I am looking for resources I can use to determine children’s learning styles to better meet their needs in the classroom. Are there questionnaires or surveys available I can use with all children grades K-6? Thanks.
Re: learning styles
: I agree with Kathy’s statement about multisensory strategies. We all have different learning strategies at different times. the book Learning to Think, Learning to Learn includes a summary of research on learning styles (appendix B). Bottom line… it’s not supported by research, there is no reliable test for this unreliable theory, and teaching methods geared specifically to one style or another have not proven to be effective. What has proven to be effective is using a variety of strategies and multi sensory techniques. For example, if you are trying to learn a poem, you might read it, listen to it, sing it, look at the rhyme, rhythm, and imagery etc. Seeing, hearing , singing create different memory traces, and more ways to find the memory when needed. For lots of freebies, including a free copy of the above book, try this website ( I will try to attach it below)http://www.ed.gov/pubs/edpubs.html
Re: learning styles
: I am looking for resources I can use to determine children’s learning
: styles to better meet their needs in the classroom. Are there
: questionnaires or surveys available I can use with all children
: grades K-6? Thanks.All evidence done by respected professionals in the field suggest mulitsensory teaching is key. It is not as simple as testing the strength of a child and then only focus on that strength. That thought is very basic in nature to the actual evidence of what is effective for learning disabled kids. These kids need need mulitsensory teaching. Try contacting Yale University. They have been doing research for a long time that supports this. What are you teaching them? If it is reading,Orton-Gillingham is very effective. Good luck!
Re: learning styles
: I agree with Kathy’s statement about multisensory strategies. We all have different learning strategies at different times. the book Learning to Think, Learning to Learn includes a summary of research on learning styles (appendix B). Bottom line… it’s not supported by research, there is no reliable test for this unreliable theory, and teaching methods geared specifically to one style or another have not proven to be effective. What has proven to be effective is using a variety of strategies and multi sensory techniques. For example, if you are trying to learn a poem, you might read it, listen to it, sing it, look at the rhyme, rhythm, and imagery etc. Seeing, hearing , singing create different memory traces, and more ways to find the memory when needed. For lots of freebies, including a free copy of the above book, try this website ( I will try to attach it below)http://www.ed.gov/pubs/edpubs.html
: I am looking for resources I can use to determine children’s learning
: styles to better meet their needs in the classroom. Are there
: questionnaires or surveys available I can use with all children
: grades K-6? Thanks.All evidence done by respected professionals in the field suggest mulitsensory teaching is key. It is not as simple as testing the strength of a child and then only focus on that strength. That thought is very basic in nature to the actual evidence of what is effective for learning disabled kids. These kids need need mulitsensory teaching. Try contacting Yale University. They have been doing research for a long time that supports this. What are you teaching them? If it is reading,Orton-Gillingham is very effective. Good luck!