Teachers must recognize that students learn in different ways and have different cultural backgrounds. The teacher in the example failed to understand that the two students did not grasp the math concept in the same way as the other students and dismissed their struggles. Research shows learning styles and cultural experiences can impact how students learn. It is important for teachers to learn about their students' individual backgrounds and customize their teaching methods to support all learners.

1. Teach ME in a Different Way, I’m Different! Jessica N. Walker

15. Examples of Different Learning Styles Dunn and Dunn Effect of temperature, light, food, time of the day, sound, design Behavior: manifestations of all the above-mentioned characteristics Gardner Interpersonal/intrapersonal Jung, Myers-Briggs, Mok, Keirsey and Bates, Hanson, Silver and Strong Feeling/thinking Affect: feelings, emotional response, motivation, values, judgments Gardner Logical intelligence Gregorc Random/sequential Kolb and McCarthy Reflective observation/active experimentation Jung, Myers-Briggs, Keirsey and Bates Extraversion/introversion Conceptualization: thinking, forming ideas, processing, memory Barbe and Swassing, Dunn and Dunn, Gardner Visual, auditory (verbal, musical), kinesthetic, tactile Gregorc, Kolb and McCarthy Abstract/concrete Witkin Field dependence/ field independence Jung, Myers-Briggs, Mok, Keirsey and Bates, Hanson, Silver and Strong Sensing/intuition Cognition: perceiving, finding out getting information Research Characteristics Category