Personal Essay and Learning Style John Smith Maryland University Martha Elks Personal Essay and Learning Style Identifying the perfect learning style for an individual is a question that many professionals have dedicated time to understand. Thanks to these professionals any person with access to the Internet or local library may take a quick Learning Style assessment. In a matter of minutes a person can have a better understanding of their personal Learning Style. After personally completing
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Upon completion of the learning style inventory exercises‚ I gained awareness of the learning styles that will continue to be discussed throughout the duration of this course. Being introduced to the different types of learning styles are of vital importance to me as a student‚ as it helps me discover ways in which I learn. The purpose of this exercise is to help us identify ourselves in accordance to when we feel successful at learning‚ and by that‚ what techniques we use and how we apply them to
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What is a learning style? Well a learning style is the way a person tends to learn best. It involves your preferred method of taking in‚ organizing‚ and making sense of information‚ Lake Washington Institute of Technology (2012). Some people prefer to learn by doing and touching‚ others prefer to learn by seeing‚ or by hearing the information. Still others learn using more than one learning style. If a person was interested in finding out what their particular learning style is would be to
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What are the elements of a learning organization? Peter Senge was the author responsible for introducing the concept of the learning organization‚ as he issued his book at 1990 “The Fifth Discipline”. He stated that a learning organization is where individuals expand their knowledge and learn new experiences in order to reach to their desired results. (The Key Elements of a Successful Learning Organisations‚ 2013) Therefore‚ he ended up with stating five elements of a learning organization and those
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Constructivism: A Holistic Approach to Teaching and Learning Janet Giesen Faculty Development and Instructional Design Center Northern Illinois University Introductions • Your name • Your department or unit • Your experiences or knowledge of constructivism • Why have you joined us today? Overview • Learning cycle • Constructivism – Learning theory – Process – Instructional strategy • Classroom applications • Instructor and student roles Learning Cycle or “5 E’s” Engage Extend Evaluate
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Observational Learning During this course we studied that behaviors can be learned through our own experiences or observing others. Learning is the knowledge obtained in life through education‚ interacting with people‚ experiences and practice. There are three types of learning: Classical Conditioning‚ operant conditioning‚ and observational learning. There are many topics that grabbed my interest during this course‚ but observational learning made me think about my personal life and reminded
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M3 – Awareness of how learning style can aid personal development There are a variety of different learning styles‚ many of which vary between each particular person. There are no two people which are the same but these have been split into categories so that people can understand and learn the best way possible for themselves. There is active and reflective‚ sensory and intuitive‚ visual and verbal and also sequential and Global. Active learners to Reflective learners (comparison between each style)
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VARK Analysis Paper Summary of learning style Having read many articles pertaining to the Visual Learners‚ Aural Learners‚ Reading and Writing Learners‚ and Kinesthetic Learners (VARK) is a learning style assessment tool used by organizations to help instructors‚ students and others learn more about their individual learning preferences. As each of us having different curves for comprehending and processing information‚ this is a valuable tool to ensure the understanding of material that is critical
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VARK Learning Preference Tool Family Centered Health Promotion/NSR-429V April‚ 2013 The VARK learning preference tool was developed in 1987 by Fleming as an “inventory designed to help students learn more about their individual learning preferences” (psychology.about.com). This questionnaire was designed to help provide an individual insight on how they give and receive information. The quiz is 16 questions that break down one’s learning style into four categories. These four categories are
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from the Pedagogical Model. | The need to know | Adults need to know why they need to learn something before undertaking to learn it. According to Tough(1979)‚ considerable energy will be invested by adults in looking into what they will gain if learning something on their own and also what negative consequences will occur if they do not learn it. | The need to know in the andragogical model differs from the need to know in the pedagogical model in the way that the learner must only learn what the
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