Aboriginal Learning Styles

Global

• tends to understand best when overall concept is presented first
• learns best when overview or introduction is emphasized
• needs meaningful context
• sees relationships easily
• benefits from whole language approach

Imaginal

• learns best from images, both concrete and abstract (symbols, diagrams, similes, metaphors)
• codes information using images
• has difficulty verbalizing own images but can make them and use them for learning

Concrete

• learns best with support from materials that can be seen (photographs), touched and heard
• “hands-on” approach is effective
• needs example

Watch – Then Do (also Think – Then Do or Listen – Then Do)

• reflective
• needs time to think answer through

Creative student assessment: A guide to developing meaningful evaluation. (1995). Winnipeg, Manitoba: Manitoba Advanced Education and Training, Adult Learning and Literacy. www.edu.gov.mb.ca/ael/all/publications/creative_student_assessment_oct03.pdf. Used with permission.

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