Use a three-stage model to help learners identify and apply their learning-style characteristics¶

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Description¶

The article describes a three-stage developmental model (Reynolds & Werner, 2003) in which learners 'first identify their learning-style characteristics; next to understand their current effective or ineffective learning strategies; and, then to construct new learning strategies that incorporate their own learning-style characteristics.' The author also recommends making learning-style characteristics overt through individual discussions and independent student investigation.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Educators must accept that learners exhibit different learning needs and learning-style characteristics, spanning perceptual preferences, physical environmental needs, social environmental preferences, cognitive styles, time of day, and motivation.

Constraints¶

• The author frames the needed mindset change as primarily one of 'theory into practice.'

Target Learners¶

• College students, particularly developmental reading and study skills students

Target Learning Goals¶

• Developing more effective, personalized learning strategies based on self-knowledge of learning preferences

Related Strategies¶

• Give learners control over how learning is measured via assessment choices and science-fair-type projects

Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• Jim Reynolds. (2006). Learning-Centered Learning: A Mindset Shift for Educators. Inquiry, Volume 11, Number 1, Spring 2006, 55-64. http://www.vccaedu.org/inquiry/inquiry-spring2006/i-11-reynolds.html