract conceptualization
abilities: Learning through
analyzing in a systematic
method.
Active experimentation: learning
by doing
8. Kolb’s Four-
Stage cycle of
learning
Assimilator: you like to think about
abstract concepts .Often major in
math , physics or chemistry
Converger: you like a world of ideas
and theories and can easily apply
them to real like situations. Tend to
choose health related and
engineering majors.
Accommodator: you prefer hands-on
learning and skilled at making things
happen. Often Business or marketing
majors.
Diverges: Imagination, brainstorming
and an open mind. Often in liberal
arts and social science.
9. The Myers-Briggs
Type Indicator
-Investigates basic personality
characteristics and how those
relate to human interaction and
learning
-Isabel Briggs Myers and mother,
Katharine Cook Briggs
-measures psychological type as
developed in the personality
theory of Carl Gustav Jung
10.
11. How to use your
strongest and Sensing Get the facts
weakest preferences Intuitions Get the ideas
In result, there are 2 possible
Thinking Critically analyze
choices for each of four Feeling Make informed
preferences leading to 16 value judgments
possible psychological types.
For each type it’s important to Introversions Think it through
understand the perks and how to Judging Organize and
put each into use while studying. plan
Extraversion Take action
Perceiving Change your
plan as needed
12. Multiple Intelligence
-1983 by Dr. Howard Gardner
-Based on the premise that the
traditional notion of human
intelligence is very limited.
-Proposed 8 different
intelligences
16. Learning With a
Disability
-usually recognized and
diagnosed in grade school
-Affect people’s ability to
interpret what they see and hear
or the link between different
parts of the brain.
-can impede writing, reading, or
mathematic skill
-broad range, difficult to pinpoint
-Attention or cognitive
disabilities
17. ADD/ADHD
-Attention deficit
(hyperactive)disorder
-Don’t seem to listen or follow
directions
-Work appears careless and messy
-Can be improved through
medication or organization
practices such as large calendars
19. If diagnosed with a
learning disability,
what steps would
you take to ensure
academic success?
20. Apply your learning style to your everyday life.
Eventually you will learn in a different, smarter and
more efficient way.
Work to adjust in a typical classroom with the advice
aimed towards your learning style
Don’t give into obstacles such as ADD or Dyslexia.
Many others have pushed through it and so can you.
