Learning Styles

What are the different types of learning styles out there?

100% Inclusion seems to be the new way that our public schools are setting up classroom these days. This means that many students with exceptional abilities and learning disabilities are spending up 80% percent of their time in a regular class or with students that are not trained in Special Education. For this reason, I believe that it is important that teachers educate themselves on the many different learning styles that they people have.

The three main learning styles are Auditory, Visual, and kinesthetic.

About 80% of what we learn is through our vision. Regular schooling is catered to the visual learner through reading materials, pictures, and other visual and other visual aids. Other students are auditory learners who do their best learning through group conversation and lectures. Kinesthetic learners are often misconceived as rowdy or undisciplined because they cannot just sit and wait for information to be given to them. These types of learned are very active in their learning and very curious to figure things out for themselves. These types of learners have a pretty good capacity to understand complex problems and procedures. Doers instead of thinkers, it is best to teach these learners through their own natural skill. Lastly, but not least, because there are many types of learning styles, a logical learner is one that thinks conceptually. This type of learner likes to explore patterns and relationships, enjoys math, computers, strategy games, experiments with purpose, puzzles and learning how things work among other things.

There are many different types of learning styles and it is best to learn what your students or even your children's learning styles so that teacher, parent, and child can have an active role in the learning process. With a classroom full of individual learners and with children that have differing learning abilities, it is important to note that teaching can be curbed the same ideas and concept can be taught through different avenues for the benefit of the student. Teachers really do have a tough job! 

Fortnet.org: http://www.fortnet.org/ParentToParent/PFellers/par_lern.html 
NDT Resources: http://www.ndt-ed.org/TeachingResources/ClassroomTips/Learning_Styles.htm
Child-Central: http://www.child-central.com/learning-styles-children.html