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Genius Hour Chrissy WIley Eled 3300-d01 How can teachers accommodate all learning styles within their classrooms? Universal Design for Learning VARK Model Learning Style Accommodations UDL is defined as a "framework to improve and optimize teaching and learning for all people based on scientific insights into how humans learn."

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This article goes into detail about the VARK (Visual, Auditory, Read/Write, Kinesthetic) model of student learning, and how each student learns best. This information could benefit a teacher in finding ways to teach their students most effectively.

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All Students Are Created Equally (and Differently.)

The term "learning styles" speaks to the understanding that every student learns differently. Technically, an individual's learning style refers to the preferential way in which the student absorbs, processes, comprehends and retains information. For example, when learning how to build a clock, some students understand the process by following verbal instructions, while others have to physically manipulate the clock themselves. This notion of individualized learning styles has gained widespread recognition in education theory and classroom management strategy. Individual learning styles depend on cognitive, emotional and environmental factors, as well as one's prior experience. In other words: everyone's different. It is important for educators to understand the differences in their students' learning styles, so that they can implement best practice strategies into their daily activities, curriculum and assessments. Many degree programs, specifically higher level ones like a doctorate of education, integrate different learning styles and educational obstacles directly into program curriculum.

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Understanding VARK

One of the most accepted understandings of learning styles is that student learning styles fall into three categories: Visual Learners, Auditory Learners and Kinesthetic Learners. These learning styles are found within educational theorist Neil Fleming 's VARK model of Student Learning. VARK is an acronym that refers to the four types of learning styles: Visual, Auditory, Reading/Writing Preference, and Kinesthetic. (The VARK model is also referred to as the VAK model, eliminating Reading/Writing as a category of preferential learning.) The VARK model acknowledges that students have different approaches to how they process information, referred to as "preferred learning modes." The main ideas of VARK are outlined in Learning Styles Again: VARKing up the right tree! (Fleming & Baume, 2006)

Students' preferred learning modes have significant influence on their behavior and learning.

Students' preferred learning modes should be matched with appropriate learning strategies.

Information that is accessed through students' use of their modality preferences shows an increase in their levels of comprehension, motivation, and metacognition.

Identifying your students as visual, auditory, reading/writing or kinesthetic learners, and aligning your overall curriculum with these learning styles, will prove to be beneficial for your entire classroom. Allowing students to access information in terms they are comfortable with will increase their academic confidence.

By understanding what kind of learner you and/or your students are, you can now gain a better perspective on how to implement these learning styles into your lesson plans and study techniques.

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The term "learning styles" speaks to the understanding that every student learns differently. Technically, an individual's learning style refers to the preferential way in which the student absorbs, processes, comprehends and retains information. For example, when learning how to build a clock, some students understand the process by following verbal instructions, while others have to physically manipulate the clock themselves.

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This chart from the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth includes the three main learning styles and ways to accommodate to that specific style.

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How to Accommodate Different Learning Styles - UMass Dartmouth

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We all have a way in which we best learn. Odds are, every student in your class has a different preferred learning style, which can make it difficult for you to be the most effective teacher. However, by trying to incorporate various methods into your teaching, you may be able to reach the majority of your students.

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WHAT DO I KNOW ABOUT THIS TOPIC?:
I know that each student has their own unique multiple intelligence. I know that effective classrooms address all learning styles, in order to teach every child.
WHAT DO I KNOW ABOUT MY QUESTION?:
I know that there are many teachers that accommodate to every learning style in their classroom. I know that almost every classroom will contain children with a variety of learning styles.
HOW DO I KNOW IT?:
I know from my own experiences; Some of my teachers have taught to my learning styles and others have not. I have been taught, in previous ELED classes, the numerous learning styles that can be seen.
WHAT COULD AN ANSWER BE?:
The main thing is to know what the different learning styles are in your classroom, so that you can teach accordingly. Different centers in the classroom may be an effective way to accommodate to all learning styles.

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This is a video explaining UDL's: Universal Design for Learning. UDL lesson plans give every student the same opportunities to learn, because the teacher accommodates everyone.