1. HMLT 5203 – ASSIGNMENT 1
EXAMINATION OF
LEARNING STYLES AND
TEACHING STYLES AND
HOW THESE IMPACT ON
STUDENT LEARNING
Loh Khang Ling (780203-07-5353)

2. TEACHER PROFILE
 Loh Khang Ling
 Senior Consultant in computer software firm
 Trainer in company
 Provide training in company:
 Business knowledge for company products
 Technical knowledge for company products
 Company development standards

3. STUDENTS PROFILE
 Wong Tze Boon (Support Analyst – 2 years experience)
 Mathivanan Longanathan (Support Analyst – 3 years experience)
 Mohd Rozaimi B. Seman (Support Analyst – 1 year experience)
 Khaw Shu Wen (Support Analyst – 2 years experience)
 Ho Chi Tah (Software engineer – 2 years experience)
 Goo Shyoan Chian (Support Analyst – 1 year experience)
 Chua Wei Yao (Support Analyst – 1 year experience)
 Lai Wei Yap (Consultant – 5 years experience)
 Chong Say Yee (Support Analyst – 2 years experience)
 Yap Lye Yee (Support Analyst – 2 years experience)
 Nazura Bt. Anuar (Senior Suport Analyst – 4 years experience)

4. TRAINING DESCRIPTION
 Basic credit card business knowledge
 Basic product knowledge
 Basic knowledge in IBM ISeries Server
 Basic product programming training following
company’s programming standard

5. TEACHING STYLE ASSESSMENT
 Using Students Achieving Improved Learning
Strategies (SAILS) Project tools
 http://www.roanestate.edu/qep/teachingstyles.html
 10 questions

6. LEARNING STYLE ASSESSMENT
 Using Students Achieving Improved Learning
Strategies (SAILS) Project tools
 http://www.roanestate.edu/sails/learningstyles.asp
 20 questions

7. TEACHING STYLE BY PERCENTAGE

8. KINESTHETIC TEACHING MODE
 Prefer to have students do, touch or feel
something
 Use more role playing method
 Involve a lot of lab work (hands-on training)
 Frequently start a group study or group
discussion

9. LEARNING STYLES MATRIX
Learner Kinesthetic Reading & Writing Visual Auditory
WONG TZE BOON 80 0 10 10
MATHIVANAN 15 15 70 0
LONGANATHAN
MOHD. ROZAIMI BIN 15 15 70 0
SEMAN
KHAW SHU WEN 45 10 45 0
HO CHI TAH 70 15 15 0
GOO SHYOAN CHIAN 35 45 10 10
CHUA WEI YAO 70 10 10 10
LAI WEI YAP 70 0 30 0
CHONG SAY YEE 30 0 70 0
YAP LYE YEE 80 10 10 0
NAZURA BINTI ANUAR 10 45 35 0

10. PREFERRED LEARNING STYLE BY
PERCENTAGE

11. KINESTHETIC LEARNING MODE
 Role playing in class
 Field trips related to course material
 Frequent study breaks
 Study group, learn by teaching others
 Create/ Modify own course material
 Apply learning in class to real-life situations
 During lectures, imagine one self doing what
lectures mentioned

12. VISUAL LEARNING MODE
 Concentrate on illustrations, charts and
diagrams
 Prefer to make visual association with course
material
 Attention to descriptive words in course material
 Prefer visual format material than lecture notes
in text
 Illustrated flash cards
 Recall instructor visual image in class to
remember subject of lecture
 Video clips as supplements to course reading

13. READING & WRITING BASED
LEARNING MODE
 Prefer texts and captions than illustrations
 Outline course topics
 Focus on formatted text (boldface, italics etc.)
 Prefer lecture notes in complete sentences
 Recall by listing key terms and details
 Write down summary of learning

14. CHANGE TEACHING STYLE
 Current teaching style match 50% of learning
style
 Most of the student prefer kinesthetic
 Nearly half of the class prefer kinesthetic
 The other half of the class with visual learning
style and reading & writing learning style
 Very minimum percentage with auditory
learning style
 Teaching style should adjust to a balance of:
 Kinesthetic
 Visual
 Reading & Writing

15. ADJUSTMENT OF TEACHING MODE
Adjusted
Teaching
Style

16. TEACHING MODE ADJUSTMENTS
(PART 1)
 Prepare video clips to introduce credit card
business flow [visual]
 Prepare training presentation slides with
illustration, charts and diagrams [visual]
 Share related presentation slides (partial of full
slides) at the end of every training session
[visual]
 Prepare training notes in text format and
distribute training notes among learners [r&w]
 Format text in training notes to include boldface,
italic and underlined text in training notes for
important points in training notes [r&w]

17. TEACHING MODE ADJUSTMENTS
(PART 2)
 Encourage learners to take notes using their own
preference method (text, illustrated, flow-chart
etc.) [kinesthetic] [visual] [r&w]
 Introduce study break frequently [kinesthetic]
 Share own experiences with learners during
study breaks [visual]
 Involve learners in group discussion frequently
[kinesthetic]
 Involve learners in hands-on exercise frequently
[kinesthetic]

18. STEPS TO TRAIN LEARNERS TO
ADOPT NEW LEARNING STYLES
 Go through learning style assessment with
learners
 Explain benefits of adopting multiple learning
styles
 Integrate learning activities in different learning
styles
 Slowly, lessen activities in dominant learning style
and increase activities in less dominant learning
style
 Monitoring learners progress in adopting new
learning styles