LEARNING/ THINKING STYLES

Learning-Thinking styles

Preferred way an individual processes information

Describe a persons typical mode of thinking, remembering or problem solving.
Your style- described as a personality dimension which influences your attitudes, values
and social interaction
PERSPECTIVES ABOUT LEARNINGA. SENSORY PREFERENCES gravitate toward one or two types of sensory input and maintain dominance in one
of the following;
VISUAL
Must see teachers facial expressions and actions
Sits in front of class
Think in pictures
Take detailed notes to absorb the information
Learn best: Visual aids (diagrams, illustrated text books, overhead transparencies,

AUDITORY
Interpret meanings of speech through listening to tone of voice, pitch, speed
Reading text aloud
Use tape recorders
Not easily distracted in listening ability
Written information has little meaning until it is heard
Learn best: Verbal lectures, discussions, talking things through and listening
to what others have to say

TACTILE/KINESTHETIC
Actively exploring the physical world
Find hard to sit still
Active, Sensorimotor learning
Prefer Learning by
Prefer using
2 Categories of
thinking skills)
Auditory Learners:
Good motor
LISTENERS
coordination
more
common
type;
most
likely to
do well in
school
remember
things
said and
make
informatio
n of their
own
carry
mental
conversati
ons
TALKERS
auditoryverbal
processor
s
prefer to

doing
psychomotor skills (abstract
memory and motor

Learn best: Hands-on approach,

exploration
B. GLOBAL-ANALYTICAL CONTINUUM
ANALYTICAL

linear, step-by-step processes of learning

Tend to see finite elements of patterns rather than the whole
Tree seers
More comfortable in a world of details and hierarchies of information

Roger Sperrys model: LEFT-BRAINED DOMINANT (verbal, mathematical thinker)

ive processor- prefers to learn in a step-by-step sequential format, beginning with details leading to conceptua

GLOBAL THINKERS
non-linear thought
Tend to see the whole rather than particle of elements
Forest seers (give attention only to the overall structure and sometimes ignore details)
Roger Sperrys model: RIGHT-BRAINED DOMINANT

Simultaneous processor- prefers to learn beginning with the general concept and then going on to s

Left Brain (Analytical)

Successive Hemispheric style
Verbal
Responds to word meaning
Sequential
Processes information linearly
Responds to logic
Plans ahead
Recalls peoples names
Speaks with few gestures
punctual
Prefers formal study design
Prefers bright lights while
studying

Right Brain (Global)

Simultaneous Hemispheric Style
Visual
Responds to tone of voice
Random
Processes information in varied order
Responds to emotion
Impulsive
Recalls peoples faces
Gestures when speaking
Less punctual
Prefers sound/music background
while studying
Prefers frequent mobility while
studying

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