Sequence: Ways to be Smart

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Sequence: Ways to be Smart
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Basic Description

The aim of this learning design is for students to analyse the way they learn and how they learn, making them address the question: 'How do I learn best'?  Students are tasked to complete a short questionnaire based on VART (Visual, Aural, Reading/writing, Kinaesthetic) that then provides students with a profile of their learning preferences.  The results of this will inform students of their different approaches to learning as well as supporting students who are facing difficulties in their learning.  Students then go on to complete an action plan based on their results as well as planning a review of their learning.

Keywords

VARK, learning styles, learning, ALeD

Subject
Improving your Own Learning, key skills, study skill, information literacy skills

Audience
Post -16 Education

Run time
1 hour

Delivery Mode
Classroom based

Resources
Computer and Internet access per student.

Outline of Activities

Introduction and welcome to the session.  This outlines the aims and objective of the session.  These are to: complete a questionnaire assessing your skills;
complete an Action Plan based on the results of the questionnaire and to
plan a review of your learning

Tool: Notice board

Students completed a short VARK questionnaire.  The questionnaire is Flash based and will mark the students responses giving them both a visual and written representation of their learning styles.

Tool: Shared resource

Students past their share their results with their peers having copied them from the questionnaire results.

Tool: Q & A

Students are invited to chat with their peers about their results and what they think about them.  To help focus the students the following questions are posed: What are the things you are good at?  Why do you think that those two strategies suit your style of learning?

Tool: Chat

Having discussed their strengths and weaknesses students are posed the same questions but are asked to give more definitive answer based not only on their results but what they've discussed in the Chat.  These are intended for staff use.

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Language: English
LAMS Version: 2.0
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Authored By:   Kristian Besley
Date: 29 June 2007 08:45 AM
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