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Based on: Synthesis of the Dunn and Dunn Learning-Style Model Research

Based on: Synthesis of the Dunn and Dunn Learning-Style Model Research. A Learning-Style A Day Keeps the Bad Grades Away!. Before there was a learning style model…. Too Many Students…. …Did not ENJOY learning!. Seeing the problem, educators asked questions and did some Research….

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Based on: Synthesis of the Dunn and Dunn Learning-Style Model Research

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  1. Based on: Synthesis of the Dunn and Dunn Learning-Style Model Research A Learning-Style A Day Keeps the Bad Grades Away!

  2. Before there was a learning style model….

  3. Too Many Students… …Did not ENJOY learning!

  4. Seeing the problem, educators asked questions and did some Research….

  5. Discovery! • Students learn differently! • Teaching methods that work for one confuses another!

  6. Discovery! • If students are taught according to their learning style: • Students learn more! • Students enjoy school more! • Students attitudes and behaviors improve!

  7. This was very good news!

  8. Educators had to accept the idea that…

  9. ONE SIZE FITS ALL SCHOOL…

  10. Wasn’t doing the job!

  11. Changes were needed!

  12. Change takes time…

  13. After 30 Years of Research,It’s Time to Get Off the Bench!

  14. Examine the Results: Perceptual Learning Styles

  15. There Are Four • Auditory Learners • Visual Learners • Tactile Learners • Kinesthetic Learners

  16. Auditory Learners • Teaching Method – Lecture • Begins to develop in students after 6th grade! • 40% of the population learn this way • Boys are neither strongly auditory nor visual even in high school

  17. Visual Learners • Teaching method – Reading, Writing on the board • 30% of students don’t remember what they hear or see

  18. Tactile Learners • Learn with their hands • Remember what they focus on while playing • Often the students who are unsuccessful in school learn best tactually (hands on)!!

  19. Kinesthetic Learner • Best when teaching males and athletes • Continual physical movement • Need active bodily participation • Not Passive Mental Thinking!

  20. The Results are In!!

  21. When Educating Adult Learners • In order to: • Increase achievement • Enhance job performance • Improve attitudes about learning • Match Instructional Strategy to the Learning Style!!

  22. Examine Just Perceptual Strengths of Adult Learners

  23. Adult Learning cartoon 3 - search ID rman3887 Adult Learners – the WRONG Way!

  24. Perceptual Style Preferences Incorporated! • Research over 10 years shows… • Increased academic achievement • Improved attitudes toward academic learning • Design Educational Programs around Adult students’ perceptual styles: • Maximize professional development in ALL fields • Improve college-level instruction

  25. In the Corporate Setting!

  26. Bakery Firm – Driver Safety Program • Those trained via matching instructional style: • Scored significantly higher • Demonstrated improved attitude Bakery

  27. In Human Services Fields!

  28. Nursing Students Studying Anesthesiology • Using correct learning style … • Exhibited reduced anxiety • Showed improved clinical performance Studying Nutrition • Using correct learning style… • Achievement test scores significantly higher

  29. Professional Development

  30. Public School Teachers and Administrators • Teaching Methods Congruent with LS • Statistically higher long term retention in technology training • Teaching Experienced Teachers about LS • Higher achievement • Higher attitude test scores

  31. Learning Style Results in the Classroom

  32. Special Education Students • Most are Global processors • Perceptual strengths are tactual and kinesthetic • Most teaching is done.. • Via talking – requires auditory skills! • Via reading – requires visual-print skills!

  33. Special Education Students • After two years of LS instruction • Achieved statistically higher in standardized achievement test scores • Some achieved as well as regular high-school students!!

  34. Special Education Students • Significantly higher gains across multiple grade levels in: • Urban schools • Suburban schools • Rural schools

  35. High School Special Education Students • Prior to LS (Frontier Central HS; Hamburg, NY) [June, 1987] • 25% passed State Competency Tests & received diplomas • LS methodologies used in 1987-1988 • 66% passed State Competency Tests & received diplomas • LS methodologies used in 1988-1989 • 91% successful

  36. High School Special Education and Science • Short- and long-term achievement gained • Change in behavior • Decline in lateness • Reduced absences • Polite and appropriate

  37. In Order to Leave No Student Behind… • Educators should be required to implement Learning Styles • Especially for… • Learning disabled • Underachieving • At-risk populations!

  38. Strong Statements Regarding SPED Students • Teachers inappropriately classify underachievers as SPED because they do not learn conventionally • Students who learn differently can achieve, and do with LS instruction

  39. Strong Statements Regarding SPED Students • Teachers should experiment with LS instruction before recommending students for SPED • It is immoral, and should be illegal, to classify children who learn differently as SPED instead of teaching them the way they learn. (Dunn, Shea, Evans, & MacMurren, 1991).

  40. Scholastically Successful Students Are Happy Students!!

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