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Background on Learning Style - Have you ever had difficulty learning and think
it may be because of the way a professor teaches? Have you ever wished there
were more diagrams and less words, or more discussion and less lecture, or vice
versa? Learning styles theory is one method that scholars use to understand this
phenomenon, and, further, to work with students so that they
can succeed, especially in situations where a professor's and student's
styles differ greatly. Learning style theory posits that individuals
prefer different styles of learning; for example, some learn better
by listening and thinking, and some by experimenting and doing. Knowing
your learning style as a student can be beneficial in helping you
understand how you can best learn. There are many theorists working
on models of learning style or learning preference.
Index of
Learning Styles Questionnaire
- http://www.engr.ncsu.edu/learningstyles/ilsweb.html
Matters of Style
Background on Multiple Intelligences - Gardner formulated his theory of Multiple
Intelligences as a response to the idea that humans have a single, fixed intelligence
(as measured, for example, by the IQ test). There are currently eight intelligences
identified and explained by this theory - the first seven in his book, Frames of Mind
(published in 1983), and the eighth a more recent
Explanation of MI Theory - http://www.ldrc.ca/projects/miinventory/mitest.html
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