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1、LearningStylesInventoryTerryO’Brien’sbook,ALearningCollegeforthe21stCentury,discussestheneedtorethinktraditionallearning.Howdowedecidewhatmethodstousewhentutoringastudent?Whetherformallyorinformally,wemakesometypeoflearningstylesassessment.Whatisalearningstyle?C
2、layJohnston&CarolOrwig,whopublishedaLinguaLinkslibraryontheNetandrunasummerinstituteoflinguistics,say,“alearningstyleistheuniquecollectionofindividualskillsandpreferencesthataffecthowapersonperceives,gathers,andprocessesinformation.”This,inturn,affectsapersoninw
3、hatareas?•howhe/sheworksinagroup•relatestoothers•learnsandsolvesproblems•teaches,works•participatesinactivitiesTheabilitytolearnisthemostimportantskillapersoncanacquire.Manyofusaretutorsbecausewehavemasteredthatskillandwanttoshareitwithothers.Thedifficulttaskocc
4、ursbecausewhatworksforusdoesnotnecessarilyworkforourstudents.Example:Iwriteeverythingdowntoremember-doesnotworkforM-heisdyslexicandmusthearorseepictures.Whatweneedtodoishelpstudentsunderstandthewaytheylearnbest.Whenastudentishavingtroublewithaclass,itisnotnecess
5、arilythedifficultyofthesubjectmatter,butrather,thetypeandleveloflearningskillsrequiredtolearnthematerial.Teachingstyleneedstoberelatedtolearningstyle.Mostoften,wecanonlyassessastudent’slearningstylefromwhatwesee.Wedon’thavemuchtimeastutors.Whatinfluenceslearning
6、styles?Howwethink,howwefeel,whatourphysicalcharacteristicsare,ourcultureandback-groundallinfluencelearningstyles.TraditionallearningstylesVisual—see,thinkinpictures,visualimagesAuditory—talkandlisten,lectureanddiscussionKinesthetic/Factual—likestoworkwithhands,h
7、ands-onexperiments,thisgroupdoesthepoorestLearningStylesInventorySomepeoplefeelthatthesearejusttoosimplified.Therearemanymorestylesandcombina-tions:e.g.,linguistic,logical,spatial,musical,bodily,intrapersonal,andinterpersonal(How-ardGardner’sMultipleIntelligen
8、ceTheory).So,howdoweidentifystylesofourstudents?Somefeelyoucan’tteachanolddognewtricks;ifateacherteachesinacertainway,youmanynotbeabletoteachastudentthatlearningstyle
