Learning Styles
Knowing about my students learning styles can be helpful when putting together my course content. I can use this information to tailor my lecture plans to meet the needs of my students so they can excel in the classroom through their learning style. I teach accounting and finance courses and bring a lot of different learning styles in my course delivery. I give handouts to students so they can work out the problems in class along with a visual aid of using a working example in Excel.
In my teaching setting, my students appreciate the variety of visual materials I use for class, but respond most enthusiastically when I bring something to build or spill or shape. They don't seem to realize they are still learning. Recently when I was planning to ask the students to present a topic, I instead opened the computer lab. Their presentations turned out surprisingly well, with their proficiency in findng material on the internet. Note to self: remember learning styles and technological avenues.
As an English instructor, cognitive strategies that I review to help students engage and develop the writing process are, in actuality, related learning style modalites. So this topic lends itself to the interesting question of learning styles and their relevance to writing and using writing to learn, and not just learning, ipso facto.
I have found over time that alot of students need the visual aid to help them learn the material
