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Learning and Thinking Style

1. Learning and thinking styles refer to an individual's preferred way of processing information, describing their typical mode of thinking, remembering, or problem solving. 2. Styles are influenced by sensory preferences like visual, auditory, or kinesthetic learning. Visual learners prefer visual aids, auditory learners learn best by listening, and kinesthetic learners prefer hands-on learning. 3. Other factors that influence learning styles are whether individuals tend to be analytic/linear thinkers who focus on details, or global/holistic thinkers who focus on the big picture. Left-brain dominant learners are portrayed as analytic while right-brain learners are portrayed as global and non-linear.

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Learning and Thinking Style

1. Learning and thinking styles refer to an individual's preferred way of processing information, describing their typical mode of thinking, remembering, or problem solving. 2. Styles are influenced by sensory preferences like visual, auditory, or kinesthetic learning. Visual learners prefer visual aids, auditory learners learn best by listening, and kinesthetic learners prefer hands-on learning. 3. Other factors that influence learning styles are whether individuals tend to be analytic/linear thinkers who focus on details, or global/holistic thinkers who focus on the big picture. Left-brain dominant learners are portrayed as analytic while right-brain learners are portrayed as global and non-linear.

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Learning - Thinking Style

Learning - Thinking
Style
 Refers to the preferred way an individual process information
 Describe a person’s typical mode of thinking, remembering or
problem solving
 Denotes tendency to behave in a certain manner
Learning - Thinking Style

 Style usually described as a personality dimension which


influences your attitudes, values and social interaction
Perspective about Learning -
Thinking Style

1. Sensory Preferences
2. Global-Analytic Continuum
Sensory Preferences
Sensory Preferences
 Individuals tend to gravitate toward one or 2 type of sensory
input and maintain a dominance on that senses.
Kinds of Sensory
Preferences
1. Visual Learners
 Learners must see their teacher’s actions and facial expression to
fully understand the content of a lesson.
 They may think in pictures and learn best from visual aids.
 Prefer to take detailed notes to absorb the information.
Sub-Division of Visual
Learner
Visual-Iconic
 More interested in visual imagery such as films, graphic displays
or pictures in order to solidify learning.
 Have good “picture memory” or iconic imagery and attend to
pictoral detail
Visual-Symbolic
 Comfortable with abstract symbolism such as mathematical
formulae or the written word.
 Like to read about things than hear about them
 Good abstract thinkers who do not require practical means for
learning.
2. Auditory Learners
 Learn best through verbal lectures, discussions, talking things
through and listening to what others have to say.
 Written information may have little meaning until it is heard
 Not easily distracted in their listening ability.
Sub-Division of Auditory
Learner
“Listeners”
 Remembers things said to them and make information as their
own.
“Talkers”
 One who prefer to talk and discuss.
 Find themselves talking to those around them.
 They tend to whisper comments to themselves.
3. Kinesthetic Learners
 Benefit much from hands-on approach,
actively exploring the physical world around
them.
 May become distracted by their need for
activity and exploration
 Prefer “learning by doing” preferring the use
of psychomotor skills.
 Tend to have good motor memory and motor
coordination.
Global-Analytic Continuum
1. Analytic Continuum
 Tend toward the linear, step-by-step processes of learning.
 See finits elements of patterns rather than the whole.
 “tree seers”
2. Global Continuum
 Tend towards non-linear thought and tend to see the whole
pattern rather than particle elements.
 Attention only to the overall structure and sometimes ignore
details.
 “forest seers”
 Global-Analytic Continuum is also called
Left/Right-brain Continuum. (Roger
Sperry)
 Left Brain dominant individual is portrayed
as a linear (analytic).
 Right-brain person is one who is viewed as
global, non-linear and holistic in thought
preferences.
 One side may be more dominant than the
other.
Successive Processor
(Left Brain)
 Prefers to learn in a step-by-step sequential format, beginning
with details leading to a conceptual understanding of a skill.
Simultaneous Processor
(Right Brain)
 Refers to learn beginning with the general concept and then going
on the specifics.

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