Student Seminar: Learning Styles

Visual:

Auditory:

Getting into groups.

Students engaging in group work.

Tactile:

Students acting out the airport scene from Home Alone.

Students building a robber trap like those used in Home Alone.

Students presenting their robber traps.

I conducted three, three-hour seminars on learning styles for new students at the college. First, I explained the different learning styles. Then, I showed students pictures and asked them to identify the learning style being used. Next, we practiced each learning style by studying an English movie. Students were asked to reflect upon which learning method felt the most comfortable for them; they took home a handout on learning styles and appropriate study methods for each, along with a quiz to help them identify which learning style they prefer.

And lastly, a self-evaluation...