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I'm enrolled in the Adult. education program at Bellevue University. Come learn with me...

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I define learning as taking a response or knowledge and applying it to real life. Learning can take place by formal education or just by the learning of new skills and is a continual process throughout our lives. I always feel fulfilled if I learn something new every day.

As learners, each of us bring a range of experiences, competencies, and interests to the table. Face it...our entire lives have been defined by how we learn. Growing up my sister loved to read....and I didn't. She followed directions word-for-word...I didn't. I would look at the finished product (or a picture) and put whatever it was together...she couldn't. I was mechanical...she was anything but mechanical.

We have all learned that our brains are all wired differently. One of reasons people learn differently is associated with the dominant side of their brains. Some people are left brain dominant, some people are right brain dominant, and some are split right down the middle and use both. There are very specific characteristics pertaining to each and each has an effect on how we, adult learners, actually learn.

Knowing that everyone learns differently, do you feel that teachers should create learning assignments that cater to everyone? I think that a creative learning environment will encompass many different styles of teaching...which in-turn will help different styles of learning. Have the students participate, answer questions, use a board, PPT presentation, have an area where students can practice (if applicable), etc.

If you take the quizzes and you know what kind of learner you are. Example: If you are an auditory learner, sit at the front of the room so you can hear. Don't sit by a window so that you can get easily distracted. Put into effect all the information you learned about your particular style of learning. Everyone wins this way. There will be times that some lessons will just require you to take in the information and then you have to figure out "how" to learn the most from it.

The bottom-line is, find out how you learn the best...and use it. It will make your job of learning easier and it will help the teacher to create a more fruitful learning environment.

How do you learn? Do you learn best by seeing, hearing, or acting out the information you are learning? In other words, are you a mostly a visual, auditory, or tactile/kinesthetic learner? Actually, everybody uses a variety of the methods, but one method or type is usually dominant in each individual.

If you learn which is your dominant learning style you can improve your learning. Here are a couple different quizzes to help you determine your style.

There are many other tests out on the web to help you compare the results. Here's a few of them. Have fun!

http://people.usd.edu/~bwjames/tut/learning-style/

http://www.edutopia.org/multiple-intelligences-learning-styles-quiz

http://www.educationplanner.org/education_planner/discovering_article.asp?sponsor=2859&articleName=Learning_Styles_Quiz

Happy Learning Everybody!


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Wednesday 15 June 2011

Too Funny...I Knew This One!!

I had a doctors appointment this morning.  While checking in with the nurse (where they ask you the 50 questions), guess what question she ask me? 

"Ms. Bailey, are you a Visual, Auditory, or Tactile Learner?"  I just had to laugh.  I told her that I am equally divided amongst the three styles.  How's that for timing.  LOL.

Shelley
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