Learning Styles: Jacob O. Floyd

Does the world around us impact our ability to learn? Or do we acquire knowledge through self-will? Furthermore, what if knowledge begins at the start of our social interactions? Several theories have been conducted to explore the styles of learning. Three theorists, Bronfenbrenner, Piaget, and Vygotsky share differing views of how cognitive development is achieved.

The poem “Students” by Tom Wayman, shows four different learning styles: The Vaccination Theory of Education, The Dipstick Theory of Education, The Easy Listener Theory of Learning, and The Kung Fu Theory of Education. Wayman is a teacher that has noticed that every person devolves into one of these different learning styles. The four different theory of education are used every day even if we do not know.

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

Being aware of learning style is beneficial for individuals in both teaching and learning roles. By knowing personal strengths and preferences, the learner is able to devise ways to augment and tailor the way in which information is received and processed regardless of the way it is presented. With that being said, those that are in teaching positions must make the realization that not everyone learns in the same manner. Being aware of this will lead the teacher to discover new ways to present information in a way that will address the needs of all members of the class. If all parties involved are knowledgeable of prominent styles within a group; the teaching learning environment can be much more effective.

I believe that, essentially, life consists of a series of choices. A grouping of these choices in one direction or another makes us who we are, and ultimately we have control over our lives. What makes one person different from another is his own set of choices. When going through life’s motions, we develop certain worldviews and ideas and values to live by. We develop an opinion of what makes a person “great.” In the well-known essay “Self-Reliance”, Ralph Waldo Emerson provides a beautiful way of approaching these choices, and he reveals a very inspiring set of values centralized around going through life answering only to yourself. I love the way Emerson evaluates the society we live

There are three major types of learning styles in regards to what motivates a person to learn. These styles are defined as goal motivated, relationship motivated and learning motivated. Motivational learning can be summarized as, the foundation of learning. In addition to your motivational style there are five more learning aspects which influence’s learning abilities as identified in Marcia L. Conner (2004) book Learn More Now:

Over the past twenty-five years, college costs have accumulatively risen four-hundred percent. The percent of parents who contribute to their child’s student debt has dropped from thirty-seven percent to twenty-seven percent, compared to three years ago. Due to the lack of aid, most students have to try to balance a job and school at the same time resulting in eighty-five percent of college students working at least twenty hours a week. It has also been noted that students who work twenty hours or more a week while attending classes at the same time are less likely to graduate due to the high stress environment. Sixty-two percent of college students who drop out were responsible for their own college education. Even when students drop out, thirty percent are still faced with college debt, creating a loophole impossible to recover

In the beginning of this class I looked at writing as a chore. The word “writing” drummed up a vision of a thin man sitting at a cafe with wire rimmed glasses and a goatee. He was wearing dress pants that are too short and crisply creased with a matching vest. He sipped his coffee with his pinky finger curled and was completely lost to the world around him as he typed quickly then paused to read his work. He was born to write and highly organized; a perfectionist. He was all the things I thought I was unable to be, until now.

The beginning of my freshman year of high school I realized that unless I got a job right after I turned 16 I wouldn’t be able to pay for college so I needed to start making steps in the right direction now. I started working at McDonald’s my sophomore year of high school four months after I turned 16 and continued to work there until I graduated from Polk Collegiate High School. A friend told me about Polk Collegiate High School the beginning of my sophomore year and I knew that it would be the best financial choice that I could make at the moment. I spent the last two years of my

One goal I have for the year 2016 is finish my basics for college before I graduate high school. I’m going to achieve this goal by continuing the dual-credit program at my local college San Juan. This goal means a lot to me due to the fact I am a Junior in high school and I could graduate as a sophomore or if I work extremely hard even as a junior in college. By achieving this goal I could save thousands of dollars in college fee’s due to the fact as long as I’m in high school while taking my dual credit courses I don’t have to pay. Along with saving money this goal also will allow me to graduate college almost fresh out of high school, meaning I could pursue my dream of being a children’s occupational

If possible most high school students get a job whether that’s during the summer or even throughout the school year. Similarly, I had been looking for a job for some time as well. Fortunately, I had found some temporary work during the summer but decided that my love for learning and education was far more important. Then during the beginning of this sophomore year, I meet a gentleman through school who had sent his sons through a college program while they were still in high school. He proposed the idea that I should look at my early college career as an investment. His reasoning behind going to school instead of working was that each year completed would mean another full year in the workforce creating an income that is more than three times

To pay for college, it was vital for me to work two jobs, both in restaurants, 75 hours a week. During the summer I earned all of the amount of money it cost to go to college, but it was still a requirement that I work for my food and rent.” he warned making sure I understood to prepare for college early and understand it is not free. “During the middle of college the hardest part was to stay motivated. This was because at college the teachers didn’t force you to stay in class. Also because you didn’t have parents making you wake up, get ready, and go to school.” He advised me to have a plan mapped out to stay motivated and focused on what is important. “Some advice I would give to people about college is to be ready for when it comes around by saving money early on. It’s also important to remember that nowadays a college degree is important to get a sustainable career. Back when I was in college you could still get a good job without a college degree, but now it is mostly an obligation to be able get a good job.” To sum up, college is a big step to adulthood and it requires an immense amount of preparation and motivation to gain what you need out of

If we all grew up with the same life, destiny, and plan, then there would be no experiences of down fall or the positives and negatives to life. Instead, we would all share one single thought that would compromise us from experiences other things in life that is what built us into separate individuals we are today. With different experiences, we gather different personalities, beliefs, faiths, practices, and so on. But if we were destined to be rich, or live in poverty, sometimes we fail regardless of our position, not because of who were are. “Success happens not by chance, but because you were given a chance and took advantage of it” (Kevin Geary).

Everyone has a different want in life. Everyone has their own way of how they will live their life. We all have different opinions of the way life should go and how it should be lived. How we should raise our children, how we deal with the loss of a loved one, how we get over someone, how we save money, and etc. Life is full of different opinions and ideas.

Writing was something I held onto tightly, concealed deep near my heart, but now I had to associate it with my worst fear: a judging audience. I felt a small ball of rage unleash within me because I felt like I was jeopardizing my