Multiple Intelligences And The Variety Of Learning Styles

In the past, I have supported diverse learners in a variety of ways. To begin, from the first day of school I begin building a positive relationship with students. Students need to know that I can about their academic success and their well being. In addition to building a postivie relationship with students, I also strive to create a positive relationship with parent. Parents are a vital component to student success, everyone is part of the “team” for learning. Last, I set high expectations for my students. I am a firm believer that if you set high expeactations and students know you care about their learning, they will work hard to reach their goal. My learning goal in supporting diverse learners is for students to reach mastery of each knowledge and be able to make application with each skill. I have found that students can reach mastery on a specific skill, yet has difficulty transferring the knowledge into application. In addition, my goal is for students to have a positive learning experience. I want my

Taking students out of their comfort zone, for example, students live in a variety of neighborhoods. The students that come from low-socioeconomic backgrounds, maybe not have experienced going to a museum, art gallery or farmer’s markets. These public spaces bring people together to learn about history and celebrate diversity. Visiting community playgrounds that are located in diverse neighborhoods and asking the students to talk, write about what they observed and how they felt, what was done that is not done in your home. There are many websites and resources available online to help teachers and educators prepare and teach in culturally diverse

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

After taking the learning styles assessment it was found that I am a visual learner most of all followed by tactile and auditory. This meaning that I like to see what I am learning, I am able to understand things and later recall what I have seen. I honestly have to say that I do not agree with these results; I say that because after reading and just knowing how I am, I believe my best type of learning is through tactile, I have been this way since elementary school. When you are a tactile person you like to learn and pick up the information best through touching and doing things, you are very hands-on. Versus someone who is a visual learner just needs to see it or read it. Some of the characteristics a tactile person has is completely me; such as I am always doing something, I like to be hands on, when I talk I move my hands sort of like I am trying to act out what I am saying, I always have my legs going or am swaying side to side, like flashcards to study with, and am always chewing gum.

After taking the Multiple Intelligences Self-Assessment, the results showed I am 33% linguistic, 94% logical-mathematical, 92% visual-spatial, 44% intrapersonal, 81% interpersonal, 38% musical, 67% bodily-kinesthetic, and 92% naturalistic. I was shocked by how high my naturalistic learning percentage was. I think this learning habit was inherited from my mother. When I was growing up, our house was always surrounded by flowers. She would spend hours tending and expanding the gardens. When I moved into my own house, I was extremely bothered by the nonexistent landscaping. Over the last few years, I have worked, with much help from my mom and mother in law, to create that beautiful landscape around my own home.

I learned that the assessments given to the students are important and should be done in a very organized manner. It was overwhelming giving all the assessments at once but it was comforting being able to have a partner. It raises the concern on how hectic it might be conducting all the assessments in a class full of students. My favorite were the one-to-one tutoring and the guided reading groups because we got to target the students specific needs and see them progress. The one I would really enjoy incorporating into a classroom is the guided reading groups, you get to help several students at once and help them grow as a

My first goal is to find and learn ways to add more diversity in my classroom and throughout the center. We read books and have posters, but is there more I could be doing? We are a mostly upper class, Caucasian center. There are a few ethnic families at the center, but not many. I can count on one hand how many diverse families we have.

Diversity encompasses numerous characteristics including socio-economic background, ethnicity, special needs, gender, and giftedness (Cazden, 2001). Today, classrooms are getting more varied and diverse with students from diverse linguistic and cultural backgrounds, and students with a disability. It appears that teachers must meet the needs of all students successfully and individually to effectively teach a classroom of diverse students. This paper will first identify three challenges involved with ensuring that teaching strategies are

The classroom demographic factor I chose gender ratios. One instructional strategy I could use collaborative groups. My rationale for choosing this instructional strategy when students interact with each other to share knowledge and solve problems it builds collaboration skills and deeper understanding of materials. Students are placed in groups or pairs to fulfill a task or assignment given by the teacher. Collaborative groups create a motivation, critical thinking skills, and active learning as well as learn to work with others and manipulate information to build knowledge. A learning activity I could use is having a student led debate. My rationale for choosing this learning activity because it allows students

As a new teacher, I want to be sure that my classroom is a welcoming place for all students and is diverse so all feel welcome. Diversity is multi-faceted and includes teaching and curriculum, classroom materials, classroom climate and management, personal professional development, family outreach and home-school communication. The following is my action plan for those areas.

Please describe how you would benefit from and add to a diverse learning environment in and outside of the classroom. Write answer in 250 words or less. (*Required)

When we structure our activities to acknowledge different perspectives we enhance student learning (http://www.greatschools.org/gk/articles/cultural-diversity-at-school/). As teachers we must find ways to teach our children in ways that they learn and this at times can be difficult and for

For my strengths and middle school personality, strategies that would be focused upon would be rooted in group work and discussion. The groups would be decided by the instructor in order to increase productivity. Having groups with both boys and girls might help young adolescents develop productive communication skills that will aid students that feel “awkward” when talking to the other sex. Interpersonal intelligence thrives in a group environment that has a lot of discussions. Turn and shares would be a great activity for interpersonal students in all content areas. For the musical/rhythmic students, relating assessments to musical theory or the combination of content and compositions would excite these students. Combining rhythms in a classroom

While diversity is a wonderful addition to any classroom, it may pose some challenges to the classroom. I think learning diversity is especially apparent in the special education classroom. These students have unique learning needs. Working with students with such varying needs is a challenging aspect of teaching a diverse classroom. However, this challenge is something that I thoroughly enjoy. I love differentiating instruction to meet the needs of the students in my current student teaching placement. I often work with three to four students at a time. Often times, these students are working on different topics. I have enjoyed this experience because I have really learned to multi-task throughout a lesson. Some differentiation I have put

There are three main learning styles which are Visual, Auditory and Kinaesthetic. The three of these are different ways of how you prefer to learn, and how you consume information efficiently.