STEP-BY-STEP PROCESS

  1. Write on the flip chart the three learning styles (auditory, visual, kinesthetic).
  2. Ask tutors to name a few characteristics they learned from the previous activity and write them under each style.
  3. Hand out the Barsch Learning Style Reference Form and have tutors determine their own learning styles.
  4. Have them share their learning styles with the group.
  5. There is a simpler learning style assessment included on the Learning Channels Inventory handout. Tutors can use this format with their learners.

Activity C

Characteristics and tutoring strategies for each style

This activity allows tutors to put their knowledge of learning styles into practice. They will also look at tutoring strategies they can use with their learners. There are handouts of learning strategies for each particular style that can be given to learners.

Use of handouts, discussion, reflection

Materials and equipment

Flip chart and markers
Handout 3.3: Learning Styles Matching Activity
Handout 3.4: Learning Styles Characteristics and Tutoring Tips (3 pages)
Handout 3.5: Strategies for Learning (3 pages)

Preparation

Copy handouts.

STEP-BY-STEP PROCESS

  1. Hand out the Learning Styles Matching Activity. Have tutors complete the activity, then review the answers together.
  2. Use the matching activity to brainstorm other general tutoring tips they could use with each of the different styles.
  3. Review the handout Learning Styles Characteristics and Tutoring Tips.
  4. Ask tutors if the listed characteristics for their style match their own characteristics.
  5. Ask tutors if they learn best according to the tutoring tips for their style.
  6. Have tutors brainstorm ways to work with a learner who has a different learning style from their own. Note their answers on the flip chart.
  7. Once tutors have identified the learning style of their own learner, they may want to give their learner the corresponding page from the handout Strategies for Learning