Learning Style Reflection

Through myriad lectures, I am finding that I learn best kinesthetically. Hands-on activities provide kinesthetic learners with a deeper understanding of material that they do not receive with lectures alone. Simply reading a textbook or following a power-point is great for note-taking, but I have found that notes are not enough for me. By actually doing, I benefit from practice, and the content is better stored in memory. Even with simple flashcards for memorizing vocabulary or historical dates, I will excel further than by skimming over a sheet of paper or by listening to the information repeatedly read aloud. If I achieve my goal of becoming a crime scene technician, my learning style will take me far because the job will require me to collect

Before taking the Learning Style Inventory, I always felt I was mostly a tactile learner. I would be able to learn in a visual fashion if need be, but I would rather learn and by doing and making mistakes. After taking the Learning Style Inventory, the results definitely supported my initial thoughts. My tactile preference was 14 points higher than my auditory score, but only 2 points higher than my visual. Although I believe I will always will be a stronger tactile learner, my visual learner skills have been improving throughout my college learning experience. Plus, it’s important to note that many tactile learning situations are dependent on visual learning. This means that tactilely learning has been strengthening my visual learning skills.

Kinesthetic learners are those that develop information better through a “hands-on” experience. Actually doing the activity can be the easiest

Whether you believe learning styles are a myth or fact they still can help you learn the material for class. Just because you take this test online and it says that you are one hundred percent auditory learner doesn’t mean you can’t learn other ways. Learning styles can help you discover more creative ways for you to remember a topic or specific details. How Amy made a poster it helped her present her topic but also helped her learn and remember her topic. By writing it down and being creative you will remember the topic a lot better. I’m not a firm believer in learning styles but I do think that they can help. I am an auditory learner so listening helps me learn although it isn’t the only way I can learn. One of the ken talks we had watched

In September of 2012, I was sitting in a class listening to my professor going on and on about something in history. Since then I realize that I didn’t learn anything by just listening. I had to find out a better way to learn. I searched on the internet and took some quizzes and found out that I’m a kinesthetic learner.

Learning is so very important in every aspect of life. In this week's lesson, we found out that there are many ways of learning. In one of the tests, after answering the questions honestly, I learned I was a kinesthetic learner (Bethel University, 2013). Being a kinesthetic learner works extremely well in my career where all matters are hands on and one has to actively participate in learning new skills within a state penitentiary. My supervisor at work would be happy knowing I am a kinesthetic learner since he always questions why I excel in my job performance each and every year.

From doing the Learning Style Inventory, I learned that I learn better when I write things down and when I have a visual of the information I am learning. For my writing style way of learning, I found I should take notes. When the professors give us notes I should write them in my hand writing. I just need to be able to read my notes because I write so fast some times.

Your child/student took a “Learning Styles Inventory” last week to determine how they learn best. They discovered that they were a visual, an auditory, or a kinesthetic learner.

In the article “The Myth of Learning Styles,” authors Cedar Riener and Daniel Willingham (2010) question whether learning styles actually effectively play a role in a student’s learning. They begin by defining what a learning style is, which is explain as how a student best learns from the information they receive, and currently learning styles are most commonly described through sensory, such as visual, auditory, or kinesthetic learning styles (Riener & Willingham, 2010). Riener and Willingham (2010) argue that there are no learning styles, but rather that learning depends on a student’s prior knowledge, background, and interests. They address this by providing three myths of learning styles, one myth that is correct and two that are not.

I explained to the kinesthetic learners that when learning information, they usually are most interested in how something works and so hands-on activites are very important to their learning. I explained that they could use information to construct very concrete representations of what they are learning such as charts, models, or diagrams. In addition, I explained how sometimes body movements or choreographed movements could help in remembering information. I gave the example of using Dr. Rich Allen’s series of hand motions to memorize up to twenty facts. In addition, I explained how I use manipulatives in my classroom to aid instructional practices. I also said that actually doing a task is usually their best learning process. Instead of reading about a task or watching it done, it is important for their own learning style that they involve themselves in a task as much as possible. I explained project-based assessments, and concluded that these types of assessments would best be suited to their learning styles. One of the participants said that she has to transfer her teacher’s words into their own learning aids. When her teacher gives an assignment or lesson, she makes her own style of notecards and uses these notecards to study. Even when the teacher gives her a paper with the information (graphic organizer), she still uses her method to study. It helped this student understand why doing the work over again was important. She continued to say that she sometimes

As can be seen in the attached results, my learning styles are generally closer towards the midline, with my highest numeric value being a seven in favor of global learning, My tendency to favor the average has helped me to learn effectively in many diverse settings. Because I have almost no preference between active and reflective learning, I am able to learn from both teaching styles, however my slight affinity for active learning may explain why my skills in laboratory sciences and other hands on subjects are slightly better than my skills in classes requiring more thoughtful

Prior to this workshop I knew that people could learn in the visual, auditory, and kinesthetic learning methods but these classes showed me new ways to employ these styles of learning.

Kinesthetic learners are the type of learners that are into hands on activities and learn best while moving and doing things while being taught. Many people all have different types of learning styles and I can say as a kinesthetic learner it can sometimes be difficult or rewarding to know the way you learn. When I took four different learning tests I found out that I am the type of learner that can learn in four different ways, and in all honesty I was quite surprised, so I had to do some research on the type of learning and find the one that fits me best. I then read through many different things and found out that I have similarities to all of the four types of learning so I had to look through a bunch

After completing the SmaterMeasure Assessment and viewing the Learning Styles Tutorial, I found out that my two top learning styles are physical and social learning styles. The person with physical learning style learns better with an instruction that it allows students to have hands-on activities and use a touch of the senses. The person with social learning styles can benefit from a group discussions and interactions. I agree with the assessment because I like to learn by doing, and hands-on activities and experiments are the most helpful activities for me to learn new things. I also like to have a discussion about what I learn with peers and can benefit from it.

The way that an individual learns can shape their entire life. I personally struggle when it comes to learning topics within math and sciences. After reading about the different learning styles I understand better as to why that is. It is common sense that everyone is different, so it makes sense that we all learn differently. There are eight learning styles that were outlined and discussed in the textbook. While reading and researching about them I was able to easily put each of the learning styles into three categories: (1) I have those characteristics, (2) I have some of those characteristics, and (3) I am definitely not that. I will discuss more in-depth the styles I feel I do possess which is, interpersonal, verbal, and intrapersonal.