Topic: Learning Styles

Assignment 7
Topic: Learning Styles Name: Jason B00718899 Instructor: Sean Aitken July28, 2018   1. (a):
主动学习者：主动学习者更喜欢在小组内学习，而不是单独学习。当他们能够与他人分享和交流想法时，他们的学习会更加有效。活跃的学习者也喜欢直接和身体上与给定的材料互动。 •反思型学习者：反思型学习者更喜欢自己学习或工作。他们倾向于在面对问题时采取行动之前思考一段时间。 •感知学习者：感知学习者更喜欢具体的事实和数据来抽象信息。他们把这些信息与现实世界联系起来，从而使之有意义。 •直觉型学习者：直觉型学习者喜欢理论和对事实信息的解释，并善于处理概念。他们倾向于探索新信息和思想世界之间的联系。 •视觉学习者：视觉学习者比书面或口头单词更能有效地吸收视觉信息。他们喜欢使用图表、图表、图片和视频。 •口头学习者：口头学习者在接受新信息时更喜欢书面描述和口头指示。他们学习和工作更好的文章，音频剪辑，报告和演讲。 •顺序学习者：顺序学习者喜欢在思维过程中合乎逻辑。他们倾向于用线性连接逐步理解事物。 •全球学习者：全球学习者喜欢在把每一件作品放在适当的位置之前抓住整个画面。他们更可能以随机的方式看到和理解事物。他们以一种灵活的方式，在他们的思路中有一些巨大的飞跃。 • Active learners: Active learners prefer to study ina group rather than alone. Their learning is more effective when they can share and exchange ideas with others. Active learnersalso like to directly and physically interact with given material. • Reflective learners: Reflective learners prefer to study or work by themselves. They tend to think for a while before taking actions when facing a problem.  • Sensing learners: Sensing learnersprefer concrete facts and data toabstract information. They make sense of such information by linking it to the real world.  • Intuitive learners: Intuitive learners prefer theories and interpretations of factual information and work well with concepts. They tend to explore the connections between new information and the world of ideas. • Visual learners:Visual learners are more efficient at absorbing visual information than written or oral words.They like to work with charts, diagrams, pictures and videos. • Verbal learners: Verbal learners prefer writtendescriptionsand spoken instructions when taking in new information. They study and work better with articles, audio clips, reports and speeches. • Sequential learners: Sequential learners liketo be logical in their thinking process. They tend to make sense of things step by step with linear connections.  • Global learners: Global learners like to catch the whole picture before putting each piece into place. They are more likely to see and understand things in a random fashion. Theylearn in a flexible way in which there are some big leaps in their train of thought.  1. (b):
我同意这四种关于我学习风格的偏好。我是一个积极的学习者。例如，我喜欢在一个小组或与一个伙伴一起学习，以及与其他人分享和交流想法。这使我在谈话中感到兴奋和快乐。另外，我是一个敏感的学习者，因为我主要关注事实。我倾向于在面对问题时使用一种成熟的方法，而不是发现新的潜在可能性。当我使用固定的策略来解决问题时，我感到自信。此外，我绝对是一个视觉学习者，因为如果数据直接插画，而不是放在段落中，我更能接受。例如，如果某事物以图表的形式出现，我就清楚地了解它的未来趋势或比例关系。然而，如果一段文字或数字太多，我很难记住所有的东西。另外，我是一个循序渐进的学习者，因为我倾向于用逻辑来思考和行为。当我做分析的时候，我更喜欢逻辑地一步一步地做，这让我的头脑清晰了。我真的很难从不同的想法中跳出来。我通常在这样做时感到困惑和分心。 I agree with these four preferences about my learning style. I’m an active learner. For example, I like studying in a group or with a partner, and Ienjoy sharing and exchanging ideas with other individuals. That makes me feel excited and joyful during the conversation. Also, I’m a sensing learner because I mostly focus on facts. I tend to use a well-established method when facing a problem instead of discovering new potential possibilities. I feel confident when I use a fixed strategy to solve problems. Furthermore, I’m definitely a visual learner, because it is more acceptable to me if the data is directly illustratedinstead of being placed in a paragraph. For example, I clearly understand the future trend or the proportion relation of something if it appears in the form of a chart. However, it will be hard for me to remember everything if there are too many words or numbers in a paragraph. Additionally, I’m a sequential learner because I tend to use logic to think and behave. When I do an analysis, I would prefer to do it logically, step by step, which makes my mind clear. It is really difficult for me to jump between different ideas. I normally feel confused and distracted when doing so. 2.  I talked to my best friend about the four preferences of learning of mine, since we spend a lot of time studying together and know each other well. He agreed that I’m a sensing, visual and sequential learner, but he argued that I could appear to be a reflective learner sometimes.Henoticed my sensing learning style because normally I can easily work with facts and data and like to talk to him about how these can be applied in practice, but I often have to ask him about the meaning of a theory of concept. He agreed that I’m a visual learner as I tend to draw charts and sketches when solving a problem, and he could see that I can get very impatient and confused if I have to read too many words.He also recalled that typically I would explain things to him in a sequential and logical way. However, he said that sometimes I can be very quiet when facing a difficult problem, and that is why he thought I’m a reflective learner.   3.  (a):My area of low preference is verbal. I’m a commerce student, and I intend to pursue my career as a business consultant. Apart from visual information, consultancy work is closely related to verbalmaterial as it involves a considerable amount ofreading articles and searching for important information.It is critical for a consultant to be able to identify useful information in documents and audio material. It is also important to have the ability to capture key elements in written instructions and conversations in daily communication with clients and others. A consultant can work much more efficiently if he can excel at verbal learning.   (b): Firstly, I have to improve my verbal learning ability by practicing readingmorewritten material. I will try to write summaries for what I have read and ask my verbal-preferring friends if I am right. This practice can make me process verbal information more accurately and quickly. Secondly, as I prefer active learning, I canparticipate in more discussions, seminarsand presentations. I can enhance my verbal learning skill by listening more closely to other’s ideas and try to understand them. I can see whether I get their opinions correctly in real-time feedback. This method can also help me learn more verbally. In addition, I can use my visual learning ability to better understand verbal information, by extracting key elements and reorganizing them into diagrams and charts. While this certainly helps me understand verbal material, it does not directly improve my verbal skill so I will mainly focus on the first two methods. 4. In a group, it is highly improbable that all members share the same preferred learning style, which means applying one single method in groupwork could result in a dispute of opinions and poor performance.In order to avoid these issues and ensure high performance for each member, two measures can be applied in group work, namely the optimal allocation of tasks and team assistance. The optimal allocation of tasks assigns each individual with the task that is most suitable for his/her learning preference. It requires firstly communicating about each member’s preference, breaking down the groupwork assignment and allocating tasks to each individual accordingly. For instance, for analyzing a report, a visual learner should be assigned with tasks involving charts and diagrams, while a verbal learner can process literal information. An active learner can be in charge of communicating ideas with each team member, but he should not force the reflective learners to communicate and share unless necessary. The second approach, team assistance, refers to that team members should offer assistance to individuals struggling at their task according to their preferred style. For example, if a visual learner is struggling with reading materials, teammates can draw sketches and diagrams or show related videos to help this individual with the task. These two methods can greatly improve the collective quality of teamwork and avoid conflict.