Learning Styles
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How do my Teaching Strategies Relate to Students' Learning Style Profiles
When I took the "Teaching Style Inventory" by Gregorc and Ward, I found that I do teach to learners of all learning styles. I overwhelmingly teach to the Active Experimental learner, with a score of 17. The other three, Concrete Experimental, Reflective Observational, and Abstract Conceptualization, were all about even with scores of 10, 9, and 8 respectively. Surprisingly to me, this is different than how I learn according to Kolb's learning profile. I am strongly Reflective Observational with my second being Abstract Conceptualization. I am glad that I have not just taught as I learn, but I also realize that I need to address learners who are more like me. I think that I have tried so hard to make math real and applicable to students that I have purposely not lectured or assigned a list of problems that all require the same concepts. I don't want my students to be bored in my class and wonder when they are ever going to use what they are learning. With that in mind, I have always tried to give students applications that apply to them and have them figure out the math concepts from that situation. I honestly think this is a good strategy and is more coherent with the new math reform, which is trying to get away from the traditional way math was taught, in the Abstract Conceptualization style...