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Learning & Teaching Styles
Instructors need to learn about student learning styles in order to understand how to reach and engage all of their students. An understanding of how learning styles and teaching styles interact is essential. The sites below are excellent resources to find out about learning styles and also to find inventories that assess learning styles. You can add your comments and recommendations concerning these materials by simply clicking on the “Write a comment” link that is on the right side of the webpage containing a full description of the material.
For all resources on Learning and Teaching Styles, click here.
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Description |
Student Learning Styles and Their Implications for Teaching |
Center for Research on Learning and Teaching, University of Michigan |
This article from the University of Michigan researchers suggests that all faculty members need an understanding of learning styles in order to teach. |
Learning Styles & Preferences |
Center for Teaching, Vanderbilt University |
This site provides information about learning styles, models of learning styles, multiple intelligences, etc. |
Learning Styles |
Richard Felder, North Carolina State University |
This includes links to articles on the Felder-Silverman Learning Style model, other models, and an Index of Learning Styles to assess learning preferences. |
Learning Styles |
Center for Teaching Effectiveness, University of Delaware. |
This site provides links to a number of tests to determine learning style. Those include: Grasha-Riechmann Surveys (teaching and learning), Keirsey Temperament Sorter, Index of Learning Styles, Meyers-Briggs Inventory, and VARK (Visual, Audio, Reading, Kinesiology)Preferences. |
Learning Styles: Fact and Fiction |
Derek Bruff, Center for Teaching, Vanderbilt University |
In his blog, Bruff discusses some controversial issues about learning styles. |
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