Reflective Portfolio

Learning style quizzes provide information based on an individual’s method of learning. They may be used as a tool to significantly increase the efficiency of studying. Having a greater understanding of learning styles allows individuals to most effectively learn new concepts and increase their ability to retain information. Using this quiz, I have been able to achieve a greater understanding of the learning styles which are most effective to me.

David Kolb’s theory of learning styles is one of the best known and widely applied and it suggest that learning is a cyclic process which involves an individual proceeding through each of the following four stages and will eventually prefer and rely upon one style more than the others. The four styles are: Divergers, Convergers, Accommodators and Assimilators.

My learning style is a pragmatist since I like to get feedback from others about my work, I like to experiment and try things out and I would rather get on with tasks rather than talk about. The good learning situations from being a pragmatist is I have a clear link between thinking and what has to be done, when there are opportunities I always try to try them out, and I am happy to copy from role models since it benefits me as I gain more knowledge as to what I need to do. The bad learning situations I get from this is a m unable to identify the relevance of what sometimes needs to be done in a task and I do not like not having guidance on how to do things as I get stuck very easily.

It’s important for me to identify my ‘Learning Style’ because it maximises my own personal learning; Honey and Mumford states ‘’each learner ought to understand their learning style and seek out opportunities to learn using that style’’ to do this. I’d say I’m very particular about the way I go about learning and I am not entirely open-minded in my approach to

There are number of projects that I could include in my professional portfolio, but I have narrowed it down to three artifacts that I think would stand out. The first artifact that I choose is DD report, which I conducted in intro to motor behaviors class, the second piece is a fact sheet epidemiology and the third piece is a virtual child project from developmental psychology. The reason why I am choosing each of these is because they all are from different departments and areas of study. One project is from my major class, one is from my minor and the last one is from an elective class.

During the first PBL session, the designated communication forum was not utilised well within my group as a result of reliance on Facebook chat. I was concerned by this as communication was a rubric assessed component and our Facebook communication could not be seen or assessed. This influenced me to ask the group to post their communication in the forum and to lead by example and make forum posts myself. However, the importance of assessed communication was not recognised, and my attempts were ignored, subsequently prompting me to feel frustrated as we were not satisfying the rubric. M. Reddy and H. Andrade, (2009) shows that reading the rubric as a group, allows for everyone's interpretation to be considered and the rubric fulfilled more comprehensively. During the second PBL task, we viewed the rubric together and identified key assessment components and created strategies to fulfil them. This made me more comfortable as I could express other rubric queries openly. This experience taught me that viewing criteria as a group is vital in allowing everyone to develop the

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

However, as through as this theory may seem, there are still some who are skeptic of the learning style notion. In the article "Let Go of 'Learning Styles' Myth,” it states “Teachers are well meaning, but buying into the "learning styles" myth has not been definitively shown to improve educational outcomes. So let it die already.” Researchers and educators alike who do not accept this theory agree that students should learn to understand material regardless of their learning style, in order to strive in the competitive world. Even though this ideology makes sense, the outcomes of using our outdated methods have unfortunately been distraught. Students deserve to be successful in their education without having tests determining how smart they

Further, Honey and Mumford LSQ outcome categorize individual according to their learning style as an activist, reflector, theorist and pragmatist (Appendix 5). The (LSQ) revealed RN.J learning style was a pragmatist. An individual with pragmatist learning style benefits from what is learned

Learning styles and barriers to learning can be by the VARK to give a profile of learning preferences of how a person takes in and gives out information or Tidwell and Rodgers Practical learning styles Questionnaire. The VARK learning styles determines if the person learns by being a theorist, reflector, activist and/or pragmatist. The practical learning styles questionnaire looks at how people learn by their orientation, whether they are a realistic or creative, by their interaction, are they a doer or a thinker, by how they represent things, either by words or pictures, and how they process information, whether they are a surface or deep processor. There are many other

In conclusion by reading and learning that there are different learning styles and the style I predominately follow, I now know how to apply some simple techniques that will aid in my learning in my classes. I might never be able to change my style of learning and, even less likely, change

Summary of Content: In the article, “Learning Styles: All Students Are Created Equally (And Differently.)”, it is explained that each student has their own particular way in which they retain information.

Personal learning styles are highly complex and unique to specific individuals. It is often difficult to pinpoint an exact learning style. Though there are different categories, we often fine tune them to our own abilities. By examining our traits and tendencies we create a clearer understanding of how we process and learn information. With careful review, I have developed a specific analysis of my learning characteristics, including an evaluation of skill levels. Based on what I have recently learned and know from experience, I have also devised a structured plan for improvement of time management and study skills.

My reflective portfolio consists of two parts. The first part is a reflective paper part, and it has three section. The second part is a contributor part, and it has two section. In the first section of the reflective paper, I wrote about my understanding about handicap and disability based on Dr. Paul’s “Handicap or Disability” article, “disability studies and special education” reading, and five components (especially syntax) of the language based on the class activities and my experiences. In the second section of the reflective paper, I wrote my understanding about the cultural appropriation and gave particular examples based on Dr. Paul’s talking, and the relationship between phonology, orthography, and how they affect reading, writing,

A person with this learning style excels in the capacity to examine situations from many angles and generate many ideas. Studies indicate that individuals with the diverging learning style are interested in people and are creative and expressive. They also tend to be fascinated in the arts and often have humanities or liberal arts backgrounds. Counselors, organizational development specialists, and human resource managers have exhibited this learning style. (casa colorado teaching seminar Kolb Learning Style Inventory Info pdf website, 2008)