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L4: Learning Styles Flashcards

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Refers to the way students begin to concentrate on, process, internalize, and remember new and difficult academic information

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Learning style

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Which among the V, A, K styles do these qualities refer to?

  • Good at spelling
  • Studying requires a quiet environment
  • Needs time to understand lesson
  • Understands charts
  • Forgets names
  • Good with sign language
  • Likes colors and fashion
  • Dreams in color
  • Recalls best if written
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Visual

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Which among the V, A, K styles do these qualities refer to?

  • Reads out loud to self
  • Speaks out in class
  • Likes oral reports
  • Good at explaining
  • Recalls names easily
  • Reads slowly
  • Follows verbal directions
  • Can’t keep quiet for lengthy periods
  • Good in study groups
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Auditory

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Which among the VAK styles do these qualities refer to?

  • Good at sports
  • Not great at spelling
  • “Bad” handwriting
  • Likes laboratory activities
  • Studies while playing music
  • Likes adventures
  • Likes role playing
  • Restless during lectures
  • Can’t sit still for long
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Kinesthetic

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These learners learn best by seeing

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Visual learners

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These learning suggestions are applicable for which style among the VAK model?

➢ Outline lectures, books
➢ Print lectures
➢ Copy information
➢ Take notes, make their own reviewers
➢ Encircle or underline important words
➢ Use highlighters, circle words, underline

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Visual

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These types of learners in the VAK model prefers the following:

➢ Presenters who gestures and picturesque language
➢ Pictures, posters, slides
➢ Information with diagrams
➢ Graphic organizers and graphs
➢ Different colors, symbols, shorthand, white space

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Visual

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The following roles of the teachers are applicable to which VAK style?

➢ Write instructions
➢ Use images to describe things
➢ Draw timelines for events in history
➢ Write assignments on the board
➢ Use printed materials like handouts,
modules, books, power point presentation

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Visual

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These learners learn best by hearing

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Auditory

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These learning suggestions are applicable for which style among the VAK model?

➢ Use word association to recall important information
➢ Record lectures (but ask for the lecturer’s permission)
➢ Watch videos
➢ Repeat facts with eyes closed
➢ Take part in group discussions

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Auditory

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The following roles of the teachers are applicable to which VAK style?

➢ Incorporate small-group discussion
➢ Organize debates
➢ Encourage oral interpretation

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Auditory

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These learners learn best by touching/doing

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Kinesthetic

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These learning suggestions are applicable for which style among the VAK model?

➢ Take part in role playing
➢ Join excursions, visit exhibition halls
➢ Join study groups
➢ Use memory games and flash cards

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Kinesthetic

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The following roles of the teachers are applicable to which VAK style?

➢ Provide hands-on activities
➢ Assign projects
➢ Give brief breaks every now and then to allow
movement
➢ Use visual aids and models
➢ Use role play or field trips

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Kinesthetic

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What is the main difference between the VAK and VARK model?

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The VARK model separates the visual learners in to whether they are: picture-learners or text-learners

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Which among the VARK subtypes is this describing?

Looking at pictures

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Visual

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Which among the VARK subtypes is this describing?

Listening to someone explain on Youtube

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Auditory

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Which among the VARK subtypes is this describing?

Interpreting the instruction manual

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Reading & writing

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Which among the VARK subtypes is this describing?

Navigating on their own

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Kinesthetic

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Who among the VARK learners prefer to sit in the front of the class?

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Auditory (aka mga pabibo)

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Who are the learners who usually go out of the classroom during classes?

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Kinesthetic (mga nagcucutting)

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Is this referring to Analytical or Global learners?

  • Learns sequentially (step by step)
  • From small details to bigger concepts
  • Prefers silent and well lit environments with tables and chairs (formal setup)
  • Strongly need to complete the task they are working on (one task at a time)
  • Needs visual reinforcement
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Analytical

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Is this referring to Analytical or Global learners?

  • Learns the concepts first, then concentrates on the details
  • Can work even with distractions
  • Takes frequent breaks
  • Works on several tasks simultaneously (multitaskers)
  • Lessons must be interesting to them
  • Learns best with groups
  • Responds well to pictures
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Global

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T or F: Analytical learners are usually auditory/kinesthetic learners

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False (analytic is to visual; global is to auditory and kinesthetic)

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This theory focuses on how the learners process
information cognitively; exists in 2 levels:

  1. the 4-stage cycle
  2. 4 separate learning styles
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Kolb’s Theory of Experiential Learning

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This refers to the acquisition of abstract concepts that
can be applied flexibly in different situations

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Learning

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This is the process whereby knowledge is created through the transformation of experience

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Learning (acc. to Kolb)

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What is step 1 in Kolb’s Theory of Experiential Learning?

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Concrete Experience (feeling)

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What is step 2 in Kolb’s Theory of Experiential Learning?

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Reflective observation (watching)

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What is step 3 in Kolb’s Theory of Experiential Learning?

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Abstract conceptualization (thinking)

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What is step 4 in Kolb’s Theory of Experiential Learning?

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Active experimentation (doing)

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What cycle stage of Kolb’s theory does this venipuncture example belong to?

  • you were there to watch the blood get extracted from you
  • OR you watched when the teacher demonstrated
  • you felt or experienced it yourself
  • you used your senses
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Concrete experience (CE) or feeling

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What cycle stage of Kolb’s theory does this venipuncture example belong to?

  • you watched the extraction or demonstration by the professor consciously
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Reflective observation (RO) or watching

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What cycle stage of Kolb’s theory does this venipuncture example belong to?

  • you develop ideas on how to proceed
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Abstract conceptualization (AC) or thinking

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What cycle stage of Kolb’s theory does this venipuncture example belong to?

  • you actively experiment with actions
  • you participate to do what the teacher demonstrated
  • you try it out
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Active experimentation (AE) or doing

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This is seen when a person progresses through Kolb’s 4-stage cycle

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Effective learning

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Which continuum are the following statements referring to:

  • How one approaches a task
  • How you process the information (watching or doing?)
  • Can you learn by just watching or do you have to try or do it yourself?
  • aka the east-west axis
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Processing continuum

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Which continuum are the following statements referring to:

  • Emotional response
  • How one thinks or feels about it
  • You need concrete experience (used your senses and witnessed it yourself)
  • By just thinking, you’ve already grasped information
  • aka the north-south axis
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Perception continuum

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Which among Kolb’s 4 learning styles are these referring to:

  • is practical
  • a thinker and doer
  • combination of AC and AE
  • integrates theory and practice
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Converger

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Which among Kolb’s 4 learning styles are these interests referring to:

  • decision making & problem solving
  • highly skilled in the practical application of ideas
  • dealing with technical work than interpersonal relationships (separates work from personal life)
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Converger

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Which among Kolb’s 4 learning styles are these referring to:

  • a creative learner
  • is imaginative
  • a feeler and watcher
  • combination of CE and RO
  • looks at the “big picture” and organizes smaller
    details into a meaningful, whole concept
  • is emotional and creative and enjoys brainstorming
    with fresh ideas
  • is highly aware of the people involved rather than the task
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Diverger

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Which among Kolb’s 4 learning styles are these referring to:

  • is social and a leader
  • is a feeler and doer (relies on intuition)
  • combination of CE and AE
  • actively accomplish things using trial and error
    methods to solve problems
  • impatient with other people
  • acts on intuition rather than logic
  • a risk taker
  • relies on others for information than carry out their own analysis
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Accomodator

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Which among Kolb’s 4 learning styles are these referring to:

  • is intellectual, organized, logical, and precise
  • a watcher and thinker
  • combination of RO and AC
  • more fascinated in abstract ideas than in people
  • not concerned with the practical applications of
    theories
  • enjoys planning and research
  • sets logical goals
  • is analytical
  • excels in inductive reasoning, forming theoretical models & integrating ideas
  • prefers readings, lectures, and exploring analytical models
  • needs time to think things through
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Assimilator

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T or F: Accomodators have difficulty in making decisions

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False (assimilators)

45
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What reasoning is behind “general to specific”?

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Deductive

46
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What reasoning is behind “specific to general”?

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Inductive

47
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What style refers to the mind as having mediation abilities of perception and
ordering?

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Gregorc cognitive styles

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This ability in Gregorc’s model refers to how one grasps incoming stimuli; goes from abstract to concrete

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Perception

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This ability in Gregorc’s model refers to how one arranges and systematizes incoming stimuli; goes from sequential to random

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Ordering

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This Gregorc learning style:

  • Likes highly structured, quiet learning environments
  • Dislikes being interrupted
  • Focuses on details
  • Likes concrete learning materials
  • Learns with hands-on experiences
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Concrete sequential (CS)

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This Gregorc learning style:

  • Is a holistic thinker
  • Dislikes interruptions
  • Has good verbal skills
  • Is logical & rational
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Abstract sequential (AS)

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This Gregorc learning style:

  • Is intuitive (random, feeling, and creative)
  • Uses trial & error methods
  • Likes solving problems independently
  • Gets the gist of ideas quickly
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Concrete random (CR)

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This Gregorc learning style:

  • Is a holistic thinker
  • Likes busy unstructured learning environments (e.g artists)
  • Likes to listen to others
  • Focuses on personal relationships
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Abstract Random (AR)

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Field Independent individuals are also referred to as ______

Clues:
- Good at Math
- Analyzes the details of a situation
- Remembers details well
- Values tasks
- Less affected by criticism

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Analytical

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Field Dependent individuals are also referred to as ______

Clues:
- Struggles with Math
- Analyzes the whole picture
- Does not remember details
- Values people
- More affected by criticism

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Global

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T or F: Higher scores in the embedded figures test means that the individual recognizes the whole picture first

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True

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T or F: Higher scores in the embedded figures test means shorter time in detecting the figures

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False (directly proportional)

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T or F: Lower scores in the embedded figures test means that the individual recognizes the small details first

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True

59
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Do field independent people get higher or lower scores in the embedded figures test?

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Lower

60
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Field independent or Field dependent?

  • Seeing the parts more than the whole
  • Focusing more on the details rather than the
    big picture
  • Tendency to separate details from the surrounding context
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Field independence

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Do field dependent people get higher or lower scores in the embedded figures test?

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Higher

62
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Field independent or Field dependent?

  • Seeing the whole more than the parts
  • Seeing the bigger picture first
  • Inability to distinguish detail from other information around
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Field dependent

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The performance on the embedded figures test has a time gap between who are field independent and field dependent, how long is that gap?

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1 minute

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T or F: Highly field dependent people can spot the figure in the embedded figures test in less than a minute

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False (more on field independent people)

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