Each of us learns and processes information in our own special style, although we share some learning patterns, preferences, and approaches A personal learning style is the biological and developmental set of characteristics that make identical instructional environments, methods and resources effective for some learners ineffective for others. II. Objective Enumerate and identify the different learning styles. III. Discussion THE DUNN and DUNN LEARNING STYLE MODEL This model was developed by Dr. Kenneth and Rita Dunn. They defined learning style as “the way in which each individual learner begins to concentrate on, process, absorb and retain new and different information ”. According to this model, there are at least 22 items in the learning preferences menu and these are grouped under five major categories: environmental, physiological, social, emotional and psychological. It defines learning style as the sum of an individual learning preferences in all those categories. A. ENVIRONMENTAL surroundings * Sound : quiet, loud * Light : low, bright * Temperature : cool, warm * Design : formal, informal B. EMOTIONAL needs
Motivation : intrinsic, extrinsic * Responsibility: conforming, noncomforming * Persistence : stable, unstable * Structure: have to, must C. SOCIOLOGICAL needs * Self: individualist * Pair: working in pairs * Peer: learn with a group * Team: colleagues * Adult: authority * Varied: in any combination D. PHYSICAL needs * Perceptual : visual, auditory, tactile, kinaesthetic * Intake * Time of Day * Mobility E. PSYCHOLOGICAL abilities * Analytic * Global * Impulsive * Reflective IV. Conclusion The learning style preferences of individuals differ significantly from each other.
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Learning Styles Persons learning style: Auditive = 29, visual = 33, kinesthetic = 35. The higher the score the better this person is in that learning style. As far as we can see, this person belongs to so-called mixed type. Three channels of modality are quite similar, so the teacher can use three of them during the learning process. Yet, his preferable channel of world perception is kinesthetic. ...
