What’s YOUR Learning Style?

1. What’s YOUR Learning Style? Student Academic Support Services and Inclusion (SASSI) University of Tennessee Health Science Center 901-448-5056 SASSI@uthsc.edu Adopted from Kay C. Dee & Glen A. Livesay Department of Biomedical Engineering Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70118 USA

2. Example I Raw Score Percentile_____Did Not Finish Vocabulary 62 35 10 Comprehension 54 23 16 Reading Rate 247 52

3. Example II Raw Score Percentile___Did Not Finish Vocabulary 67 50 Comprehension 56 26 Reading Rate 261 61

4. Example III Raw Score Percentile___Did Not Finish Vocabulary 63 39 Comprehension 66 54 Reading Rate 247 52

5. Visual Verbal Intuitive Sensing Sequential Global Active Reflective Index of Learning Styles: Overview

6. ILS Domains Active Reflective • Process information while doing something active • Group work • May start tasks prematurely • Processes information introspectively • Likes independent work • May never get around to starting tasks “Let’s make sure we’ve thought this through.” “Let’s just try it out.”

7. Reflective Active Catering to YOUR Learning Style

8. ILS Domains SensingIntuitive • Focuses on what is seen, heard, touched, etc. • Prefers concrete information: facts and data • Focuses on ideas, possibilities, theories • Prefers abstract information: theory and models “How does this class relate to the real world?” “All we did were plug-and-chug assignments.”

9. Sensing Intuitive Cater to YOUR Learning Style

10. ILS Domains VisualVerbal • Pictures • Diagrams • Flow charts • Mapping • Spoken words • Written words • Formulas/Numbers “Show me the systems you’re talking about.” “Explain what’s going on inside the systems.”

11. Visual Verbal Cater to YOUR Learning Style

12. ILS Domains SequentialGlobal • Big picture • Starts slow andthen makes conceptual leaps • Good at creative synthesis • Details, steps, process, etc. • Steady progress • Good at detailed analysis “I need to focus on one part of the project and get it done - then I can move onward.” “I need to see how this all fits together before I can start the project.”

13. Sequential Global Cater to YOUR Learning Style

14. Everyone learns both actively and reflectively, both visually and verbally, etc. However, most people have a stronger preference for one. Try to balance the two modalities to enhance the learning process. This doesn’t mean we “put people in boxes.”