In “Learning to Read” Frederick Douglass recounts his journey of becoming educated as a slave. Douglas describes how his slave owners wife treated him with compassion‚ as one should treat another human‚ and began teaching him how to read. Under her husband’s instruction she stopped‚ and treated him the same as any other would treat a slave. She would not allow to even hold a newspaper let alone read it. She soon adapted the mindset that slavery and education were incompatible. “If I was in a separate
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The different learning styles and how they apply to me. It is strange to me to think of learning as having different styles. In this essay‚ something that will be discussed is the different types of learning styles and how they apply to me or anyone else for that matter. Learning as we grow seems so fundamental and that there is not much to it. We learn as we go and as we grow. In our learning process‚ we do not take too much into account that we are developing a style of learning. Some of us had
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Learning Style Inventory Student Name Institution Learning styles determine how effective a student will be receptive to instructions from the teacher or content from educative material. Ideally‚ scientists have proposed three main types of learning styles common among students: auditory‚ visual‚ and tactile. Consequently‚ a student can either possess only one style of learning or have a combination of any of the three learning styles. For instance‚ many psychological and human behavior
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Essay of Marie Moore The following is a personal essay about various topics about my college education and my learning styles. This personal essay will include thoughts or reasons for seeking a college degree. As well as my own personal learning styles‚ which are based upon inventories that have been taken. This personal essay will include my thoughts and views on my learning styles and how this impacts my future and education endeavor. Reasons for seeking a college degree stem from both personal
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individual learning styles preferences. Learning styles has been globally researched nowadays. According to Claudia Cornett‚ 1983: 9 it means the overall patterns that give general direction to learning behaviour. These pattern can be use to learn a new language –or any other subject. The issues that I am trying to pertaining here is do men and women learn in a different way and/or have different favoured habits of learning? Are there male and female preferences in learning styles embedded in
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I had done it before. My learning style results did not surprise me though. I had the following results; • Visual 4 • Aural 4 • Read/Write 5 • Kinesthetic 9 This confirms that I have a mild kinesthetic learning preference. Experience is my best teacher. Usually‚ the various fallouts from past experiences are always engraved in my mind when all my sense of learning are involved in gathering the experience. Usually‚ what I see‚ smell‚ touch‚ feel and hear‚ help in learning faster. The score of 4 for
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own unique style of learning‚ with today’s technology; students can easily go on the internet to identify their preferred learning style if desired. By doing so‚ this would assist the learner to identify their preferred method of learning which can assist the leaner to become more successful in their learning process. As an assignment‚ the participant answered two different questionnaires the “VARK” (Visual‚ Aural‚ Read/Write‚ Kinesthetic) (Fleming‚ n.d) and LDPride.net Learning Styles Report (LDPride
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personal learning style and how can I ensure that I take advantage of learning opportunities? Perform an evaluation of your learning style. One resource to self asses your style can be found at http://www.engr.ncsu.edu/learningstyles/ilsweb.html. Your personal style should fall into one of these 4 polar groups: 1. Sensory-Intuitive: Provide both hard facts and general concepts. 2. Visual-Verbal: Incorporate both visual and verbal cues. 3. Active-Reflective: Allow both experiential learning and time
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In Malcolm X’s “Learning to Read‚” he talks about his time in prison and how he decided to teach himself about things he never learned in school. While Malcolm X was in jail he decided to improve his vocabulary by reading the dictionary and copying all of the definitions. This helped him become more eloquent of a writer and paved the way for him to be able to read more difficult books. When Malcolm X began to read seriously he discovered a violent past that most people tended to avoid mentioning;
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Learning Styles in the Educational Environment Many people learn in different ways. Learning Styles are various approaches or ways of learning. There are three types of Learning Styles. People receive‚ process‚ and retain information by using visual‚ auditory‚ or kinesthetic methods. Visual Learners learn by using their eyes‚ often focus on the eyes‚ and body language‚ gestures and facial expression of their instructors. It is also common for visual learners to remain clearly focused on the material
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