... I remember as a young child my parents, teachers, and tutor always saying " read the book" and I didn't. I thought that it was just silly to do so and that it wasn't necessary, especially since the teachers would always teach us what was in the book. Now that I am older and have to read more documents and sign more papers on my own, I see why it is important to learn how to read. Most of what we learn is through reading. The more we read, the more we know and the more we are able to remember. Through reading comes knowledge. When we read, our brain processes the information and stores it as memory. This gives us more knowledge because after reading any kind of material several times, we will have eventually learned it and remember it more. This is because our brain has processed the same information, the same words multiple times and has stored it as memory multiple times. This allows us to remember that same information better and retain it for a longer period of time, thus, they will be less likely to forget it. Reading is a form of exposure. Each time we read, we get one exposure to the information. We have five senses through which we gain information: sight, hearing, touch, taste and smell. When we read, we use our sight to pick up information from the page, which then gets sent to our brain. This is in order to fully learn the material, we must read it several times so that each time, our eyes pick up the same words and send them to our brain. This process expands our...
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...Perspective is being able to see things in someone's point of view. In my opinion, perspective is the foremost crucial habit to learn. Although a person can completely understand a situation until faced with it. My mother used to use perspective in her daily life, which highly impacted my development with perspective throughout her career at Job Path. Job Path is a nonprofit organization that helps unemployed people to be able to find jobs in Pima County. She had to view each of the client's positions. She also has to know if the client had a college degree and in what major to be able to help a client in advancing into a successful career. This has helped me to understand a person's personal situation more clearly. Learning perspective is...
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...VARK Learning Analysis December 27, 2014 Everyone learns differently not all learners are the same, each individual has a unique and complex system of thinking and learning. But knowing personal preferred learning style can increase the chance of success in school or at work and can enhance self-esteem. “Learning style varies with the personality style”. (Barman, A; Jaafar, R; & Rahim, A; 2009, p.257). Studies have shown that researchers have found various styles of learning but the most famous modal was created by Neil Fleming, an educator, who designed VARK Learning Style which increase the ability of students to improve their learning to be a successful to achieve their goals in school and in carrier which provide them an opportunity for better understand their students through VARK learning assessment. VARK learning modal identifies four basic learning styles. VARK stand for visual, aural, read/write and kinesthetic. Visual style help learners by remembering things, such as facts they see with their naked eye and to remember it more lastingly. Visual style play a vital role in our everyday lives, it also helps learners to learn more effectively. Aural learning style provide an opportunity for the learner to hear attentively by utilizing his/her hearing skills and write the notes easily. They are also good at oral exams, effective listeners to information delivered orally, such as lectures speeches and oral sessions. The read/write learners prefers to take notes...
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...The standards and learning objectives of my learning segment allow the students to become critical thinkers. Advertisements are a part of life and understanding the purpose of ads, where they appear, and why ads appeal to certain audiences, will help these students become better informed citizens. These are children who spend a large amount of time on the web. For them to begin the process of understanding ads, they can make better, more informed decisions when it comes to products and services. This learning segment is one small step towards that goal of becoming an informed digital citizen. For these students to also be allowed an opportunity to listen, reflect, and share during whole group discussion further bridges the gap. The follow-up,...
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...work on their writing, speaking and listening skills. This activity allows ELL students to practice their sentence structures in conversation with their classmates. They can practice writing when they complete the vocabulary roundtable activity that coincides with this activity. The listening aspect of this is crucial because without good listening skills, the students are not going to be able to take very much away from the activity. It requires that they pay attention to all of the other students in their groups in order to fully understand the reading. By pairing the students into groups, I believe that the ELL students will take away much more than they would completing the reading on their own. Cheverría and Graves also talk about learning strategies and how they can enhance language acquisition and second language listening and thinking skills (106). They say that teachers need to recognize the student's ability level and then help mold the lesson plan in a way that will help the student learn best (106). The lesson plan of Reciprocal Teaching is something that all levels of ELLs can complete. Students can be given things like sentence structures or question starters to help them complete the task. By also pairing the ELL students with other students who are willing to help them learn, this strategy is going to go well. Vocabulary Roundtable- (writing and reading) The vocabulary roundtable allows the student to include any of the vocabulary words they remember and they...
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...Up until lately, all of my learning styles are from an informal approach. For this reason, I have been conditioned to approach learning in numerous ways. Typically, I use a method similar to military training in which there is an explanation, demonstration and a real-world application. A similar saying is on-the-job training. When free to explore learning at my own pace, I often us a humanistic methodology, blended with an experimental and progressive system. Ultimately, I prefer to learn through collaboration. Regardless of the approach, attitude, effort and perseverance are key factors in learning that work for me. I notice some people learn fast, and when the answer just doesn’t come to them, they give up. While others learn slowly, and...
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...There is no universal definition for professional learning community. But we can see a wide range of definitions are exits in the professional learning community framework. PLC may have nuances of explanations in different contexts. Mitchell and Sackney (2000, as cited in Wang, 2018) interpret that “PLC is a set of people sharing and critically interrogating their practice in an ongoing, reflective, collaborative, inclusive, learning oriented, growth-promoting way.” Bolam et al (2005) describes “an effective PLC has the capacity to promote and susutain the learning of all professionals in the school community with the collective purpose of enhancing pupil learning”. According to Hipp and Huffman (2010, as sited in Wang, 2018) they see PLC as “professional educators working collectively and purposefully to create and sustain a culture of learning for all students and adults”. Another definition by Liberman and Miller (1999) describes PLC as “places in which teachers pursue clear shared purposes for student learning, engage in collaborative...
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...Secondly, the focus moves to social learning theory. Learning theory is “deviant behavior is learned through one’s interaction with others” (Thio and et al, 2012. p.23). Also, Edwin Sutherland, an American sociologist, “developed the theory of different association to explain how the learning of deviance comes about” ((Thio and et al, 2012. p.23). The theory of different association explains that people who are related to others holding deviant ideas have higher likelihood of committing deviant behavior than people who do not have interaction with those with deviant ideas. People learn deviant ideas and/or different ideas from one’s own from different group. There are more other explains and corrections. For example, Glaser insists the deviant...
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...Personal Learning Plan Past Achievements I earned my Associate and Bachelor degrees both through the University of Grantham while serving my country full time and fulfilling the role of Mom to three very active children . Strengths I am self-directed and motivated from within to learn new subjects and it drives me to complete my assignments with a great amount of attention to detail. My reservoir runs over with life experiences in which will serve me well as a resource for learning. What I need to Work on I need to discard my preconceived notions about what college is and isn't. I must open my mind to the new experience and embrace the knowledge that I am obtaining to help me in the future. Reading the discussion posts will help me see...
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...Running head: V.A.R.K. LEARNING STYLE ANALYSIS V.A.R.K. Learning Style Analysis Grand Canyon University Family-Centered Health Promotion: NRS 429v Melanie Escobar, RN MSN March 11, 2012 V.A.R.K. Learning Style Analysis Introduction From the time of birth, individuals are constantly learning. Individual learning styles vary from person to person. It is essential to the education of the individual to learn the particular style of learning that best serves them. One particular analysis tool is the visual, aural, read/write, kinesthetic or V.A.R.K. tool (VARK, 2011). This tool allows the individual to identify their particular learning style which will better prepare them throughout their education. My Learning Style Upon completion of the online questionnaire with scores of visual: ten, aural: two, read/write: fourteen, and kinesthetic: eight, it was determined that this student’s learning preference is multimodal. It is estimated that 60 percent of individuals belong to this class of learning styles (VARK, 2011). Being aware of one’s learning style will better equip the individual with an understanding of how to communicate and how to assimilate information which will enhance learning (Mestre, 2010, p.814). The read/write category concentrates on what is in the written word. The individual absorbs more information from books, handouts, notes or anything that can be physically seen. Visual learners concentrate on graphs, diagrams, power point presentations, and pictures...
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...Vark Learning Styles Ranee Tozer Grand Canyon University Family Centered Health Promotion NRS 429V-0105 Carrie Trimberger June 29, 2014 Vark Learning Styles The Vark learning system is a guide to help individuals identify and analyze their learning styles. Within the system there are five domains for analyzing learning visual, aural, kinesthetic, reading/ writing and multimodal. According to Fleming (2011), approximately 60% of the population fits the multimodal category. This writer is among that percentage. The results of the test yielded the following information; Visual-2, aural-12, reading/writing-5 and kinesthetic-11. A review of the different learning styles and how they affect learning will be discussed in the following paragraphs. A multimodal profile can have varied combinations of two or more of the learning styles. They may have equal strength is all categories, or show a dominance in two or three of the categories. The multimodal learner can adapt and change their mode of learning to suit the learning situation or to interact with others for a positive outcome. This profile gives an individual the opportunity to use all their preferences to get a well-rounded understanding of the material to be learned or conveyed (Fleming, 2011). The visual learner uses pictures, diagrams, slides, and flow charts amongst other visually pleasing designs to take in information. Fleming (2011) suggests when studying to draw and reconstruct your lectures using pictures, symbols...
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...Running head: ANALYSIS OF VARK LEARNING STRATEGIES Analysis of VARK Learning Strategies “The acronym VARK stands for Visual, Aural, Read/write, and Kinesthetic sensory modalities that are used for learning information (Fleming & Mills, 1992)”. Each person learns in a unique yet definable way, and through the utilization of the VARK system, categories have been established to assist in understanding and promoting effective learning by the individual. The VARK system is based on a questionnaire where each person describes their response to a given situation, and the compilation of the answers then allows these results to place the individual within one of the four identified groups, with the addition of a fifth being an all-encompassing “multimodal learning preference (Fleming & Mills, 1992)”. The design of the program assists the learner to not only receive their identified learning style, but allows for the instruction of changes or habits that the individual may find helpful in developing their learning effectiveness. Visual learning includes the use of printed graphs, charts, and visual comparisons by using labels, arrows, and symbols that the individual can associate with items of interest. The visual learner equates symbols and figures, and this allows them to process and retain the information more effectively. This style of learning was identified with the lowest number upon completion of the personal questionnaire. Aural/Auditory learning involves...
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...After taking two quizzes, I found out that my primary learning style is visual, and secondary style is mixed auditory with tactile. These modalities according to the lecture are the most common learning styles in the US. No wonder that many in-person lectures in the US are focused a lot on visual content (power points, charts, graphics) from my experience, versus other countries where learning approach takes auditory and tactile style side. In the textbook, Beebe and Mottet also mentioned that “cultural background is an important factor in shaping how people prefer to learn” (p 49). I agree, trainer has to keep in mind cultural background of the trainee, but take into account personal observation, rather than just assume: Alright, this person...
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...For my Final paper in this class, I have decided to do a comparative analysis between the movies Higher Learning and Smoke Signals. I will briefly summarize each movie in a few paragraphs and then I will discuss the similarities and differences between the themes in each movie before I discuss overall comparisons between characters, filming techniques used, and racial stereotypes. "Higher Learning" takes place at the fictitious Columbus University, where the producer makes use of a Christopher Columbus statue to suggest a racist atmosphere. Still, he does this effectively during harsh, well-observed opening scenes that capture different attitudes of white and black students on campus. A white students' pep rally is given a frightening intensity. A young white woman clutches her purse tightly when she finds herself in an elevator with a black student. The two groups' different musical tastes present an amusing contrast and a great use of sound design which is described in our textbook American On Film by Benshoff and Griffin. Mr. Singleton creates a lively air of expectation as his half-dozen main characters settle into their dorm rooms and the battle lines are drawn. John Singleton's film, Higher Learning, about the racial and sexual prejudices that color life on a college campus turns out to be an involuntary example of the same small-mindedness it deplores. Everyone here, from beer drinking white fraternity boys to rap-loving, marijuana smoking black students harassed by...
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...Dr. White taught me a great deal about myself. I learned from her presentation that I am an analytic and global learner. When I received my score for the "Your Style of Learning and Thinking" survey it was a zero meaning I can learn both analytically and globally. Once Dr. White told us about the to learning styles I could clearly see why I was in the middle. An analytical learner learning preference is verbally written or oral and global learner learning preference is visual, tactual, and kinesthetic. I find it easy to learn either way and I believe it will help me be able to teach my students better. After listening to Dr. White's lecture I want to start, that I teach, with a learning style surgery. I want to see what learn style best fits each of my students so I know how to teach...
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