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| Three basic learning styles: Auditory, Kinesthetic, and Visual |
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| The proper use of lecture is to talk with the students about those things they cannot learn on their own. These are students that learn through hearing. |
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| Learning through first hand experience is the best possible way for many students to learn as it often allows them to use all of their sensory processes to take in information. In addition, there is not intermediary between them and the experience potentially biasing, filtering, or shading the sensory data. This is to learn by doing. |
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| the visual cortex of the brain is larger than all of the other sensory cortexes of the brain put together. Students have grown up in a media based culture. The use of visual images needs to be a large part of the teaching practice. This is learning by seeing. |
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| Examples for Auditory Learning |
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Tapes
Reading Aloud
Oral instruction
Lectures
Using Rhythmic Sounds
Poems and Rhymes
Word Association
Group Discussion
Music and Lyrics
TV |
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| Examples for Kinesthetic Learning |
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Experimenting or Labs
Plays, Acting, or Role Play
Games
Problem-Solving
Field Trips
Writing Notes
Making Lists
Props, Physical Examples
Associating Emotions with Concepts |
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| Examples for Visual Learning |
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Guided Imagery
Demonstrations
Copying Notes
Highlighting in Text
Flash Cards
Diagrams
Photos
Video
Mind Maps
TV |
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| General Population percentage of Auditory, Visual, and Kinesthetic learning (What is the percent for each?) |
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Auditory: 20%
Visual: 65%
Kinesthetic: 15% |
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| What are the implications of the Learning Modalities for teachers? |
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| Teachers need to be able to teach ina variety of ways. Throughout the week there should be lessons that are geared for auditory, kinesthetic, and Visual Learners |
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