How do learner’s learn?

Learning styles quiz?

• Complete the learning styles quiz sheet• Put a tick in the box which best matches you

Learning styles answers

• Mark your answers by putting the appropriate letter V, A or K

• Mostly V – visual learners

• Mostly A – auditory learner

• Mostly K - Kinaesthetic

Visual learning style

• Visual learners:– Use images, pictures, colours and maps to

organise information and communicate with others

– They can visualise objects, plans and outcomes in their mind’s eye

– Have good spatial sense and have a good sense of direction

– Like drawing, doodling especially with colours

Auditory learning styles

• Auditory learners:– Like to work with sound

and music– Good sense of pitch and

rhythm– Play a musical instrument– Certain music invokes

strong emotions

Kinaesthetic learning styles

• Kinaesthetic learners:– Use your body and sense of touch to learn about

the world– Think out issues, ideas and problems – Like getting their hands dirty – making models,

jigsaws– Expressive body language to communicate– The ‘fidgety’ student

Task

• For a lesson you taught recently or you observed recently describe how different learning styles were catered for

Task

• For each of the following learning styles:– Visual– Auditory– Kinaesthetic

• Make a list of 5 different activities which would suit the learning styles

Task

• Depending on the structure of your SOW– Identify opportunities where different learning

styles could be incorporated– OR– If already identified, take a different approach and

add in some different strategies

Who is this man?

Multiple intelligences

To sum up…..

• You will never be able to plan a lesson which caters to the multitude of ways that a child learns

• However, through well-planned and thought out schemes of work it is possible to cater for a wide range

• This is important as it will increase intrinsic motivation and ultimately improve student outcomes