LEARNING STYLES
 Are simply different approaches or ways
of learning
4 Basic Learning Styles
1. DIVERGERS
- Preference for concrete experience and
reflective observations
- Watch rather than do
- Gather information and use
imaginations to solve problems
- Best at viewing concrete situations and
giving several different viewpoints
rather than viewing abstract situations
- Giving concrete material and examples
2. ASSIMILATORS
- Concise and logical in approach
- Prefer abstract conceptualization and
reflective observations
- Ideas and concepts are more important
than concrete
3. CONVERGER
- Concerned with problem-solving as
solution to practical issues
- Prefer technical task
- People with this style like to experiment
- Less concerned with people and
interpersonal aspects
4. ACCOMODATORS
- “hands-on learning”
- Experience that relies on intuition
rather than logic
- Uses other people’s analysis,
information
- Experimental approach
- Commonly act on “gut” instinct
- Prefer to work in teams
LEARNER TYPES
 VISUAL LEARNERS
o Learners need to see the
teachers body language and
facial expression to fully
understand the content of a
lesson
o Tend to prefer sitting at the
front of the classroom to avoid
visual obstructions
o May think in pictures and learn
best from visual displays
including diagram, illustrated
test books, overhead
transparencies, videos and
hand-outs.
o During a lecture often prefer to
take detailed notes to absorb
the information
 AUDITORY LEARNERS
o Learn through listening
o Learn best through verbal
lectures, discussions, talking
things through and listening to
what others have to say
o Interpret the underlying
meanings of speech through
listening to tone of voice, pitch,
speed, and other nuances
o Written information may have
little meaning util it is heard.
These learners often benefit
from reading text aloud and
using a tape recorder
 TACTILE/KINESTHETIC LEARNERS
o Learn through moving, doing
and touching
o Learn best through hands-on
approach, actively exploring the
physical world around them
o May find it hard to sit still for a
long period and may become
distracted by their need for
activity and exploration