Individual learning styles and characteristics consist of
three factors:
1. What is the easiest method for you to acquire information?
2. How do you organize, process and filter information?
3. What environments and conditions affect your learning process?
New York Saint John University Ken & Rita Dunn conducted
research on students’ learning styles. They discovered that about 30% of
the students still recalled 75% of the lecture content after a session. To
achieve the same retention rate, about 40% of the students need to read
through the content (including words and illustrations), about 15% needs
physical stimuli and the remaining 15% needs bodily-kinesthetics learning
experiences.
Therefore, it is inferred that individual learning styles
are different. Nevertheless, traditional teaching methods tend to use only
one teaching style to cater for all. For students who have visual and
auditory learning styles, this method is extremely effective. However, this
is at the expense of students with other learning styles. It is recommended
that individual learning styles be identified as early as possible. Then,
they should be put into an environment which suits their learning styles so
that the learning process could be efficient and effective.
1. Seeing - Visual Mode
2. Hearing - Auditory Mode
3. Doing - Kinesthetic Mode
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