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Learning Styles:
One Piece of the PUZZLE
To Optimal Learning
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Approaches To LEARNING STYLES
Necessary for Optimal Learning
Sensory Modes Input
Hemispheric Dominance Process
Multiple Intelligence
Response
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Eric Jenson. Super Teaching. San Diego. The Brain Store, Inc., 1998 On line http://www.mtsu.edu/~chopper/jensen.html
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Bibliography
Gardner, Howard. Frames of Mind: The Theory of Multiple Intelligence. Tenth -Anniversary Edition. New York: Harper Collins, 1993.
Armstrong, Thomas. 7 Kinds of Smarts: Identifying and Developing Your Many Intelligences. New York: Penguin Books, 1993.
Campbell, Linda and Bruce.Teaching and Learning Through Multiple Intelligences. Needham Heights, Mass: Allyn&Bacon, 1996
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Intelligence
The ability to generate new problems to solve.
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Intelligence
The ability to respond successfully to a new situation and the capacity to learn from one’s past experiences.
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Intelligence
The ability to make or offer a service that is valued within one’s culture.
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Intelligence
The ability to solve problems that one encounters in real life.
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IQ tests usually judge who the successful students will be in school but seldom measure how successful they will be in the
real world.
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Too much focus on verbal and logical thinking in assessing intelligence--
neglect other ways of knowing.
Gardner
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Begin to learn something
NEW or DIFFICULT in your
Strength.
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Reinforce it in as many ways possible.
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Linguistic IntelligenceWords- Word Smart
Who? Who? journalist, storyteller, poet, lawyerjournalist, storyteller, poet, lawyer
Abilities? Abilities? argue, persuade, entertain or argue, persuade, entertain or instruct effectively through spoken wordinstruct effectively through spoken word
Characteristics? Characteristics? like word games, tongue twisters, puns, trivia experts, retain facts, read voraciously, write clearly and gain meaning from written word
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Logical-mathematicalNumbers and Logic Logic Smart
Who ? Scientists, accountant , computer programmer
Abilities? reason, sequence, think in terms of cause and effect
Characteristics? create hypotheses, look for conceptual regularities or numerical patterns, enjoy a generally rational outlook on life
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Visual-Spatial IntelligencePictures and Images Picture Smart
Abilities? perceive, transform, and recreate different aspects of the visual-spatial world.
Who? architects, photographers, artists, pilots, mechanical engineers
Characteristics? acute sensitivity to visual details, can visualize vividly, draw or sketch their ideas graphically, and orient themselves in 3-dimensional space with ease
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Musical IntelligenceRhythms and Melodies Music Smart
Who? singers, instrumentalists, and composers
Abilities? perceive, appreciate and produce rhythms and melodies
Characteristics? has a good ear, can sing in tune, keep time to music, and listen to different musical selections with some degree of discernment
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Bodily Kinesthetic Physical Body Smart
Who? athletes, craftspeople, mechanics, surgeons
Abilities? controlling one’s body movements and handling objects skillfully--hands-on people who have good tactile sensitivity, need to move their bodies frequently and get “gut” reactions to things
Characteristics? can be athletic or skilled in sewing, carpentry or model building or enjoy pursuits like hiking, dancing, jogging, camping, swimming or boating
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Interpersonal Works with and understands other people
People Smart
Who? administrator of large
corporation, social workers, teachers, negotiators
Abilities? perceive and be responsive to moods, temperaments, intentions, and desires or others
Characteristics? can be compassionate and socially responsible or manipulative and cunning
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IntrapersonalInner self Self Smart
Who? counselors, theologians and self employed business people
Abilities? can be introspective and enjoy meditation, contemplation or other forms or soul searching
Characteristics? fiercely independent, highly goal-directed, and intensely self-disciplined---prefer to work on their own rather that with others
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Naturalistobserving, understanding, and organizing patterns in the
natural environment Category Smart
Who? Biologist, botanist, chefs
Abilities? discriminate among living things and sensitivity to features of natural worlds.Characteristics? can recognize and classify plants, minerals , and animals. Skills of observing, collecting and categorizing can extend to the “human” environment as well.
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You possess Intelligences
linguisticlogical-mathematicalspatialmusicalbodily kinestheticinterpersonalintrapersonal naturalist
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Makes us UNIQUE Individuals
May strongly identify with one or two
But we have
Combination of strengths and weaknesses makes us unique
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Why the theory of ?
Room for everyone to shine
Incorporates broad spectrum of human abilities
Presents eight different ways to learn
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In Order to be considered an intelligence category it must:
be capable of being symbolized--a way to depict experience through representation
have its own developmental history
be biologically based
culturally valued
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Symbolized
linguistic
logical
spatial
musical
kinesthetic
interpersonal-social
intrapersonal-self
letters--words
numbers
pictures- geo figures
notes--clef signs
body language
shaking hands- waving
dream images
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Each intelligence uses a separate cognitive process for
MEMORY (remember melodies different from faces)ATTENTION (details of pictures and body language)PERCEPTION ( pitch and verbal sounds)
PROBLEM SOLVING (math problems and personal problems)
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Is there a test?
Identify the intelligencesbeing used in the following activities. Considerthat may be used.
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Linguistic, Logical-mathematical, Spatial, Musical, Bodily-kinesthetic, Interpersonal, Intrapersonal,
Naturalist
1. Singing in the choir at church.2. Working a jigsaw puzzle.3. Working a crossword puzzle.4. Solving "who done it" in a mystery.5. Giving advice to people at work.6. Writing poetry.7. Knowing the words to many popular
songs.
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8. Enjoying having time for yourself9. Humming a jingle you've heard on TV.10. Doodling while talking on the phone
or taking notes.11. Computing numbers in your head.12. Reading for pleasure as often as possible.13. Playing a sport.14. Sewing.15. Framing a house.16. Writing an essay.17. Keeping a personal journal or diary.
18. Taking photographs.
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19. Meditating.20. Arguing.21. Appreciating the color and balance of a
picture.22. Creating mnemonics.23. Rearranging a room.24. Categorizing objects25. Perceiving the moods of others.26. Working alone on a problem.27. Keeping rhythm to a song.28. Studying in a group.29. Using concept maps, graphs, or pictures
to learn.
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30. Organizing collections.31. Finding a rational explanation for an
occurrence.32. Having trouble sitting still.33. Noticing changes in the environment.34. Showing someone how to do something.35. Visiting with friends36. Spending a weekend alone.
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You would want to begin with your strongest.
If for a biology test you needed to learn the seven major taxonomic categories, or taxa, used in
classification kingdomphylum class order family genus species
You might use each of the intelligences to learn them.
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Begin to learn something
NEW or DIFFICULT in your
Strength.
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Reinforce it in as many ways possible.
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Linguistic
King Phillip Came Over For Good Spaghetti.
Kyle’s Putting Chowder on the Four Giant Spiders.
Karen Preston Came Over From the Gulf States.
Kevin Put Corn On the Forrest Green Spinach.
Kathy Pretended Connor was From Germany and Spain.
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Intrapersonal
You as a human being belong to the following categories:
Animal KingdomPhylum of ChordatesClass of mammalsOrder of primatesGenus of HomoSpecies of Homo
Sapiens
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CCC's
kingdomphylum
class
order
familygenus
species
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Musical
Can you think of a tune?
1. kingdom2. phylum 3. class 4. order 5. family 6. genus 7. species
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You possess all Intelligences
linguisticlogical-mathematicalspatialmusicalbodily kinestheticinterpersonalintrapersonal naturalist
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Begin to learn something
NEW or DIFFICULT in your
Strength.
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Reinforce it in as many ways possible.
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Eric Jenson. Super Teaching. San Diego. The Brain Store, Inc., 1998 On line http://www.mtsu.edu/~chopper/jensen.html
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Sensory Modes
Visual AuditoryKinesthetic
Input preference
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Hemispheric Dominance
Left Brain
Right Brain
Process Preference
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Multiple Intelligencelinguisticlogical-mathematicalspatialmusicalbodily kinestheticinterpersonalintrapersonal Naturalist
Response Preference