4 - How You Learn

diagnostic assessments

Campus learning centers can provide ________ and help students develop successful coping strategies.

Instructors

________ tend to teach in ways that conform to their own learning preferences.

neurological disorders

It covers a wide variety of specific learning problems resulting from ________.

hierarchy of needs

for students to learn, needs must be met

social learning theory

people learn by observing others’ actions and the results of those actions

Opposite styles of learning

abstract-concrete and active-reflective

Four discrete groups of learners

divergers, assimilators, convergers, and accommodators

Extraversion (E) versus introversion (I)

the inner or outer world

Sensing (S) versus intuition (N)

facts or ideas

Thinking (T) versus feeling (F)

logic or values

Judging (J) versus perceiving (P)

organization or adaptability

theory of transition

adults learn new roles when they experience change in their lives

VARK learning-styles inventory

focuses on how learners prefer to use their senses

four types of VARK

visual learners, aural learners, read/write learners, kinesthetic learners

kolb inventory of learning styles

effective learners need four kinds of abilities

four discrete groups of learners

divergers, assimilators, convergers, and accommodators

myers-briggs type indicator

investigates personality characteristics and the ways they relate to human interaction and learning styles

multiple intelligences theory

It proposes eight different intelligences to describe how humans learn

learning management system

offers lots of ways to connect with your instructors, classmates, and material