The document summarizes an examination of learning styles and teaching styles among students and a teacher. A survey found that the majority of students had either a philosophy or organizing learning style, while the teacher's style was expert, facilitator, and delegator. This meant the teacher's style only matched one group of students. To improve learning for all students, the teacher is recommended to incorporate personal model strategies to match more learning styles, and adopt a facilitator/personal model/expert teaching cluster approach.

1. Examination of Learning Styles
and Teaching Styles
HMLT5203 Assignment
Mohammad Rinaldi

2. Introduction
• Different student learn in different style, and
by matching the students’ preferred learning
style with the teacher’s teaching style it is
expected that the students’ learning will be
improved.
• This assignment is to analyze the situation to
see whether the learning styles and teaching
style match and how much adjustment
needed or needs to be made.

3. Methodology
• The learning styles were identify using Don
Clark’s Learning Style Survey
(http://www.nwlink.com/~donclark/hrd/styles.html)
• There are 13 willing students participants, but
only 12 completed the survey.
• The teaching style was identify using The Grasha
Riechmann Teaching Style Survey
(http://longleaf.net/teachingstyle.html)
• The survey was completed by the teacher himself

4. Students’ Learning Style
41%
42%
17%
Learning Style
Philosophy
Organizing
Analyzing

5. Students’ Learning Style
• Based on the learning style survey, it is shown
there are 2 large group of students’ learning
styles, consisted of: Philosophy and
Organizing
• And one small group of students with
Analyzing learning style.

6. Preferred Learning Modes
Philosophy:
• Prefers to pull a number of different observations
and thoughts into an integrated whole in a step-
by-step manner (go from details to big-picture).
• Prefers to reason logically and design models,
theories, and projects.
• Likes lectures, analogies, systems, and case
studies.
• Talking with experts is normally not helpful.

7. Preferred Learning Modes
Organizing:
• Good at adapting to changing circumstances and
solves problems in an intuitive, trial-and-error
manner, such as discovery learning.
• Tends to be at ease with people.
• Prefers the challenges of new experiences,
involvement with others, assimilation, and role-
playing.
• Likes anything new, problem solving, and small
group discussions.

8. Teacher’s Teaching Style
4
3.125
3.375
4.125
3.875
0
0.5
1
1.5
2
2.5
3
3.5
4
4.5
Teaching Style
Expert Formal Authority Personal Model Facilitator Delegator

9. Teacher’s Teaching Style
Based on the teaching style survey, it is shown
that teacher’s teaching mode is:
• Expert
• Facilitator
• Delegator

10. Preferred Teaching Mode
Expert:
• Teacher holds the expertise and knowledge students
need
Facilitator:
• Emphasizes personal nature of teacher/student
interactions
• Consults with students
Delegator:
• Emphasis on student autonomy and independence
• Teacher available on request

11. Analysis
Expert Facilitator Delegator
Philosophy ✔
Organizing ✔ ✔ ✔

12. Conclusion
• Based on the analysis, the teacher’s teaching
style only catered one large group of students.
This group is expected to have advantages in
learning the course.
• To adjust with this situation, the teacher is
expected to find other strategies in order to
cater the needs of other groups.

13. Recommendation
• The teacher will have to shift from Delegator to
Personal Model teaching style to cater the need
of other groups.
• The desired teaching style to cater most of the
students’ learning style is: Cluster 3 -
facilitator/personal model/expert cluster
• Where the teaching mode is: a student-centered
model for the classroom. Teachers design
activities, social interactions, or problem-solving
situations that allow students to practice the
processes for applying course content."

14. References
• The Grasha Riechmann Teaching Style Survey
(http://longleaf.net/teachingstyle.html)
• Teaching Styles: A key for promoting active
learning
(http://www.jfkcpa.com/Teaching%20Styles.pdf)
• Don Clark's Learning Styles
(http://www.nwlink.com/~donclark/hrd/styles.html)