Learning Styles and Models of Teaching

1. Learning Styles and Models of Teaching Individual Differences and Learning Situations

2. Topics

3. Taught Curriculum • Formal Curriculum • Enacted Curriculum (Actual) • Learned Curriculum Assessed Curriculum • Null Curriculum • Indexed Curriculum

4. Rationale

5. Learning Styles Defined

6. What is the difference?

7. Learning Style, Models of Teaching, and Actual Learning Inductive Thinking Gender, Ethnicity, SES, Race, Disability, Home Environment, Childhood Experiences, Geographic Differences, Cultural Differences, Motivation, Resiliency… Hypothesis Development Picture-Word Inductive Scientific Inquiry Learning Style Memorization Creative Thinking Advances Organizers Paired Learning Values Non -Directive Teaching Mastery Learning Direct Instruction Simulations Equity

8. Survey

9. Learning Styles: Theories, Models and Measures Curry’s Onion Model (1983, 1987)

10. Instructional Preference Learning Preference Inventory (LPI) (Rezler & Resmovic, 1981).

11. Information Processing

12. Kolb’s Learning Style Inventory

13. Scoring Kolb’s LSI Scoring Guide Add each column Total score = 120 Graphing your score/style On the vertical axis (concrete) graph score in column 1 On the horizontal axis (Reflective/Observation) graph score in column 2 On the vertical axis (Abstract Conceptualization) axis graph the score in column 3 On the horizontal axis (Active Experimentation) graph the score in column 4 Join the four dots. Dominant (27-40), Intermediate (16-26), low (10-15)

16. Meyer-Briggs Type: Eight Psychological Type Preferences (Mamchur, 1996, pg. 4)

18. A Short Lesson

19. Some Theories Discomfort and Learning

20. In your experience, what is the relationship between discomfort and learning in the classroom setting?

21. Marginal Learners

23. Multiple Intelligence Theory (Gardner, 1993)

24. Teacher’s Response to Learner’s Needs “In the differentiated classroom the teacher makes consistent efforts to respond to the student’s learning needs” (Tomlinson, 1999) • Respectful Tasks • Flexible Grouping • Ongoing Assessment and Adjustment • Content • Differentiated • Process Differentiation • Product Differentiation • Readiness • Learning Style • Student Interest

25. Instructional Leadership: Pair-Share (5 minutes)

26. Literature Review

27. Literature Review Continued……………….

28. Literature Review Continued…………………

30. Instructional Leadership Implications

31. Questions and Discussion