As early as 334 BC
When the idea of accounting for individual learning styles began
Each child possessed specific talents and skills
Aristotle said this
On the relationship between memory and visual or oral instructions.
What was the focus on in the early 1900s
Due to the emphasis on the student's IQ and academic achievement
Why did research about learning styles decline
A set of factors, behaviors, and attitudes that facilitate learning for an individual in a given situation
Learning styles also be described as this
perception, organization, and retention
Each learner distinct and consistent preferred ways of...
perception avenues
It has been shown that different hemispheres of the brain contain different
developing
A child's brain is continually __________
changes
The way a child learns ___________ over time
aren't
A child's strengths and weaknesses are / aren't carved in stone
Rief (1993)
Who said the percents of what students retain
10%
Students retain what percent of what they read
20%
Students retain what percent of what they hear
30%
Students retain what percent of what they see
50%
Students retain what percent of what they see and hear
70%
Students retain what percent of what they say
90%
Students retain what percent of what they say and do
accommodating, converging, diverging, assimilating
David Kolb's Model
activist, pragmatist, reflector, theorist
Honey and Mumford's Learning Styles
concrete and abstract; sequential and random ordering
Anthony Gregorc's Mind Styles
visual, auditory, kinesthetic
VAK
VARK
what was VAK extended to
visual, reading/writing, auditory, kinesthetic
VARK
cognitive, affective, and physiological
task force
david kolb's model, honey and mumford's learning styles, anthony gregorc's mind styles, VAK, task force
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