Thursday, 24 July 2014

TYPES OF LEARNERS

Learning Style

learning style as “the composite of characteristic cognitive, affective, and physiological factors that serve as relatively stable indicators of how a learner perceives, interacts with, and responds to the learning environment.” .


Active Learners

Active or kinesthetic learners retain and/or understand information by doing something active, such as discussing, explaining, or experiencing. These learners prefer group work to sitting through lectures.


Reflective Learners

Reflective learners prefer to think quietly about information. They tend to be loners and do not like group work.


Sensing Learners

Sensors like learning facts and performing well-defined tasks. They are good at memorizing facts and are practical and do not like courses of study that are not relevant.


Intuitive Learners

One who is an intuitive learner is content to discover possibilities and relationships and likes innovation. They are quite comfortable with abstractions and mathematical formulations.


Visual Learners

A person who is a visual learner remembers best when he/she can see a picture, diagram, flowchart, film, or demonstration.


Verbal Learners

Verbal learners obtain their information through spoken or written explanations.



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