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What is a learning style?

As individual we are unique learners since we learns according to how we process information the easiest. Some of these ways s include de: 1. Academic Benefits ts 2. Person onal al Benefits ts 3. Professi sion onal al  Helps you succeed in school,  Increases your self-confidence.  Enables you to stay up-to- college or university.  Teaches you which side of your date professionally.  Teaches you to pass tests and brain to use.  Gives you an edge over your exams  Gives you insight into your competitors.  Makes you progress at your own strengths, weaknesses and habits.  Allows you to manage teams pace.  Helps you enjoy any learning more effectively.  Overcome the limitations of poor process.  Guides you in delivering instructors.  Inspires greater curiosity, successful presentations to  Reduces stress and frustration of motivation for lifelong learning. different audiences. now understanding ‘how to learn’.  Shows you how to take  Improves your persuasive  Expands your existing learning advantage of your natural skills and sales skills. and studying strategies. and inclinations.  Helps you improve co- operation among colleagues.  Translates learning power into earning power. http://www.studyingstyle.com/learning-style-benefits.html

A common and widely-used model of learning style is Fleming’s (2001). According to this model, most people possess a dominant or preferred learning style; however some people have a mixed and evenly balanced blend of the three styles: 1. Visual 2. Auditory 3. Kinaesthetic http://www.jcu.edu.au/wiledpack/modules/fsl/JCU_090460.html http://learningstylesandstrategieswongsoyeon.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/learning- styles-vak-visual-auditory.html

 Learn through seeing and reading  They learn best with illustrations, pictures, photos, graphs diagrams and maps.  Pay more attention to gestures. (Stock Image www.dreamstime.com) http://www.jcu.edu.au/wiledpack/modules/fsl/JCU_090460.html

 Think in pictures and need to create vivid mental images to retain information.  Have visual skills that are demonstrated through puzzle building, reading, writing, understanding charts and graphs; they usually have a good sense of artistic direction; sketching, painting etc. http://berna2graphic.deviantart.com/art/Hand-Gestures-403043576

 Learn through listening.  Have highly developed auditory skills and are generally good at speaking and presenting.  They hear better than what they see.  Auditory learners understand best if they can hear and see their assignment by text or instructions. http://www.jcu.edu.au/wiledpack/modules/fsl/JCU_090460.html

 Prefer to listen to instructions.  Think in words rather than pictures.  Learn best through verbal lectures, discussions and listening to what others have to say.  Have auditory skills shown in listening, speaking, writing, storytelling, explaining, teaching, using humour, understanding the syntax and meaning of words, http://romeltea.com/pengertian-dan-teknik-komunikasi-verbal/ remembering information, arguing their point of view, and analysing language usage.

 Learn through moving, doing and touching.  Express themselves through movement.  Have good sense of balance and eye-hand coordination  Remember by hands on movement.  They learn their assignment best by using physical activity and experiencing it. Clip art image http://www.jcu.edu.au/wiledpack/modules/fsl/JCU_090460.html

 Use their hands to create, build, draw or decorate.  Remember and process information through interacting with the space around them.  Usually find it hard to sit still for long periods and may become distracted by their need for activity and exploration.  Have skills demonstrated in physical co-ordination, athletic ability, hands on experimentation, using body language, crafts, acting, miming, using their hands to create or build, dancing, and expressing emotions through the body. http://www.montessori.org.nz/learning-materials

Kolb describes two dimensions, perceiving and processing.  On both ends of the learning spectrum are abstract perceptions and concrete thinking dimensions.  At the end of processing is doing(active) and watching( reflective) dimension.

These dimensions conclude that four types of learners can be identified: 1. DIVERGERS- perceive information concretely and process it reflectively (needing to be personally involved in the task) 2. CONVERGERS- perceive information abstractly and process it reflectively (taking detailed, sequential steps) 3. ASSIMILATORS- perceive information abstractly and process it actively (needing it to be set practical problem solving activities) 4. ACCOMODATORS- perceive information concretely and process it actively (takings risks, experimenting and needing flexibility in learning) Kolb then developed this notion of experimental learning as a cyclical sequence through the four areas of learning modes. His idea was that typical learners should experience all of the four stages in the cycle, in addition to their own preferred one that leads to increased learning strategies. (Burton and Bartlett, 2012.p 237)

Burton, D. and Bartlett, S. (2012) Introduction to Education Studies . 3rd edn. United Kingdom: Sage publications  ltd. Learning Styles and Strategies (no date). Available at:  http://learningstylesandstrategieswongsoyeon.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/learning-styles-vak-visual- auditory.html (Accessed: 2 March 2015). Slankard, S. (2013) What’s Your Learning Style? , YouTube . YouTube. Available at:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kf7S9BRJ8nk (Accessed: 2 March 2015). (Stock Image www.dreamstime.com)  http://berna2graphic.deviantart.com/art/Hand-Gestures-403043576  http://www.jcu.edu.au/wiledpack/modules/fsl/JCU_090460.html  http://romeltea.com/pengertian-dan-teknik-komunikasi-verbal/  http://www.studyingstyle.com/learning-style-benefits.html (slide3)  http://www.jcu.edu.au/wiledpack/modules/fsl/JCU_090460.html ((Accessed: 2 March 2015).  http://learningstylesandstrategieswongsoyeon.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/learning-styles-vak-visual-  auditory.html (Accessed: 2 March 2015). https://www.dlsweb.rmit.edu.au/lsu/content/1_StudySkills/study_tuts/learning%20styles/visual.html9image  (Accessed: 2 March 2015). https://www.dlsweb.rmit.edu.au/lsu/content/1_StudySkills/study_tuts/learning%20styles/auditory.html  (Accessed: 2 March 2015). http://davidlearningjournal.blogspot.co.uk/2010/06/kinaesthetic-learners-or-active.html (Accessed: 2 March  2015).