Learning Styles Report- TS2AS5
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Jessica Todd
Part 1- Learning Style Model
Section 1
The learning style model of Dunn and Dunn is divided into 5 different strands these
being; Environmental, Emotional, Sociological, Physiological and Psychological.
Each of these strands have 4-5 different elements that may affect the learning of the
student. The environment strand has four components or elements the environment
of the learner. These are the sound, light, temperature and design of the
environment. The emotional strand be affected by the motivation, perseverance,
responsibility and the structure of the learner. This strand looks at the elements and
how they compare with each other. The Sociological strand looks at how the learner
learns in a classroom. Weather the student can work alone, with a friend, in a group
all team depends on their learning style. The strand also looks at if the student works
better with an adult or expert in the particular field or perhaps the student needs a
variety of all these elements every day. The Physiological strands looks at the
elements mobility of the student and how they move around. The intake of food and
drink for the student is a element that can be affected. Also the time of the day and
the perceptual model are elements that can be affected through the Physiological
strand. Finally the psychological strand looks at the different processing styles.
These are the differences between analytic and global processing styles. The left
side of the brain is the analogical and the right side of the brain is the creative side.
(Dunn. R, 2000)
The Multiple Intelligence model has eight different intelligences. This model suggests
that people have different types of intelligences these are;
Kinaesthic- body smart means that the person may enjoy athletic sports, and
being active
Logical- number smart. this person may be good at mathematics and other
number activities and enjoy solving problems.
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Intrapersonal- myself smart. this person will know their self very well and their
strengths and weaknesses. They will probably keep a diary and be very
organised.
Visual/Spatial- Picture smart. this person will be good at art and be creative.
They will be good at visually remembering maps, graphs and findig your way
through mazes.
Linguistic- Word smart. This person may enjoy writing, reading and talking
about subjects they may read about.
Interpersonal- People smart. This person will like to mix with other people and
socially be joined to many clubs. They will enjoy playing team games and are
a good sharer.
Musical- Music Smart. This person will enjoy musica and can recognise sound
and quality of tune.
Naturalistic- Nature smart. This person will enjoy the world, plants and
animals. They will be very caring of these topics, and enjoy learning new
knowledge of these topics.
(Gardner,2000)
The VARK learning style model is based on a test to suggest what type of learner
you may be. The test are assorted multiple questions based on study and general
situations. The end results are subjected to three types of learners; Visual, auditory u
and Tactile. Sometimes you may have a result ending in a combination of Visual and
Auditory learners. If you are a visual learner you learn through reading and
memorising pictures and words. You like to see what you are learning, you are
usually clean and often close your eyes to visualise and remember something. There
are many strategies that a visual learner can do to improve your learning. For
example sitting up the front of the classroom. The Auditory learner learn through
hearing and listening. You store information by the way you have heard it and the
way it sounds and you prefer to listen over writing. An auditoria learner will often talk
or hum to themselves, they will also need to read out loud what they have written as
they are able to hear themselves to learn it. A strategy that a auditory person my use
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to benefit their learning is having your hearing checked regular. The final learning
style is the Tactile learner. This person may learn through touch and doing. This
person will understand and remember things by physically doing them. You would be
called a “Hands on” learner. They would learn better if there was some sort of
physical activity involved. Using your hands to fix things or develop them assisted
you to understand the topic. Strategies that may benefit you as a tactile learner are
participating in activities that involve touching, building, moving and drawing.
(VARK learning styles, 2000)
Dunn & Dunn are more complex then VARK as it has more elements outlining the
environment and learning styles therefore you as a teacher can combined the two to
provide maximum learning, through understanding how we learn and what affects
personal learning.
VARK has only three types of learning styles, compared to Dunn and Dunn which
has 21 elements within five strands and Gardner has eight intelligences.
Gardner is also about you reflecting personality and interests where VARK is about
how you learn personally.
VARK is simple, specific and good for large groups to learn in. Gardners learning
model gets broader throughout the research and is great for large groups. Dunn and
Dunn learning style model is best suited for individuals
There are many different models of research but all the researches agree on one
thing this being:” that every individual has a way of learning that is unique to that
individual” (Dunn & Dunn learning styles models, 2000, pp 1)
Section 2
I choose the Dunn and Dunn learning style model. This model is very complex as it
is divided into five strands of 21 elements. These affect the different learning style of
each individual child. The elements are made up of biological and developmental
elements. The main point that the Dunn and Dunn model is that all people can learn,
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but we all have different individual learning styles, and have our own unique ways of
mastering difficult topics. The five elements are as followed; Environment, Emotional,
Sociological, Physiological and Psychological. (T. Dybvig, 2011)
The Environments strand consists of these elements; lighting of the room, sound
and temperature of the room or environment and the seating arrangements around
the tutor. An example of this strand is that some people need a warm and quiet room
to focus in but other people need music in the back ground to focus. The seating
arrangement or design of the room is an important aspect as some people enjoy a
casual seating where they can work on the floor or on a bed and some people need
to be seated at a desk where they can spread out. (Dun & Dunn, 2000)
The Emotional strand consists of these elements; motivation and persistence of the
learner, responsibility and structure of the learner. The motivation of a person can
change depending on the mood of that person. Persistence means how good that
person is at multi task and weather the person can complete many assignments or
tasks at the same time or if they have to complete one task to a satisfactory standard
before they can move on to their next task. Responsibility of the learner depends on
weather they are conforming or non-conforming. The learner should be compliant
towards the teacher therefore they are willing to learn. For example if the learner
can’t be bothered to be there and do not want to learn. It will make it hard for the
learner and teacher. The structure of the learning occurs depending on weather the
learner needs specific information about the certain task. For example children need
specific instructions on how to clean their hands but adults do not need them as they
have don’t this task many times before. (Dun & Dunn, 2000)
The Sociological strand consists of elements in the way we like to learn. These
elements are; being alone, working with a pair, working as a group, working with an
adult or expert in the particular field or perhaps a variety of all of these elements.foe
example some people study or learn by themselves as they have no one to distract
them. Some people work better with other students around them to motivated them
bounce ideas off each other. Many of us do need a adult of teacher to supervise us
or work alongside of us to assist with the learning.(Dun & Dunn, 2000)
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The physiological strand is built up of four elements these being; Mobility, Intake,
Time of the day and Perceptual modes. The mobility of a student is very important as
not many of us enjoy sitting still for a long period of time. 50 % of us need to move
around to be able to stay concentrated for example we may just need to sit up and
stretch or go for a walk outside. Only 25% of us enjoy sitting still and quiet. The
intake of food and drink per day is highly important for anybody. For small children
they will need food more often than adults to keep their blood sugar levels up as they
are more active and learning new and difficult information. The time of the day is
another very important elements as this can vary from person to person. Whether
you are a early morning person or a late night person depends on when is a good
time for you to concentrate at. People that are early morning people work well in the
morning and people who work well in the evening are call owls as they are at the
best at night time. Finally the perceptual modes are the way in which we take on
information. When we are babies we all start off as a tactile learner and we learn by
doing and having hands on learning. Then only 40% of people goes on and develop
to become a visual or auditoria learner. (Dun & Dunn, 2000)
The Psychological strand consists of the different processing styles. Weather you
use the left side or the right side of the brain depends on whether you are a
Analytical or a global learner. If you prefer to use the left side of your brain you are
creative. If you prefer to use the right side of your brain you are considered to be a
global thinker and tend to be impulsive, call out answers, talks lots to make sense.
(Dun & Dunn, 2000.)
Section 3
This learning style model supports my practice through my planning and carrying out
learning experience with children. The model itself has a big amount of research and
information about the learning styles of children. When we plan for children’s
learning it is important to consider the children’s age and stage of development to
have appropriate activities therefore the children learning will be successful.
Considering the children’s learning style also is
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