• Show the second overhead, Learning Styles I (How the Brain Perceives Information) and discuss each question.
• Highlight the information in the tutor training manual entitled, Other considerations.
• Discuss the different instructional suggestions for each type of learner (refer to the tutor training manual for assistance) but do this portion orally. Do not provide any visual aids or allow anyone to refer to the manual. Give the exercise in a way that will make it easier for auditory learners.
• Divide the class into groups of 3. Try to ensure that there is one auditory learner in each group.
• Use the Facilitator Cards to play the following game. All of the answers will be either: auditory, visual, tactile or kinesthetic.
  • Invite a group to respond. If the team cannot answer, move on to the next team.
  • Debrief after the activity: Who was the quickest to respond in your group? Who found the exercise the easiest? Is there a correlation between the quickest person in your group and the learning preference she has?
  • Discuss (as a group) how the information should have been presented for: visual learners, tactile learners and kinesthetic learners.
  • Reiterate the idea that during lessons it is important to build on learner strengths. Introducing new material using the learners preferred style is one way to build on strengths. However, try to use other methods during the practice or while reviewing the material.

• Show overhead, Joy Reid.
• Discuss the results of that study and stress that, while there may be some similarities between cultures, there is a lot of diversity within any group.

15 minutes

A2: How the brain processes information (optional)

• Show overhead, Learning Styles (Processing Dimensions).
• Briefly review the suggestions for left and right-brained learners in Additional Resources: Two Models of Learning Styles.