A Tale Of Four Learners
Informational Essay
Learning styles can be looked at in several ways. We will see this through the eyes of three different authors along with three different articles. Can Generations Xers Be Trained ?, by Shari Caudron, A Tale of Four Learners, by Bernice McCarthy, and Improving the Dietary Patterns of Adolescents Using a Computer-Based Approach, by Krista Casazza and Michele Ciccazzo, we will discover that there are many ways to learn the use of different styles and methods of learning. The authors of each of the three essays use tools and patterns for their purpose to work their learning styles in the setting that relates to a certain group of people that can be comparable and different. We will look at the three authors information stating …show more content…
It is broke down into four types of learners. Type 1, experiencing, Type 2, conceptualizing, Type 3, applying, and Type 4, creating. This individualizes the learning process. In the four types of learning processes McCarthy describes students, middle school age group, that relate to each of the learning processes in a school setting. After describing each learning process, McCarthy tells how each student benefited from the learning process that fit their situation. This system gives every child opportunities for different learning experiences. A pattern is formed as one sees reality and reacts to it then uses that pattern to form ideas and skills. The learner learns by moving through a natural cycle. As McCarthy said, “ A movement from feeling to reflecting to thinking and finally to acting.” Each type of learner was found to need visual or auditory aid as a tool to assist them in their pattern of learning. They need the tools to assess children and what learning styles are in their best …show more content…
Most children and adolescents have a computer and can access the Internet. The computer is what young people are familiar with so this is a great way to communicate. E-mail, web sites, CD-ROM and DVD programs are how the computer helps educate. Schools are the best place to train young people on how and what to do to start having a healthier lifestyle. Activities can be used in the classroom by showing visual concepts on keeping a healthier lifestyle in the real
Learning styles can be looked at in several ways. We will see this through the eyes of three different authors along with three different articles. Can Generations Xers Be Trained ?, by Shari Caudron, A Tale of Four Learners, by Bernice McCarthy, and Improving the Dietary Patterns of Adolescents Using a Computer-Based Approach, by Krista Casazza and Michele Ciccazzo, we will discover that there are many ways to learn the use of different styles and methods of learning. The authors of each of the three essays use tools and patterns for their purpose to work their learning styles in the setting that relates to a certain group of people that can be comparable and different. We will look at the three authors information stating …show more content…
It is broke down into four types of learners. Type 1, experiencing, Type 2, conceptualizing, Type 3, applying, and Type 4, creating. This individualizes the learning process. In the four types of learning processes McCarthy describes students, middle school age group, that relate to each of the learning processes in a school setting. After describing each learning process, McCarthy tells how each student benefited from the learning process that fit their situation. This system gives every child opportunities for different learning experiences. A pattern is formed as one sees reality and reacts to it then uses that pattern to form ideas and skills. The learner learns by moving through a natural cycle. As McCarthy said, “ A movement from feeling to reflecting to thinking and finally to acting.” Each type of learner was found to need visual or auditory aid as a tool to assist them in their pattern of learning. They need the tools to assess children and what learning styles are in their best …show more content…
Most children and adolescents have a computer and can access the Internet. The computer is what young people are familiar with so this is a great way to communicate. E-mail, web sites, CD-ROM and DVD programs are how the computer helps educate. Schools are the best place to train young people on how and what to do to start having a healthier lifestyle. Activities can be used in the classroom by showing visual concepts on keeping a healthier lifestyle in the real