The document discusses three main learning styles: visual, auditory, and kinesthetic. Visual learners benefit from seeing information presented visually through charts, diagrams, videos, and color-coding. Auditory learners learn best through listening to lectures, discussions, and repeating information aloud. Kinesthetic learners learn best through hands-on activities, role playing, field trips and interactive experiences. The document suggests incorporating various techniques to engage different learning styles and ensure students remember the information.

1. Learning Styles
By Cynthia Padnuk
Edu 352
Wetanal Lenardson
August 20, 2012

4. Visual learners:
 Are good at spelling
 Like colors
 Understand charts
 Dream in color
 Are good with sign
language
 Needs to think
before
understanding
lecture
(about.com)
Are you a visual learner?

5. Visual learners do best when:
 They watch videos
 Teacher uses white board
and projector
 They use visual formats
(photo essay)
 They draw maps and
processes
 Make outlines
 Color code and highlight
 They use diagrams and
graphs
(About.com)
Learning techniques for visual
learners

6. Auditory learners:
• Can’t keep quiet for long
periods
• Like to read to self out loud
• Are not afraid to speak in
class
• Follow spoken words well
• Enjoy music
• Remembers names
• Are good at explaining
• Are good in study groups
• Are good at grammar and
foreign language
(About.com)
Are you an auditory learner?

7. Auditory learners do best
when:
• They record lectures
• Use audiotapes for language
practice
• They participate in group
discussions
• They use auditory formats
(podcasts)
• They use word association to
remember facts and lines
• They repeat facts with eyes
closed
(About.com)
Learning techniques for auditory
learners

8. Kinesthetic learners:
 Feel trapped in a lecture
classroom
 Enjoy physical activities like
sports
 Like working with their hands
 Talk with their hands
 Enjoy “getting their hands dirty”
 Have a strong sense of feel
 Like adventure stories
 Are fidgety during lectures
(University of Phoenix,2011)
Are you a kinesthetic learner

9. Kinesthetic learn best
when:
 Role playing
 Taking field trips
 Studying with others
 Studying in short
periods
 They experience
learning
 Using memory games
 Creating videos
(About.com)
Learning techniques of kinesthetic
learners

10. Incorporation of
various techniques in
the classroom
ensures that students
will remember the
information. Doing
reinforces what a
child learns.
Passive learning vs active learning

11. Learning styles also
apply to children with
special needs. Special
needs kids are not all
alike. One size does
not fit all. If one
approach does not
work, try another.

13. References
Fleming, Grace, 2012,Auditory Learning Style ,Learning by Hearing
Fleming, Grace, 2012, Visual Learning, Learners Who Understand by Seeing
Retrieved from
http://homeworktips.about.com
Shelly, G., Gunter, G., Gunter, R., 2012
Teachers Discovering Computers, Integrating in a Connected World, Cengage Learning
University of Phoenix, 2011, Physical (Kinesthetic) Learning Style
Retrieved from
http://www.phoenix.edu
Photos retrieved from Google .com . Learning Style