Learning+Styles

//Building metacognition about your learning.// ==Introduction== We can all agree on 2 things in education: People learn in different ways and people learn at different times. In other words, people //do not learn in the same ways and do not learn at same time.// Yet, most of our education and the education that we give others is //NOT// differentiated. In this next activity you will get to know how you teach and learn, and will share that information with the class.

Task
Use all the **tools** to analyze your own teaching and learning style. Then, read about the differences between learning style and multiple intelligence.

Finally, you will do the following: Write a 1-2 page paper, analyzing your test results, talking about the strengths and weakness that you bring to the classroom, and lastly, your goal as a teacher based on reading and test results. Bring the paper to class **in hard copy and digitally!** See the assessment checklist at the end.


 * * Paper does not have to be a narrative! **

//**Advice**// = =
 * //Do all the tests/evaluations to determine your strengths in learning and teaching styles.//
 * //THINK carefully, but always stick with your first inclination.//
 * //Do not read into the questions, but answer with your first thought.//

= **Process** = **TOOLS** - **Complete each of the tools and record your results. Analyze your findings.**

Tools for evaluating your OWN learning style or preference - CHOOSE ONE:

 * The VARK - Your Learning Style: @http://www.vark-learn.com/english/index.asp
 * NC state Learning Style: @http://www.engr.ncsu.edu/learningstyles/ilsweb.html

Tool for analyzing your OWN TEACHING Style or preference -** CHOOSE ONE **:

 * Grasha-Richmann Teaching Style Survey: @http://www.longleaf.net/teachingstyle.html
 * Teacher Style Personality: @http://712educators.about.com/b/2009/06/25/what-is-your-teacher-personality-type.htm


 * Tools for Analyzing your Multiple Intelligence:**
 * MyPersonality™ - Take the **//Multiple Intelligences//** test. This will help you to identify your strengths, by examining Howard Gardner’s principles of where we excel within the eight different categories of intelligences. @http://www.mypersonality.info/

//We are all teachers, but we are not all students. -// Dorothy Rajan Stauffer

Video where knowing HOW students learn helps make students successful in school.
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 * Thought for Later: For teachers, what are the important aspects to understand about how students learn ?**

Assessment - Paper Checklist

 * Write 1-2 page paper (single spaced)
 * Analyzed test results (tools) - Stated with what you agreed and disagreed and why
 * Detailed the strengths and weakness that you bring the classroom based on reading and test results
 * Writes your goal as a teacher based on reading and test results
 * Use citations and references (You can cut & paste information)
 * Bring the paper to class **in hard copy and digitally!**

Other Self Assessment Tools - //IF// you want to go deeper.....

 * Carreer Analysis http://www.careerfitter.com/
 * Portrait of a Teacher http://www.keirsey.com/personality/nfej.html
 * Adult Multiple Intelligence Test (not very robust) [|http://www.mitest.com/o7inte~1.htm] or http://www.businessballs.com/howardgardnermultipleintelligences.htm
 * [|Personality Test] - Includes Risk taking, but you do not have to do the whole thing.

Read Multiple Intelligence

 * Article by Thomas Armstrong @http://www.thomasarmstrong.com/multiple_intelligences.htm
 * Article about Howard Gardner @http://www.infed.org/thinkers/gardner.htm (He's from Scranton!)
 * Multiple Intelligence and Tools for Creating Lessons @http://eduscapes.com/tap/topic68.htm
 * Wikipedia on Multiple Intelligence @http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theory_of_multiple_intelligences

Read: The Difference Between Learning Styles and Multiple Intelligence.
Multiple Intelligences and Learning Styles By Emily Giles, Sarah Pitre, & Sara Womack.@http://www.coe.uga.edu/epltt/mi-ls.htm
 * Article: How to adjust your Teaching Style** http://www.teachersnetwork.org/ntol/howto/adjust/