How+We+Learn

Reflective: 3 Sensing: 5 Visual: 3 Sequential: 1
 * My Learning Styles Inventory**

How people learn goes beyond just how they take the information in, but extends to how they process, respond, and perceive that information. How someone learns is unique to that person, classroom instruction cannot be done in a one-size fits all way, but has to be varied to reach as many students as possible. Many instructors approach teaching in the same way, day after day, and as a result students who have trouble learning from that style can get left behind or struggle to make sense of the information. There are ways that students can adapt to the way their teacher teaches, for example, a visual learner in a lecture class can create images from their notes to help them better understand the material. However, if teachers can mix-up their teaching style it could reach a wider range of their students, like using a mixture of lecture, group work, activities, worksheets, book work, etc. within their classroom. Not only can this help students learn by addressing learning styles, but it also keeps students focused with variety.

I have heard of many different styles of learning (kinesthetic, visual, auditory, sensory, etc.) and there are many different tests that claim to give those taking them a better understanding of how they learn. In general, most of the tests that I have taken are correct to a certain point. I think how someone learns is very subject based, because how subjects are approached by students can be different based on the subject. As far as how I learn, I like information to be given to me in an orderly fashion so I can later go over it and make more sense of it; I tend to get frustrated when instructors bounce between topics.