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Academic Performance and Learning Styles of Liberal Arts Students in Physical Science

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Learning by Doing

Kinesthetic style is learning by doing. You learn in this manner whenever you capture new information through the process of physical activity. It is often referred to as a hands-on learning experience. Consider how you learned to ride a bicycle. You learned by getting on a bike to experience and practice balancing, steering and pedaling. This experience ultimately taught you how to ride.

Characteristics of a Kinesthetic Learner

Good at learning through hands-on experience

Often bored with traditional textbook learning

Likes to move around and explore their environment

Usually enjoys athletics and physical education

Likes to touch objects and people

Would rather participate than watch

Appreciates opportunities to go on field trips

Gets satisfaction from building with their hands

Enjoys classes with physical experiments

Can become restless without physical activity

Also see the Bodily/Kinesthetic Intelligence in Multiple Intelligences.

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Learning by Doing Kinesthetic style is learning by doing. You learn in this manner whenever you capture new information through the process of physical activity. It is often referred to as a hands-on learning experience. Consider how you learned to ride a bicycle.

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Modern learning style vs Traditional Learning style

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With the development in our living ways, educational ways also developed. There are great differences between the traditional and modern educational techniques.

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Many students, including homeschoolers, have an aversion to sentence writing, creative writing, journaling, paragraph writing, essay writing, formal writing, informal writing, and basically any kind of writing. Students need step-by-step writing instruction beginning with sentence composition, followed by paragraph composition, and finally college level essay composition to help them learn how to communicate better. But, many don't understand why they need to learn how to write since they think they will never understand or use writing skills. Students who are not ready or willing to write, but are forced with inadequate writing instruction, tend to develop a hatred for writing and avoid anything to do with writing altogether. So why do students hate writing?

Insufficient groundwork manifests insecurity and frustration: Preparation should include a good base of Language Arts, especially basic grammar and spelling that are further strengthened as writing skills are developed. Some students fear they must get everything perfect on the first draft, and shut down because they do not know how to spell a word or compose various sentence structures effectively. A solid writing foundation focuses on the step-by-step process from brainstorming to outlining to composing the rough draft and writing the final copy. The Write Foundation teaches the writing process and structure, complemented by Language Arts basics, to develop healthy overall language usage with skillful writing.

No right answers: If there is more than one right answer, how am I supposed to figure out what the right answer is? Writing is tough for many students to wrap their heads around. Every other skill they learn has a right answer and a right way to do it. Many approach writing emotionally not understanding that a concrete or right way exists. Teaching writing structure for various types of essays and the writing process of brainstorm, outline, rough draft and final copy, gives your students the confidence needed to jump into any writing assignment, even advanced level essays. The Write Foundation provides the tools students need to make essay writing a concrete endeavor which produces confident writers, and in turn, better writers.

1. "Writing is too hard." For many students, writing requires too much extra effort. Reality check: any major breakthrough in brain development takes extra effort.

2. Students however, need to be mature enough to handle organizing abstract thinking, which happens when most are around 11, 12 or 13.

3. Students are often forced to write and rewrite and rewrite, which exasperates them even more when they are already insecure about what they are doing.

4. Even as the necessary skills are acquired, writing frustrates many, because it tends to take more time than other subjects.

Many times, students react and shut down. Some throw their hands up and quit and some melt down, or they disassociate themselves and stop inputting effort. If you are experiencing Chernobyl with passive or aggressive behavior, find a way for your student to re-connect with writing by breaking it down into bite sized chunks, backing up or slowing down, pinpointing how to bring the essay together. Hold their hand until they shoo you away because their confidence is built.

Fear of failure. How in the world do I complete this assignment? Writing style? What is that? Am I being graded on everything? These questions and more swarm around in a teen's mind when they are overwhelmed. Teach them how to write using structure and the writing process. Yes, a variety of writing structures exists, but teach them enough about basic structures so they have something to fall back on when writing anything. The fear of failure fades when students have enough Language Arts basics, guidance for their writing creations, and are beginning to understand how to use writing structure and the writing process. Then they can get to the task at hand and write.

"I'm bored." Your homeschooler couldn't stand reading about it and now he has to write about it? When students are bored, teaching writing is a like trying to drive a car out of gas; you get nowhere.

For Mr. Boredom, let him select his topic within your specifications. A more engaging topic will hold his interest longer.

When teaching different writing styles, some subjects must be used which will not be your students' favorite, but avoid making them write about subjects they loathe. Teach them how to write with topics that interest them.

Break down the assignment into bite-sized pieces. When tackling an assignment, make the work sessions long enough to make progress, but not so long the brain is drained and shuts down.

Make sure your students are working on the correct level. If the assignment is too difficult, they will shut down and claim boredom. If the assignment is too easy, boredom can also be a challenge.

Build self-confidence by backing up and starting where your child can work successfully before diving into their first daunting essay. Mastering fundamentals alleviates writing roadblocks. Regardless of the roadblocks your homeschooler throws in the way of learning how to write, you can find a way to blast through when you identify them as you listen to your child's concerns. When you open your children's horizons by helping them to embrace writing, they gain a skill they will use their entire lives.

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Many students, including homeschoolers, have an aversion to sentence writing, creative writing, journaling, paragraph writing, essay writing, formal writing, informal writing, and basically any kind of writing. Students need step-by-step writing instruction beginning with sentence composition, followed by paragraph composition, and finally college level essay.

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Learning preferences can help students create a unique educational experience

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Photo by Joey Coalter | The State PressAshley Sutherland | 03/30/17 3:05am
"Are you a left brain or a right brain thinker? It's important to how you learn." Illustration published Wednesday, March 29, 2017.

Paragraph after paragraph, I would read the text of my required reading material, becoming weary and frustrated that I couldn't understand it.

Listening to lectures, I would miss important information because I have a hard time with auditory retention.

However, once I discovered I was a visual learner, I changed my study habits to be more visual by watching videos or creating pictures to outline complex concepts.

Every student has a different learning style, and it is important for students to embrace their individuality and the unique way they learn. Understanding what type of learner you are is important because this information can be used to your advantage in class and while studying.

There are more than 70 learning styles schemes, but they can be broken down into smaller sensory categories. The acronym VARK is used to describe these categories of learning styles and stands for visual, aural, verbal (reading/writing) and kinesthetic.

"A learning style is basically a learning preference, that's what it is. It just means you prefer to learn in a certain way," said Roxanna Monto ya-Gonzales, program manager for the Center for the Art and Science of Teaching in the Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College.

Visual learners learn best when information is presented to them visually through pictures, graphs and text. In contrast, physical learners or kinesthetic-tactile learners learn by "doing," whether that be by creating a diagram or performing a hands-on activity.

Additionally, auditory learners retain information best when it is presented to them orally, similar to verbal learners who use words and discussions to guide their learning.

Students can also be social learners or solitary learners depending on if they work best in groups and have good communication skills or are more independent and quiet.

"As a learner you want to know what your learning style is because it helps you study, but you don't want to get so tied down on this label that it almost inhibits your ability to pick up a new skill," Montoya-Gonzales said.

Online there a numerous tests that can help students figure out what type of learners they are, and while these are helpful, it all comes down to how the student feels they learn best.

Most people already have some idea of what type of learner they are and what situations they excel in academically, but using study tools designed for each type of learner can help students take this idea to the next step.

"From a teaching perspective, this is straight across the board, it doesn't matter if you're a K-12 teacher or a university professor - when you're teaching you should be aware of all the different learning styles so that you can incorporate enough information in your lesson to address all the different learning needs," Montoya-Gonzales said.

However, the trend of teaching students through specific learning styles has plummeted because some research has failed to prove that learning style assessments improve retention. However, other research found that 61 percent of students had multimodal learning preferences.

If students do prefer to learn in certain ways, what's wrong with them pursuing study habits that match their preferences?

Nothing is wrong with it, but the U.S. education system promotes conformity instead individuality. This is seen in the differences between the U.S. public education system and Montessori schooling.

In Montessori schools, students are in multi-age classrooms where "all kinds of intelligences and styles of learning are nurtured," according to The International Montessori Index.

A study on 59 students in Montessori schools and 53 students in traditional schools found that 5 year olds in Montessori schools were more prepared in elementary reading and mathematics than those in traditional schools and tested better socially and behaviorally.

The study also found that 12-year-old Montessori students were "significantly more creative and as using significantly more sophisticated sentence structures," even though they scored similarly in others skills that related to reading and math.

When students are able to learn the way they feel benefits them best, they do better and develop greater creativity and social skills.

Because some college professors are experts in their fields and do not come from teaching backgrounds, when they teach they don't necessarily know how to appeal to different learning styles or that it is important to present information in different mediums.

Therefore, students must take their education into their own hands, individualizing their educational experiences according to their learning style. We are all unique and should be given the opportunity to learn in the ways we prefer without being told there is no evidence that supports our choice.
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Understanding How Team Members Learn

The fact that you're reading this article shows that you have an appetite for learning and improving your skills. But even if you're happy to scroll through words on a screen, is that the best learning style for you?

Would you get more out of it if we were to present this information visually or aurally, perhaps through an infographic or flow chart, or with a podcast or vlog?

What kind of learner are you?

In this article we'll look at the VAK Learning Styles model and explore the importance to you and your team of understanding people's different styles of learning.

What Is the VAK Learning Styles Model?

The VAK Learning Styles Model was developed by psychologists in the 1920s to classify the most common ways that people learn. According to the model, most of us prefer to learn in one of three ways: visual, auditory or kinesthetic (although, in practice, we generally "mix and match" these three styles).

Visual: a visually-dominant learner absorbs and retains information better when it is presented in, for example, pictures, diagrams and charts.

Auditory: an auditory-dominant learner prefers listening to what is being presented. He or she responds best to voices, for example, in a lecture or group discussion. Hearing his own voice repeating something back to a tutor or trainer is also helpful.

Kinesthetic: a kinesthetic-dominant learner prefers a physical experience. She likes a "hands-on" approach and responds well to being able to touch or feel an object or learning prop.

A variation on the acronym, developed by New Zealand-based teacher Neil D. Fleming, is VARK®, or visual, auditory, reading/writing, and kinesthetic:

Reading/Writing: a reading- or writing-dominant learner uses repetition of words and writing. Clearly, there is an overlap with visual and auditory styles, as words and writing can be both, but, commonly, a person who prefers to learn this way remembers or organizes things best in his mind by taking down notes.

Understanding Learning Preferences

You'll probably already have a good sense of what your learning preference is, as this will have been present from your earliest days at school. For example, is your default response to a problem or challenge to sketch something out on a piece of paper (visual), talk about it (auditory), or build a model or tangible representation of the problem (kinesthetic)?

If you are still unsure of your learning style, you may be able to identify it by considering these scenarios:

Think about how you complain. When you complain about something, chances are your emotions are running high and you'll revert to the communication style you feel most comfortable with. Do you want to see the whites of someone's eyes (visual), harangue someone over the phone (auditory), hammer your fists on the table (kinesthetic), or fire off a curt email (reading/writing)?

Imagine yourself in an uncomfortable situation. If you were lost in a strange city at night, how would you find your way to your destination? Would you use a map (visual), ask someone for directions (auditory), or just keep walking until you worked out where you were (kinesthetic)?

What style of presentation do you prefer? Think back to the last presentation you attended. What was it that most stuck in your mind? Was it the charts or visual aids (visual), the words the presenter used (auditory), or any audience participation (kinesthetic)?

Strategies for Improving Learning

Formal training for your team is likely the responsibility of your organization's L&D department. But, as a manager, there may also be occasions when you have to deliver basic training or coaching sessions, brief your people, or do team-building exercises. Understanding the three VAK learning styles will help you do all these things more effectively.

Tip:

This article describes just one approach to learning styles. See our article, 4MAT, to explore other models and approaches, and see our other tools and resources here.

The simplicity and intuitive usefulness of the VAK model has contributed to its enduring popularity with teachers and trainers, but it's important to remember that your people will have a different mix of strengths and preferences. So, when you have to deliver training or a presentation, ensure that you include a mixture of aids and methods that will engage your team members, whatever their preferred learning style.

One criticism of the model is that, while it is pretty self-evident that we all learn and retain information in different ways, there is little hard evidence to show that, in general, you learn better if your training is tailored to one particular learning preference. As this Mind Tools post demonstrates, other factors also play their part, such as natural learning ability, technical skill level, interest in the subject, and the learning environment. Training needs to be flexible and responsive to circumstance and context, as well as to learning preference.

The table below offers some strategies you can employ to appeal to people's different learning styles:

These learners will respond to and use phrases such as:

I see what you mean.

I get the picture.

What's your view?

These learners will respond to and use phrases such as:

That rings a bell.

I hear what you're saying.

That sounds OK to me.

These learners will respond to and use phrases such as:

That feels right.

How does that grab you?

Let me try.

Engage visual learners by using diagrams, charts and pictures.

Engage auditory learners by stressing key words, and telling stories and anecdotes.

Engage kinesthetic learners by including physical activities and "hands-on" tasks.

We have numerous tools and resources to help you provide training sessions or prepare briefs for your team, which take into account the VAK learning styles.

Visual (and reading/writing) learners, as we have seen, respond to visual stimulus. They may find it easier to take notes if they use Mind Maps®. Mind Mapping breaks down complex subjects into manageable chunks, making it easier to digest and remember information. And they can be made even more effective with color and additional images.

The adage "a picture paints a thousand words" is especially true for visual learners, so find out how to use images effectively and creatively with our article, Creating Effective Presentation Visuals.

Auditory learners enjoy the back-and-forth of group discussion and verbal explanation, so it can be useful to include brainstorming, debates and storytelling in your training sessions.

Kinesthetic learners thrive on activity, so a good technique is to incorporate group work or role play into your learning. Getting team members out of the training room and into an environment where they can try things out, such as team-building exercises, can be helpful too.

Key Points

Understanding your own learning preferences, and those of your team, can help you develop more effective strategies for delivering learning and training at work, and embedding knowledge.

You can use the VAK Learning Styles model to classify some of the most common ways people learn. VAK stands for visual, auditory and kinesthetic:

Visual: learners respond to images and graphics.

Auditory: learners prefer verbal presentations.

Kinesthetic: learners prefer a physical, hands-on approach.

A variation on this is VARK®, or visual, auditory, reading/writing, and kinesthetic.

While understanding these preferences can give you a valuable insight into how to plan and deliver training and learning, people employ all three learning styles to some degree, so it is sensible to present material in a variety of formats.

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