Professional Development

October, 18th 2011

The Agenda•Objective

•Warm-Up Activity

•The Learning Styles Survey

•What Is The Group’s Learning Style?

•The Four Different Learning Styles

•Learning Styles By Discipline

•Sharing Lessons

Objective

•To understand how to approach different learning styles in the classroom

Warm-Up

Break into two different groups

Materials

The Marshmallow Challenge by Tom Wujec

The Goal•Build the tallest freestanding

structure

•The winning team will be the one able to build the tallest structure measured from the table to the top of the marshmallow. That means the structure cannot be suspended from a higher structure (like a chair, the ceiling, etc.)

Process and Rules

•The entire marshmallow must be on top

Process and Rules

•Use as much or as little of the kit as you need

•You may break up the spaghetti, string or tape

Process and Rules

•You have 18 minutes...

•Starting now! http://www.online-stopwatch.com/

The Four Learning Styles

The four learning Styles

Sensor Sensor Feeler/InterpersonFeeler/Interperson

alal

SFSF

Sensor Sensor Feeler/InterpersonFeeler/Interperson

alal

SFSF

Intuitive Intuitive Thinker/Thinker Thinker/Thinker

KnowerKnowerNTNT

Intuitive Intuitive Thinker/Thinker Thinker/Thinker

KnowerKnowerNTNT

Intuitive Intuitive Learner/Self Learner/Self ExpressiveExpressive

NFNF

Intuitive Intuitive Learner/Self Learner/Self ExpressiveExpressive

NFNF

Sensor Sensor Thinker/Practical Thinker/Practical

DoerDoer

STST

Sensor Sensor Thinker/Practical Thinker/Practical

DoerDoer

STST

The Survey

•www.cognitiveprofile.com

What Type Of Learning Style Are

You?

SFSFFocus: Focus:

ConnectingConnecting-Motivated by -Motivated by interacting with interacting with othersothers-Needs to talk -Needs to talk about what is about what is being learnedbeing learned-Prefers a -Prefers a collaborative collaborative and non-and non-competitive competitive environmentenvironment-Needs to -Needs to “make sense” “make sense” of informationof information-Processes -Processes orallyorally

SFSFFocus: Focus:

ConnectingConnecting-Motivated by -Motivated by interacting with interacting with othersothers-Needs to talk -Needs to talk about what is about what is being learnedbeing learned-Prefers a -Prefers a collaborative collaborative and non-and non-competitive competitive environmentenvironment-Needs to -Needs to “make sense” “make sense” of informationof information-Processes -Processes orallyorally

STSTFocus: Focus:

MasteryMastery-Works best -Works best alonealone-Fact-based -Fact-based knowledgeknowledge-Dislikes long -Dislikes long explanations explanations and unclear and unclear directionsdirections-Needs -Needs information to information to be organized be organized and step by and step by step details step details -Most -Most comfortable comfortable memorizing for memorizing for a testa test

STSTFocus: Focus:

MasteryMastery-Works best -Works best alonealone-Fact-based -Fact-based knowledgeknowledge-Dislikes long -Dislikes long explanations explanations and unclear and unclear directionsdirections-Needs -Needs information to information to be organized be organized and step by and step by step details step details -Most -Most comfortable comfortable memorizing for memorizing for a testa test

NFNFFocus: Focus:

ImaginingImagining-Motivated by -Motivated by making a making a difference in difference in the lives of the lives of othersothers-Needs to see -Needs to see the big picture the big picture right from the right from the startstart-Lacks aptitude -Lacks aptitude for logic and for logic and memorizationmemorization-Imagination is -Imagination is one of their one of their strongest toolsstrongest tools

NFNFFocus: Focus:

ImaginingImagining-Motivated by -Motivated by making a making a difference in difference in the lives of the lives of othersothers-Needs to see -Needs to see the big picture the big picture right from the right from the startstart-Lacks aptitude -Lacks aptitude for logic and for logic and memorizationmemorization-Imagination is -Imagination is one of their one of their strongest toolsstrongest tools

NTNTFocus: Focus:

Applying Applying LogicLogic

-The “thinker”-The “thinker”-Dislikes busy -Dislikes busy workwork-A deductive -A deductive problem solverproblem solver-Motivated by -Motivated by mastering, mastering, knowledge and knowledge and joy of joy of intellectual intellectual challengechallenge-Looks for logic-Looks for logic-Likes accuracy-Likes accuracy

NTNTFocus: Focus:

Applying Applying LogicLogic

-The “thinker”-The “thinker”-Dislikes busy -Dislikes busy workwork-A deductive -A deductive problem solverproblem solver-Motivated by -Motivated by mastering, mastering, knowledge and knowledge and joy of joy of intellectual intellectual challengechallenge-Looks for logic-Looks for logic-Likes accuracy-Likes accuracy