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Learning Styles
Most professional educators today readily acknowledge that children
experience the world in different ways, take in and deliver information
through various techniques and strategies and exhibit their understandings
through different styles. Learning styles indicate the ways in which
people process information. Dr Anthony Gregorc has identified four
basic learning styles: concrete sequential, abstract sequential,
concrete random and abstract random. The concrete styles deal with
objects and hands-on, experiential learning, while the abstract
styles deal with more theoretical thinking. The sequential styles
deal with processing information in a linear, orderly fashion, while
the random styles deal with processing information in a more haphazard,
non-uniform way.
An understanding of learning styles can help students learn to
value differences between people, and can help teachers understand
how to reach students whose learning style may not match their own.
Resources on Learning Styles from Hawker Brownlow cover topics
such as:
- Theory into Practice
- Assess Your Own Learning Style
- Hands-on Lesson Plans
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