Week 9 Learning Styles

Question 1

What Honey and Mumford Learning Style learn least when?:
- There is no immediate practical benefit
- There are no clear guidelines on how to do it
- It appears to be all theory

a) Activists
b) Pragmatists
c) Reflectors
d) Actioners
e) Theorists

Answer 1

b) Pragmatists

Question 2

This type of learner learns best when:

• able to stand back and observe first
• given time to think and investigate before commenting or acting
• given an opportunity to review what has happened
• doing tasks without tight deadlines

Answer 2

Reflectors

Question 3

What Honey and Mumford Learning Style learn least when?:

-Listening to lectures or reading long explanations
- Reading, writing, and think on their own
- Analysing and interpreting lots of data
- Following precise instructions

a) Activists
b) Pragmatists
c) Reflectors
d) Actioners
e) Theorists

Answer 3

Activists

Question 4

This type of learner learns best when :

• An activity is backed up by ideas and concepts that form a model, system or theory
• In a stricter situation with a clear purpose
• They have the chance to question and prove
• Required to understand a complex situation

Answer 4

Theorists

Question 5

What Honey and Mumford Learning Style learn least when?:

• In situations that emphasis emotions and feelings
• when activities are unstructured and ambiguous
• when asked to act without knowing the principles or concepts involved

a) Activists
b) Pragmatists
c) Reflectors
d) Actioners
e) Theorists

Answer 5

Theorists

Question 6

What Honey and Mumford Learning Style learn least when?:

• forced to take a lead in a group
• doing things without preparation
• rushed by deadlines

a) Activists
b) Pragmatists
c) Reflectors
d) Actioners
e) Theorists

Answer 6

Reflectors

Question 7

This type of learner learns best when:
- involved in new experiences, problems and opportunities
- thrown in the deep end
- working with others in problem solving, games, role playing exercises
- able to lead a group

Answer 7

Activists

Question 8

This type of learner learns best when :
- there is an obvious link between the topic and a current need
- they are shown techniques with clear practice advantages
- they can try things out with feedback from an expert
- they can copy an example or emulate a role model

Answer 8

Pragmatists

Question 9

What are the four stages seen in the cycle of Kolbs Learning Theory

Answer 9

1. Having concrete experience
2. Observation of and reflection on that experience
3. Formation of abstract concepts
4. Used to test a hypothesis in future situations