I? The learning style of people is logically characterised by their past experiences of learning‚ for example‚ when a person is exposed to a learning situation‚ he gains knowledge. While obtaining and thinking about the gained information the person develops a learning preference or learning style over time. Throughout this essay I will prove that I am an assimilator because I recognised that I obtain my knowledge through theory rather than practice. Firstly I will explain Kolb´s theory which includes
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can dramatically improve your learning efficiency. 2. Keep Learning (and Practicing) New Things One sure-fire way to become a more effective learner is to simply keep learning. A 2004 Nature article reported that people who learned how to juggle increased the amount of gray matter in their occipital lobes‚ the area of the brain is associated with visual memory. When these individuals stopped practicing their new skill‚ this gray matter vanished. So if you’re learning a new language‚ it is important
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teacher training awards. The support you will provide will take a range of forms including observation of practice‚ feedback tutorials and advice about specific learning and teaching strategies for your area of expertise. The booklet contains information which will be useful in understanding the professional standards in the Lifelong Learning Sector‚ and how these relate to subject specialist areas. We also provide discussion on the roles and responsibilities of a mentor and the paperwork used across
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questions that asses an individual’s learning style. VARK stands for visual‚ aural‚ read-write and kinesthetic learning preferences (http://business.vark-learn.com). The questionnaire has 16 questions asking the test taker to choose the answer which best explains their preference. Upon completion of questionnaire‚ a profile is sent in return describing specific learning preferences and techniques. These results can be used to better enhance ones learning strategies (Alkhasawneh‚ Mrayyan‚ Docherty
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VARK Analysis: Results versus Perceived Learning Style Debbie DeGroot Grand Canyon University March 27‚ 2014 VARK Analysis: Results versus Perceived Learning Style VARK (Visual‚ Aural‚ Read/Write‚ Kinesthetic) analysis of learning styles was developed by Neil D. Fleming in 1987 in an effort to assist learners to assess their own style of learning (http://www.vark-learn.com/english/index.asp). Fleming’s contention is that education will be more effective if the learner understands how they learn
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comes our way. There are many different personalities. We were always training and learning new material and tools to use to make our work more effective and productive. We would have meetings that were hours long so everyone can train on the new work and tools we had coming our way. Most of the people were struggling to learn the new tools. I was taking a class in which we were learning about peoples’ different learning styles. I thought all the training we were doing would be a great project for the
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................................................................................................... 4 1.2 Learning Styles...................................................................................................................... 4 1.3 Time Management.................................................................................................................. 6 1.4 Learning and Development Method....................................................................................
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Analysis Paper Learning styles are techniques to help enhance quality of learning. They are useful in problem solving and communication. They help process the information in different ways. There are multiple styles of learning that vary in numerous ways. Evaluating and exploring your own style will provide useful information to help enhance your quality of learning. Because we tend to use different learning styles in different situations‚ most of us have a mix of learning styles. One of the
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business subject which can teach how to work effectively in a formal business environment. This portfolio will reflect my weakness and strengths base on Intrapersonal effectiveness. Furthermore I will describe the experience and link it with theory. then reflect on it and determining what I should do to improve my effectiveness‚ finally ensuring my goal. 2.0 Intrapersonal effectiveness Intrapersonal effectiveness relates to self-knowledge and the ability to act adaptively to the knowledge
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exploring a range of views. To identify any particular learning style for myself or my team member‚ I made use of the Learning Style questionnaire developed by Honey and Mumford. The learning styles identified by the questionnaire were based upon the work of Kolb. The outcome of the questionnaire has revealed that I share both pragmatism and reflective learning styles. My pragmatism approach makes me keen on trying out ideas‚ theories and techniques to see if they work in practice and also I
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