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Learning Styles—Part 2
In addition to the basic learning styles—verbal/linguistic, logical/mathematical, visual/spatial, musical/rhythmic, and bodily/kinesthetic—there are three learning styles that have to do with how students relate to others and the natural world. This week’s tips focus on these learning styles.

This Week's Tips

Teaching Interpersonal Learners (Monday)
Interpersonal learners’ intelligence operates primarily though person-to-person relationships and communications. These learners have lots of friends. They join groups and often volunteer to help others. For ways to optimize their learning, try the following strategies: Provide these learners with plenty of group work and problem-solving activities. Have these students interview other students and outside sources.

Teaching Intrapersonal Learners (Tuesday)
Intrapersonal learners’ intelligence is related to inner states of being, self-reflection, metacognition, and awareness of spiritual realities. These learners need time alone to focus. They know how to follow their instincts. They are creative, original, and self-paced. For ways to optimize their learning, try the following strategies: Have students keep a journal of their learning and how it relates to their lives. Encourage students to pursue their interests, dreams, and feelings.

Teaching Naturalistic Learners (Wednesday)
Naturalistic learners’ intelligence has to do with observing, understanding, and organizing patterns in the natural environment. These students need to spend time outdoors and to bring the outdoors into the classroom. For ways to optimize their learning, try the following strategies: Relate the course material to the natural world. Encourage students to make connections between the course material and the natural environment.

Teaching a Combination of Learners (Thursday)
Whether teaching interpersonal learners, intrapersonal learners, or naturalistic learners, your goal is to provide all your students with an optimal learning opportunity. To do so, you need to offer a wide variety of activities and processes. Ask students to try every method, so they will learn which way they learn best. Have students fill out the questionnaire in this week’s Download Depot to help them learn about their learning style.

Download your free Learning Styles Assessment today!

More on Teaching a Combination of Learners (Friday)
For ways to reach all your students with different learning styles, have students work in cooperative learning groups. Within each group, assign the following individual tasks: Have intrapersonal learners be the journal keepers, recording their thoughts and feelings about the process. Have the interpersonal learners be the organizers and recorders of the groups, giving oral reports. Have naturalistic learners measure, chart, and map the results, showing the pattern as it relates to the natural world.



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