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Learning Styles and Studying How YOU will relate to this chapter What a learni re you mos ng abo t inter Ho u t ? ested w lear...

Learning Styles and Studying How YOU will relate to this chapter What a learni re you mos ng abo t inter Ho u t ? ested w lear in Ho ning c hange w peo s your ways p le are in brain tellige Ho nt in d w y ou ifferen learn t Ho throug w yo h your your l ur persona sense s earnin lity ty W g style pe can h at m affect help y e t acogn ou ition i Ho s and w to a how it pply y can y ou r s our le tudy s arning Ho t yle style t w to b o an d m e c o me an ake a maste intentional r stud y plan learner Tammy Ko  Learning and the Brain The art and science of asking questions is the source of all knowledge. Thomas Berger, American novelist Exercise 3.1: Your View © 2018 Cengage. All rights reserved.  Exercise 3.1 Assessing Your Views on Learning © 2018 Cengage. All rights reserved.  Learning and the Brain Your professors have been studying their disciplines for years, perhaps decades. They are experts. By contrast, you are a novice to whatever discipline you’re studying. Sometimes professors are so familiar with what they already know that without even realizing it, they can expect what is familiar to them to be obvious to you. “The best learners... often make the worst teachers. They are, in a very real sense, perceptually challenged. They cannot imagine what it must be like to struggle to learn something that comes so naturally to them.”  Learning and the Brain Since you’re a novice, you may not understand everything your professors say. Ask questions, check, clarify, probe, and persist until you do understand. Sometimes your confusion is not due to a lack of knowledge, but a lack of the correct knowledge. Curiosity: Can you build a better brain?  Create the Best Conditions for Learning 1. You’re intrinsically motivated (from within yourself) to learn material that is appropriately challenging. Are you internally motivated because you’re curious about the subject and want to learn about it or externally motivated to get an A or avoid an F? 2. You’re appropriately stressed, but generally relaxed. You learn best in a state of relaxed alertness, a state of high challenge and low threat. 3. You’re curious about what you’re learning and look forward to learning it. When we come to know something, Get weready to learn by looking back have performed and by looking ahead. an act that is as biological as when we digest something. Focus on substance, not style. Henry Plotkin, Darwin Machines and the Nature of Knowledge (1994)  Create the Best Conditions for Learning 4. You search for personal meaning and patterns. Ask yourself: What’s in it for me? Think about how courses relate to one another 5. Your emotions are involved, not just your mind. Evaluate your attitudes and feelings Make a deliberate decision to change negative feelings. 6. You realize that as a learner you use what you already know in constructing new knowledge. Remind yourself that constructing knowledge takes work Remember that passive learning is an oxymoron. Learning is not so much an additive process, with new learning simply piling up on top of existing knowledge, as it is an active, dynamic process in which the connections are constantly changing and the structure reformatted. K. Patricia Cross, Professor Emerita of Higher Education, University of California, Berkeley Create the Best Conditions for Learning 7. You are given a degree of choice in what you learn, how you do it, and feedback on how you’re doing. Make the most of the choices you’re given. Use feedback to improve, and if feedback is not given, ask for it. Assignment: You Got Grit? Control: Got Grit? How are You Smart?  How are You Smart? Linguistic Logical- Spatial Bodily- Mathematical Kinesthetic Musical Interperson Intraperson Naturalist al al ic Exercise 3.2: Self Assessment  Exercise 3.2 Multiple Intelligences Self- Assessment © 2018 Cengage. All rights reserved.  How Are You Smart? Most schools focus on particular types of intelligence; linguistic and logical-mathematical intelligence, reflecting the three R’s: reading, writing, and ’rithmetic. Intelligence is actually multifaceted. Intelligence can be defined as “the ability to find and solve problems and create products of value in one or more cultural setting.” So instead of asking the traditional question “How smart are you?” a better question is “How are you smart?”  Intelligence-Oriented Study Techniques © 2018 Cengage. All rights reserved.  How Do You Perceive and Process Information? Style—we all have it, right? What’s yours? Baggy jeans and a T-shirt? Sandals, even in the middle of winter? A signature hairdo that defies gravity? What’s a learning style? A learning style is defined as your “characteristic and preferred way of gathering, interpreting, organizing, and thinking about information.” The way you perceive information and the way you process it—your perceiving/ processing preferences—are based in part on your senses. Which sensory modalities do you prefer to use to take in information— your eyes (visual-graphic or visual-words), your ears (aural), or all your senses using your whole body (kinesthetic)?  How Do You Perceive and Process Information? Do you prefer teachers who lecture? Teachers who use visuals such as charts, web pages, and diagrams to explain things? Or teachers who plan field trips, use role-plays, and create simulations?  How Do You Perceive and Process Example: Information? Assume a rich relative you didn’t even know you had leaves you some money, and you decide to use it to buy a new car. You must first answer many questions: 1. What kind of car do you want to buy—an SUV, a sedan, a sports car, a van, or a truck? 2. What are the differences between various makes and models? 3. How do prices, comfort, and safety compare? 4. Who provides the best warranty? 5. Which car do consumers rate highest? How would you go about learning the answers to all these questions?  Using Your VARK Preferences VARK (Visual, Auditory, Reading/writing, and Kinesthetic) 1. You can use your preferences to get the best results. 2. You can pay attention to how you study, not just what you study. https://leverageedu.com/blog/vark-learning-styles/ 3. You can make conscious choices that positively affect your overall college success. Exercise 3.3: © 2018 Cengage. All rights reserved. Your VARK Style  Using Your VARK Preferences © 2018 Cengage. All rights reserved.  STARTING A NEW HABIT Career Outlook: Start a New Habit https://medium.com/shapescale/the-power-of-habit-2c27a4543153 © 2018 Cengage. All rights reserved. What Role Does Personality Play?  Using Your Personality Translate for Maximum Comfort. Each person is an exception to the Your instructor may have a different learning style rule. Adapt course material to what works best for you Carl Jung, psychiatrist (1875-1961) Make Strategic Choices. Don’t use your style as an excuse Become more versatile Take Full Advantage. Make the most of your time in college Pursue new learning opportunities https://www.teachhub.com/teaching-strategies/2020/01/what-are-the-different-types-of-learners/ © 2018 Cengage. All rights reserved. earning Disability? Five Ways to Help Yourse Learning Disability? Five ways to help yourself https://crepance-idolatrised-spelean.xyz/bd476u1y?key=0f22c1fd609f13cb7947c8cabfe1a90d&submetric=14920667 https://www.istockphoto.com/illustrations/learning-disability  Meta-what? Metacognition, Reading and Studying Meta = About Cognition = Thinking and Learning Metacognition = Thinking about Thinking and Learning about Learning Metacognition: Knowing about yourself as a learner. Identifying learning goals and progress. Using your self-awareness to learn at your best. Exercise 3.4: © 2018 Cengage. All rights reserved. Study Assessment  Exercise 3.4 Study Habit Self-Assessment © 2018 Cengage. All rights reserved.  Apply Your Learning Style to Your Study Style Visual: Convert your lecture notes to a visual style Turn visuals back into words to prepare for tests Put complex concepts into flowcharts and graphs Aural: Read your notes aloud Listen to your own voice as you answer test questions Ask others to “hear” you understanding the material Read/Write: Write out your lecture notes again and again Translate diagrams into text Write out potential exam answers https://knilt.arcc.albany.edu/Unit_1:_What_are_learning_styles%3F_How_are_they_identified%3F Kinesthetic: Recall © 2018 Cengage. experiments, All rights reserved. field trips, etc  Make a Master Study Plan 1. Make sure you understand your assignments. 2. Schedule yourself to be in three places at once. (Past, Present, Future) 3. Talk through your learning challenges. 4. Be a stickler. 5. Take study breaks. 6. Mix it up. 7. Estimate how long it will take. https://www.examples.com/business/plans/study-plan-templates-for-students.html © 2018 Cengage. All rights reserved.  Make a Master Study Plan 8. Vary your study techniques by course content. 9. Study earlier, rather than later. 10. Create artificial deadlines for yourself. 11. Treat school as a job. Show up. https://emssiium.com/academic-accounting/ 12. © 2018 Cengage. All rights reserved.  When the Heat Is On… 1. Triage. 2. Use every spare moment to study. 3. Give it the old one-two-three- four punch. 4. Get a grip on your gaps. 5. Cram, but only as the very last resort. Exercise 3.5: Disciplined Studying © 2018 Cengage. All rights reserved.  Exercise 3.5 “Disciplined” Studying © 2018 Cengage. All rights reserved.  Chapter 3: Exercises Chapter Exercise Assessing Your Views on Learning Chapter Exercise Multiple Intelligences Self Assessment Chapter Exercise Interpreting your VARK Preferences Study Habit Self-Assessment Chapter Exercise “Disciplined” Studying Chapter Exercise Audio Audio Summary of Chapter 3 Chapter Summary Back to Menu © 2018 Cengage. All rights reserved.  Chapter 3 Audio Summary Download Chapter 3 Audio Summary Transcript (Download Chapter 3 Audio Summary Transcript.txt) © 2018 Cengage. All rights reserved.