Learning Styles

Tactile (small motor movements) Kinesthetic (large motor movements) We use senses of touch, feeling and motion to augment primary learning Barsch Learning Styles ...and develop study strategies that utilize their learning style in and out of tutoring sessions Visual Auditory Tactile Kinesthetic Clues to this style Suggestions for studying Tutor session strategies needs to see info artistic talent in visual arts difficulty following spoken directions misunderstanding or misinterpretation of spoken material overreation to sounds take lecture notes underline, highlight or circle material borrow others' notes, compare to own draw pictures in notes to illustrate concepts use a variety of colors for different categories or concepts prefers to listen to material difficulty following written directions spoken expression more effective difficulty reading non-verbals closes eyes to better understand spoken material study in groups and talk things out get a mini tape recorder record lectures to make permanent verbal record of material read texts out loud listen to lecture/text tapes while driving dictate papers to be typed later tape record tutoring sessions read questions and work out problems aloud use word association use discussion to help tutee hears self talk ask tutee to explain diagrams, charts, graphs, etc. out loud have tutee repeat important points prefers hands-on learning can assemble parts without reading directions needs to be able to touch or manipulate what is being learned trace letters of words with finger use finger as a guide while reading take class notes and type or rewrite them later get hands on - in science or computer labs, for example, instead of watching use models - of the human brain, DNA, etc. have student write out everything have student draw charts or diagrams of relationships cope diagrams, have student cut elements apart and put them back together difficulty sitting still leanring is more effective when physical activities are involved strong talent for movement - in athletics or dancing, for example use musical rhythms as patterns for memorization make up dances for different ideas study or brainstorm while walking turn ideas into material objects incorporate putting things together organize ideas by rearranging sentences allow tutee to move around frequently (to write on a board, for example) use purposeful movement whenever possible do role-plays and skits make letters, numbers or shapes with body (like YMCA) for memorization Visual Auditory These are primary - we do most of our learning through our eyes and ears Visual? Auditory? Tactile? Kinethestic? Discuss the student's learning style... write it out! use outlines, pictures, graphs, charts and diagrams draw out ideas work with many colors make sure tutee can take visual materials with them, to go back and look at them Learning Styles In this module, you will learn about different learning styles your tutees may prefer and what that may mean for your tutoring sessions.