04.+Multilple+Intelligences+and+Learning+Styles

You're not just intelligent, you're multiply intelligent!
We’re all different in terms of how we learn. Some people learn best by reading, some by listening, others by doing. Some learn best in groups, others alone. No style is superior to another, and none is permanent. Actually, whereas it is a good thing to know and understand your strongest styles, it is also beneficial to stretch yourself and develop the styles that you don’t use as readily. Can you think why?

One of the styles below may be dominant for you, but most people use a mix of styles depending on what they’re learning.

 Here is an overview of learning styles:
 * **Visual learners** prefer using pictures, images, and spatial understanding.
 * **Auditory** learners prefer using sound and music.
 * **Verbal learners** prefer using words, both in speech and writing.
 * **Physical/kinesthetic** learners prefer using your body, hands and sense of touch.
 * **Logical/mathematical** learners prefer using logic, reasoning and systems.
 * **Social/interpersonal** learners prefer to learn in groups or with other people.
 * **Solitary** learners prefer to work alone and use self-study.

 By recognizing and understanding your own learning styles, you can use techniques better suited to you. This improves the speed and quality of your learning.

Please go to http://www.berghuis.co.nz/abiator/lsi/lsiframe.html and complete Learning Styles Test 1. Click at the bottom on **Tell me my Learning Style** once you are finished.What learning style are you? Find your **Learning Style** in the left sidebar. Click on the link for **Learning Strategies** for under your learning style. Copy and paste these strategies into a Word document. Type your name at the top. Save the document and print it. Show it to your EE teacher for a mark, then put it in your EE folder. Look again at the left sidebar. Read the traits of both **analytical** and **global thinkers**. Which one do you think you are? Now write a paragraph about what you learned about your learning and thinking styles. Use the bullets below to guide your posting. Compose in a Word document, and post to the Multiple Intelligence and Learning Style Discussion forum.
 * What is your dominant learning style?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">How do you feel about your results? Are they accurate?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">What do you think is your weakest style?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">How do you suppose these strengths and weaknesses are affecting your achievement at school?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">What could you do to develop some of the learning styles that you do not currently use?


 * This will be homework if you do not finish in class.**