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Learning Styles v. Learning Approaches

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 2010-10-07 10:47.

Abstract for attached article:

The Learning Styles school and the Approaches to Learning school represent two rather different perspectives on the interaction of students with a learning situation. This paper outlines the basic positions of the two schools, and then considers the extent to which it is possible to reconcile them.

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Great Video on Teaching

Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 2010-10-06 13:41.

This link takes you to an excellent video about working with Deep and Surface Learners. It's about 20 minutes long.

 Video on Teaching

 

Thinking Through Undergraduate Student Learning - Learning Styles

Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 2008-09-29 09:40.
What do you know about how students learn?

There are 3 main learning styles: auditory, visual and kinesthetic. Keep this in mind when planning your tutorial groups. It may be helpful to ask students to consider their own learning styles. Once aware of how they best learn, they may be able to have more input in how you facilitate their learning. Students may be interested in the following learning style questionnaire from the University of South Dakota:

http://www.usd.edu/trio/tut/ts/style.html
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