empowering learners with learning styles steve barkley 2013
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Empowering Learners with
Learning Styles
Steve Barkley2013
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UnconsciouslyTalented
UnconsciouslyUnskilled
ConsciouslyUnskilled
ConsciouslySkilled
Unconsciously Skilled
Gordon’s (1974) Skill Development Ladder
Gordon’s SkillDevelopment Ladder
The Art of Teaching
Rotate and Empower
• Rotate instructional practices creating opportunities for students to work within their preferred style.
• Empower students to use knowledge about their preferences in making choices and investing effort.
Quick-Pick Interpretation ofThe Kaleidoscope Profile® Results
SENSORY STYLES
Kinesthetic:Works bestwhen able tomove and dothings withlarge muscles.
Tactual:Works bestwhen able tofeel throughsmall musclesand personalrelationships.
Visual:Works bestwhen able tosee, watch,read, andview.
Auditory:Works bestwhen able tohear, speak,discuss, andthink outloud.
Sharing Style Experiences
• What are the strengths of your style?• What difficulties arise from your style?• Share some personal stories that
illustrate.
Auditory Plus One
The previous activity was an example of auditory plus tactual. What components are tactual?
Auditory Plus Visual
Graphic organizers are an example. Which ones fit in your instruction?
Auditory Plus Kinesthetic
Building in movement
Model of the Earth
Inner Core
Tough Stuff
CrustRocks, Trees, Water
LithosphereMoving Plates
AsthenosphereOozy, Asthenosphere
Deep MantleHot Rocks
Outer Core
Molten Magma
Quick-Pick Interpretation ofThe Kaleidoscope Profile® Results
PERCEPTUAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL STYLESConcrete:Prefers toworkwith realobjects,sounds,colors, andexperiences.
Abstract:Prefers towork withsymbols,words,numbers,and otherabstractions.
Global:Prefers to work with the“big picture,”large chunks,and intuitiveleaps.
Sequential:Prefers towork withstep-by-step,orderly, logicalinformation.
GASC Diagram
The information on this diagram is set up as though you are facing someone.
Right HemisphereGlobalSynthesisStoriesInductive Reasoning
Concrete /ImagesVisualsSoundsFeelingsBody Movements
Left HemisphereSequentialAnalysisClassificationDeductive Reasoning
Abstract /SymbolsWritten WordsSpoken WordsNumeralsEquations
AS
AGCG
CS
Organizational
Continuum
Perceptual Continuum
Concrete Sequentialpart-by-part proceduresstep-by-step directions
real world things
Abstract Sequentialdiscuss, readcompute numbers sequentiallyand analyze verballydo things in their head
Concrete Globaltrial/error
real world in randomdiscovery method of
learning
Abstract Globaldiscuss ideas, concepts,pattern, associationsplay with wordscreate metaphors
GASC — Teaching Strategies
Concrete/Sequential
•field trips organized step-by-step, with a goal•structured, hands-on materials such as models•structured demonstration lessons•simulations that follow the rules•using step-by-step directions to complete a task•using concrete materials and following directions
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Abstract/Sequential
• lectures, with questions and answers in a step-by step progression•audiotapes and/or videotapes in a step-by-step sequence•almost all textbooks•presenting logical thought and constructions•explaining theories through deductive reasoning•programmed instruction
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GASC — Teaching Strategies
Abstract/Global
•open-ended think sessions• group discussions•allowing think time for reflections before beginning a project or assignment•allowing students to make intuitive leaps•using the synthesis process to allow students to get an “Aha!”•optional reading assignments
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Concrete/Global
•optional assignments involving real things•problem solving simulations•open-ended, discovery-type field trips• learning through trial and error and seeing real objects•committee work on real projects•discovery learning
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Quick-Pick Interpretation ofThe Kaleidoscope Profile® Results
TEMPERAMENT STYLES
IntuitiveFeeler:Valuesintegrity,relationshipsand personaland emotionalissues.
IntuitiveThinker:Valuescompetence,rationalreasoning,andintellectualcomplexities.
SensingJudger:Valuesauthority,organization,predictability,andusefulness.
SensingPerceiver:Values action,excitement,style,competition,andimmediateresponses.
Differentiate for theAt-Risk Learner
• Kinesthetic• Concrete Global• Sensing
Perceiver
Live Event Learning