These activities can be used as reinforcement activities or as an assessment of student learning about the learning styles concepts presented in Learning to learn...with Style. These activities are designed to help create a multi-styles classroom.
| Arrange class members into groups of 2, 3 or 5 providing each group with a packet of pre-printed index cards. Each index card is boldly printed with one of the learning styles and/or a major concept covered in the video and student guide. Each group is directed to group the index cards on a flat surface in any order that makes sense to them. They must reach a consensus as to why the cards have been grouped in that order. A group spokesperson shares the reason for the arrangement with the rest of the class while the instructor facilitates questions and clarifies terms.
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| Supply students with colored pens and newsprint to develop a mindmap, cluster map or picture highlighting the major concepts and terms portrayed in the video and student guide as they understand them. This can be done individually or in small groups. The instructor asks students to voluntarily share their mindmaps with the rest of the class.
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| Direct students to create an interview they could conduct with friends outside of class in order to find out their learning styles. Ask: "What types of questions would you ask these people?" and "How would you explain the term "learning styles" to them?" Students then conduct interviews with 3 people outside of class and report the results.
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| Instruct students to write a letter to someone they know (e.g. a friend, fellow classmate, or family member) telling this person what they have learned about themselves or the person they are writing to as a result of watching the video and reading the student guide.
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| In pairs, students create a brief script and role play a situation that demonstrates how learning styles affect interpersonal communication in the classroom, in the workplace, or at home.
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| In small groups, students discuss experiences they have had that were similar to the situations illustrated in the video. Ask the student to discuss: "How did you respond?" "How did you feel?" "How would you respond now that you know about learning styles?"
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| Supply colored marking pens and newsprint for students to draw pictures of their own learning strengths and how they can use them to their best advantage.
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| Students write journal entries of their thoughts and reflections about their learning styles. Specifically they can address how they could use the information to improve their understanding of co-workers or supervisors, classmates and instructors, friends or family members.
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| In written or verbal form, students describe how they could apply what they have just learned from watching the video and reading the student guide if they had to apply it within 24 hours. Ask the students to respond: "How could this information be best put to use for you in school, at work or at home?" "How could you record what happened?"
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| Students create a resume that highlights their personal strengths and preferences on the job based on their understanding of how their learning styles affect them at work. |
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