LEARNING STYLES and the ARTS |
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DANCE |
MUSIC |
THEATRE |
VISUAL ART |
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Visual |
Visual learners better understand what they see. |
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Reading music |
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Painting |
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Verbal |
Verbal learners get more out of written and spoken words. |
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Acting |
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Sequential |
Sequential learners gain understanding in linear steps, which follow logically from the previous one. |
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Dancing patterns |
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Global |
Global learners learn in large jumps, absorbing material without seeing many connections, and then suddenly "getting it." |
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Analyzing artworks |
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DANCE |
MUSIC |
THEATRE |
VISUAL ART |
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Sensing |
Sensing learners like learning facts and solving problems by well-established methods. |
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Reading and playing music |
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Intuitive |
Intuitive learners prefer discovering possibilities and relationships. |
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Improvising |
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Kinesthetic Tactile |
Kinesthetic learners retain and understand information best by doing something active with it. |
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Dancing |
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Reflective |
Reflective learners prefer to think about things quietly. |
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Writing a play |
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Developed from “Learning Styles and Strategies” by Richard M. Felder and
Barbara A. Soloman, http://www.ncsu.edu/felder-public/ILSdir/styles.htm
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