Learning Styles

Learning styles describe the common ways through which people learn. Each individual has a mix of learning styles with one dominate style for each circumference, and the brain is responsible for each learning style. In order to help all students learn in the classroom, the teacher should have variety of learning styles to meet the students' needs. The teacher should have a repertoire of strategies that give the students the opportunity to choose the best one of them. 

The most used learning styles are: 

• Visual
• Auditory
• Kinesthetic

The visual learners are learners who absorb information by seeing it in front of them and they store these images in their brains. The teacher helps those students by writing directions, using flashcards, color codes, and demonstrating tasks physically.

The auditory learners learn through hearing and speaking where information is exchanged through verbal language. The teacher helps them by playing word games, using rhythms and songs, reading aloud, and allowing students to read aloud and explain verbally.

The kinesthetic learners learn by moving around and handling physical objects, they like outdoor activities, and arts. The teacher helps them by providing hands-on tools, encouraging physical movements while studying, and using outdoors for learning.

Using diversity of learning styles in the classroom helps the teacher and the students to establish relevant learning where students will be more involved in learning and retain knowledge better when they see it relevant. Various learning styles help in raising successful students and thus, more positive attitudes are generated when we match students to their learning styles. A positive and productive classroom of different learning styles requires a common understanding of positive and negative behaviors. It is important for teachers to discover students' learning styles before teaching them content.