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Harlee Gogas
Professor Reilly
EDUC 359
19 September 2016
Learning Styles
After taking the quiz, my learning style has been determined as visual, conceptual,
verbal, independent, and creative. Visual learning refers to learning better with visual aids. Visual
learners also prefer to read over hearing someone telling instruction or ideas. Conceptual
learning is when someone does not need a real life application in order to fully grasp something.
Verbal learning refers to having trouble visually seeing things mentally without a real world
example. A verbal learner prefers verbal and language skills. An independent learner prefers to
work and study alone, over working in situations where group work is encouraged. Creative
learning is learning through discovery and taking risks; this style is more creative and innovative.
Knowing a students learning style could be a distinct advantage during a students
transition to a new school, because the teacher will know the best way to instruct the student in
order for that student to thrive. Particularly, students that are English Language Learners (ELLs)
can benefit from the teacher having this knowledge, because the teacher can make lessons based
around the style that the student prefers. For example, an ELL that is a visual learner will benefit
more from seeing and reading than they will from the teacher saying something. If a teacher did
not take his or her students learning styles into consideration for a lesson, then the class could
potentially not be doing their best work, or find the course to be boring or too difficult. An ELL
student that is transitioning into a new school would benefit from the teacher taking his or her
learning style into account, because it would make the student more comfortable and prepared to

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learn. Each students individual learning style is unique and a teacher should take each style into
consideration when constructing and implementing lessons.
For the visual learner, it is best to have visual representation of work, and not just an oral
representation. An ELL student would benefit from having pictures, diagrams, and written
instruction, over orally being informed about something. Visual learners often remember what
they see, over what was said during a lesson. An ELL teacher can implement something like
flashcards into a lesson. The flashcards can have a written word, phrase, or even a picture on
them. Visual learners could also benefit from a video or presentation style of teaching, such as
PowerPoint.
An ELL student that is a conceptual learner would benefit from being instructed with ideas
that are organized, but not necessarily practical. A conceptual learner can read well and approach
a topic from a conceptual vantage point. A teacher should allow the student, who is this type of
learner, the opportunity to read and write often. Whereas, an applied learner learns by doing
something, the conceptual leaner learns from language and concepts. Therefore, a teacher of a
student with this type of learning style can instruct from a more intellectual point of view.
A verbal learner learns best from being told the instructions audibly. Verbal learners learn
from repeating information that was told to them, to themselves. An ELL teacher should instruct
a class be having students repeat things aloud in order for that information to stick in the
students memory. A verbal learner benefits from someone instructing them, over visual
instruction. A verbal learner will benefit from reading, and often profits from reading aloud. An
ELL teacher should encourage students, especially those in the beginning stages of fluency, to
read aloud to themselves in order to fully comprehend the information.

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An independent learner will benefit more from working alone than working with a group.
A teacher of this style of learner, should probably give the student the option to work alone in as
many cases as possible. If an assignment requires group work, then the teacher should instruct
the groups that they can work independently and split the work up amongst the group. Having
the students keep a daily journal in order to self-reflect on that weeks tasks will help the
independent learner grow. Journals may assist the student to problem solve on their own and it
gives them the opportunity to construct new ideas. Independent learners thrive in situations
where they have the opportunity to think for themselves and not work with a large group of
people.
Creative learners are more likely to learn through their own discoveries. These students
would benefit from being given simpler instructions in order to take the main idea and create
something new. For example, the teacher can assign the students to create a poster with that
weeks vocabulary terms on it, and the ELL student can take that assignment and make it
something very innovative. A student that is a pragmatic learner, might find those instructions to
be too broad. However, a creative learner would thrive in that situation. A creative learner is
good at summarizing and paraphrasing things in papers and in their own notebooks. An ELL
teacher could have an assignment, where the student writes a paper and has to summarize a
certain topic. Creative learners should be given more time to work with an inquiry-based
learning style, where the ELL student can construct his or her own knowledge.

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