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Learning Styles
Years of research have discovered that different people learn differently. Learn how learning styles differ, and how you can take advantage of your own learning style while learning to deal with differing learning styles of others. Follow the links for useful resources.
How We Learn...
And Why We Don't! Dr. Lois Breur Krause, Clemson University,
provides a short survey to determine your learning style. There is a moderate
charge to take it and get the results. Teaching strategies and study techniques
by learning style quadrant are discussed.
Index
of Learning Styles The Index of Learning Styles is an instrument
used to assess preferences on four dimensions (active/reflective, sensing/intuitive,
visual/verbal, and sequential/global) of a learning style model formulated
by Richard M. Felder and Linda K. Silverman. (The model also contains a
fifth dimension, inductive/deductive, that is not assessed by the ILS.)
The instrument is being developed by Barbara A. Soloman and Richard M.
Felder of North Carolina State University.
Learning
Styles Short documents on the implications of styles, directed
to students.
Matters
of Style Students have different learning styles--characteristic
strengths and preferences in the ways they take in and process information.
Functioning effectively in any professional capacity, however, requires
working well in all learning style modes. This site provides a background
summary of Richard Felder's scale in relation to Kolb, Myers-Briggs, and
how it relates to your success in the classroom.
Learning
to Learn The course will be particularly useful for those developing
learning skills instruction for those with learning disabilities, and will
be of interest to those who just want to improve their own learning skills.
Summary
of Learning Style Models Indiana State University's Center for
Teaching and Learning put together a site that summarizes models of learning
styles, list articles on the topic (some on the web, some in print), and
links to inventories to identify a person's learning style. The learning
style models include instructional preference, social interaction, information
processing, and personality frameworks.
Myer
Briggs Indicators This section contains a brief overview of the
sixteen types that result from the Myers Briggs model. Everyone is an individual,
but Myers Briggs takes this a step further. A big help to get you to your
learning style as it relates to developed personality traits.
Keirsey
Temperament Sorter II You're invited to take the Temperament
Sorter, the fun, interesting, and revealing questionnaire that tells you
if you're an Artisan, Guardian, Rational or Idealist. This is the same
instrument used in career development programs at Fortune 500 companies
and in counseling centers and career placement centers at major universities.
National Service-Learning
Clearinghouse Offers assistance for faculty interested in using
service-learning in course work and news about national civic engagement
initiatives.
American Association
of Higher Education Service-Learning Project The AAHE Service Learning
Project consists of a two-part initiative dedicated to the integration
of service-learning across the disciplines. The project is anchored by
a multi-volume series of books designed to provide resources to students
wishing to explore community-based learning in and through the individual
academic disciplines.
Journeys
in Learning Beyond the Classroom An excellent site with a wealth
of resources for traditional and nontraditional students seeking learning
opportunities beyond the walls of the conventional university. Check out
the extensive links for opportunities of a lifetime.
Office of
Community Involvement-MSU The Office for Community Involvement
(OCI) is the most active office of its kind in the state of Montana. Working
to promote volunteerism, this office identifies and advertises off campus
community needs to MSU students. Go to their home page to learn more
about them, and to find out about community involvement opportunities.
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