Learning Styles

Over the past week I participated in Gardner's Multiple Intelligences test and The Learning Style Scale test.  My results from both showed that I am a Kinaesthetic, Naturalist, Musical, sensing and visual learner. I found these activities interesting as they reflected on my stronger learning styles and what I am most interested in personally. Using learning style test and getting to know what each entitles would enhance teaching practices in the classroom. Getting to know how each of your learners learn is an important aspect of planning for learning experiences. Having short quizzes would help teachers efficiently profile their learners and therefore create effective learning strategies to cater for these students. Overall these exercises where beneficial to partake in.

My learning Styles
Naturalist:
 A learner who like/is interested in the nature and the world around them. This is true for me as my family owns a wholesale nursery and I have enjoyed working out there since I was young and I love animals as a whole, owning dogs, horses, chooks, cats, fish etc.

Musical:
A learner who can recognise musical sounds and enjoys learning through music. This also relates back to myself as well. I play the clarinet and piano and love listening and learning about music.

Kinaesthetic/active:
A learner who learns through 'doing' the activity. It is someone who loves sports. Again this is me down to a tee. I am constantly involved in physical activity from netball, to dancing, horse riding and touch football I love the great outdoors.

Visual:
A learner who learns best by seeing the information in front of them. I learn best by seeing not hearing. This visual helps me to see what is needed to do and i can relate to it more.