Dara wants to

Learn

What Learning-Thinking
Styles can she use?
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LEARNINGTHINKING
Preferred
STYLES way

an individual
processes
information
Describe a
persons typical
mode of
thinking,

A. SENSORY
PREFERENCES
I. VISUAL

PERSPECTIVE
S ABOUT
LEARNERS
Must
see
LEARNINGteachers facial
THINKING
expressions and
STYLES
Think in
actions
pictures
Sits in front of
class
Take detailed
notes to absorb

LEARN BEST
Visual aids
(diagrams,
illustrated text
books,
overhead
transparencies
, videos,

1. VISUALmost
interested in
ICONIC
visual imagery
(film, graphic
displays or picture)
to solidify learning
Good picture
memory a.k.a.
iconic imagery
Attend pictorial

Visual
Learners
according to
RI CHARDE
Read a
map
better than
read a
book

2. VISUALSYMBOLIC
comfortable
with
abstract
symbolism
(mathematical Read a
formulae or the book
written word) better than
read a
map

II.AUDITORY
LEARNERS
Interpret
meanings of

speech through
listening to tone of
voice, pitch, speed

LEARN BEST
Verbal lectures,
discussions, talking
things through and
listening to what others

2 CATEGORIES

1.LISTENERS
more common type;
most likely to do well
in school
remember things said
and make information
of their own
carry mental
conversations

2 CATEGORIES

2. TALKERS
auditory-verbal
processors
prefer to talk and
discuss
during class, often
tend to whisper
comments to

III. TACTILE/
KINESTHETIC
LEARNERS
Actively
exploring

the physical world

Find hard to sit
still
Active,
Sensorimotor
learning
Prefer LEARNING

Prefer using
psychomotor
skills (abstract
thinking skills)
Good motor
memory
LEARNand
BEST
motor
Hands
on
coordination

approach,
exploration

EMAIL
PERSPECTIVES
ABOUT LEARNINGTHINKING STYLES

B. GLOBALANALYTICAL
CONTINUUM
ANALYTICAL
THINKERS
GLOBAL
THINKERS

ANALYTICAL THINKERS

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

ROGER SPERRYS
MODEL:
BRAINED
DOMINANT (verbal,
mathematical thinker)

LEFT-

Successive processorprefers to learn in a step-bystep sequential format,

beginning with details leading
to conceptual understanding of
a skill

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

ROGER SPERRYS
RIGHTMODEL:
-BRAINED DOMINANT (verbal,
mathematical thinker)

Simultaneous processorprefers to learn beginning

with the general concept
and then going on to
specifics

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

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