Risk Learner

Fleming (2005) stated that people can be grouped into four styles of learning: (Gravells, 2012), Visual, Aural, Read / Write and Kinaesthetic (VARK), with Honey and Mumford (1992) suggesting that learners are a...

I like to see the practical use of things and I learn best when I see how to use what I'm learning. Experience speaks to me louder than words do usually because I solve problems by working through them, and I usually remember important events or situations that may stand out to me. This characteristic also helps me know what to do if someone shows me an example of something in class.

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.

Who am I as a learner? I am an Auditory Learner. Which means that I learn way better if I listen to music or if I am listening to my teacher tell me exactly what to do. I really do not like to work with other people. Especially with horrific group projects, like last year I worked with eight people for our trail project. I am used to working alone, so, I took my work home and finished exactly what only I, Karlee Olson could do. Which was my speech. I really hate when I have to read my instructions because I am not a bad reader at all but I just do not like it. Unless it's a good book I LOVE reading, but if It’s not that... Heck no. I would really rather listen to someone read me a story, then me having to read it myself because stuff just makes

I am the type of person that learns by solving things, and by understanding not just how to do things, but why they work as

I am a Caring learner. I am great at being Caring between my peers and my teachers. I help students with work if they are struggling, and I follow the teacher’s rules. I also listen to my friends when they need someone to talk to. I helping other people learn and understand what it is they are learning. Being Caring carries over to Sports, Too! In Volleyball I am Caring to my teammates as well as my coach. Even though I am trying to beat the other team I still respect them. I love being kind to people.

According to Felder, I am described as a moderate active (5), mild sensing (3), high visual (9), and low (1) global learner (Felder, R.M., and Soloman, B.A.). Active corresponds to hands-on, interactive learning, i.e. kinematic and labs. I found I best retain information after a Q&A group study session and Felder confirms it. Same with sensing: I need to know where I am going and then I learn the details. In fact, I can be anal when it comes to details and following protocol, which is an essential skill for engineers and scientists, or anybody trying to avoid mid-air collisions. As a visual learner, I need more than verbal input. Unfortunately, traditional schooling uses mainly verbal and logistical teaching methods, which leaves the non-traditional learning-styles student to struggle. Interestingly, my score

To start off, I’m a kinesthetic and auditory learner. For example, I’m a kinesthetic, auditory learner because I’m very good at sports like tackle football, baseball, basketball and other sports. I’m good at tackle football because I have been playing football for eight seasons and basketball for two. Accordingly, I’m good at good at listening,reading,writing,because I use flashcards to help me study and if I can’t hear I ask if she can repeat what she said again. In addition, I’m very good at science every year that I am in science I have scored higher than the average score for all the grades I have been in. To sum,it all up these are my learning style techniques that is why I’m an auditory and kinesthetic learner.

First, I do not speak very often in class and I am not a loud student. But, when it comes to working on classwork I am not a procrastinator I try to get things done early. In fact, when something is not working for me I try to find another way to figure it out. In addition, this makes me a “stair builder” because I work to reach my goal of getting things done on time and having them done the right way. Nevertheless, I am also like the “mouse” because when I do not understand something, I try to figure out what I'm doing wrong and if there's any other way to do it that will make it easier to understand. Particularly, I am motivated by being able to understand what is being talked about in class or just in general. So, when I do not understand something I look it up myself. Not to mention, I am controlling how my life will be by getting good grades to get into a good college and have a successful career and life. In summary, I am good at solving problems for myself and I am in control of my life which helps me to follow the rules set which is why I am able to follow the policies and

I would define myself as a visual/tactical learner. I like to see how things work and physically experience them. Because this is how I learn best, I am never timid to volunteer for new experiences. As a result of my preference for hands on learning, I am always on time and actively involved in group learning and observation opportunities.

Who I am as a learner is great, because I love learning about our U.S history, books I never read before. It’s so fun to learn because it make me better at what i’m already good at. When I learn I just get so excited, because learning is fun for me, and as long as I like it, that’s all that matter, and i’m fine with that. For me learning is like practice, you take notes, ask questions and you try and work for what you want. learning is way more important than, t.v. As a learner I watch only 2 hours of t.v, that is the maximum of what you are watching. My last thing as a learner is ( Try as hard as you can.) as my mom always says, i just need motivation, and that is what gets me

For me, I determine I learn the best by tactile. A tactile learner is where you learn better by physical movement. You also learn better by touching an object. When I’m learning something new, I want a model, something to touch, or I try to draw it out. If I don’t do any of those concepts, then it is very hard for me to learn. I also think I learn the best by visual learning. A visual learner is a person that needs pictures or somebody to act it out for them. I try to draw pictures or somebody to show me how to do it in the beginning before I do it. I reckon I learn the best by tactile and

First off, who I am as a learner has changed over the past years. At times before, I wouldn’t take certain classes or assignments seriously and have learned my lessons when I failed. I believe having classmates at the time who weren’t as focused as I wanted to be, played a big role in my lack of understanding in classes. I understood later that if I felt learning was so important to me, I need to realize that it is my future and I needed to focus on my own. Having learner in my top 5 strengths defines me very well. Rath (2007) explains that, “The process, more than the content or the result, is especially exciting for you” (p.133). I believe this defines me as a learner because I enjoy having books in hand, opening up my notebook to write notes and learning new ways to understand the class. Regardless if the content is something I have to get in to or if I don’t do well on tests, I enjoy the process of studying and learning more even when I know I didn’t do so well; that is what motivates me. I believe as long as I keep this mindset and understand that this is my strength, I will continue to grow and further my education as much as possible. Even though I have failed a few of my last classes, I never let that stop me from continuing. Knowing that I have “failed” makes me realize I know I can do better and I try my hardest not to let it get me down. I will not get further if I don’t keep trying and as a learner I am a motivator to myself in my studies.

The attributes of the learner profile that I will use are inquirer, thinker, reflective, knowledgeable, communicator, and principled. I will be an inquirer by asking questions for mine, my peer’s, and even teacher’s learning experience. I will be a thinker and reflective by answering my own and my classmate’s questions. I will be a communicator by communicating with others to learn the maximum. I will be knowledgeable by learning all of this new information about my country. I will be principled by keeping others on task as well as myself to learn everything I possibly can. I will do this because I should know what happened where I live and it’s important to learn about this for the future.

As the individual achiever I will not only be an active learner, but I will ask questions if I do not understand. I am not afraid to admit when I do not understand an issue. If the answer is not available to me, I will research and develop my own opinions. I will understand that learning is a lifetime thing, and I will stay open minded to exploring new