Integrating Learning Styles

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Multiple Intelligences

            Multiple Intelligences related to learning styles. Howard Gardner (1993) spells out the differences between the theories this way: In MI theory talks about human respond of contents in the world, but learning styles are searching for approaches the characteristic of all contents.

            Learning styles theory is the way of learners who made decisions and how active or reflective they were while interacting. (Jung, 1927). In my opinion learning styles are the way of learners in learning to get more understanding and every people have different style in learning.

            There are two learning styles theories that interpret the personality:

1.      A focus on process.

This model tends to concern them with the process of learning. The learners usually absorb the information to acquire their knowledge and they also think about the information to get the result and to evaluate their learning.

2.      An emphasis on personality.

The learners believe that learning is the result of personal. They believe that if you want to get good score or good thing in learning, you have to have motivation in your self to study more and search the information to support your learning.

Most learning styles theories have four basic styles.

1.      The mastery style learner.

Step by step is easier for learners to get clarity in learning.

2.      The understanding style learner.

Focuses more ideas and abstraction learns through a process of questioning, reasoning, and testing. The learners usually evaluate their learning by standard of logic and also use of evidence.

3.      The self expressive style learner.

Maybe it is suitable for visual learners because look images implied ion learning and also use the expression, feeling and emotion of learners can support theory capacity in learning process.

4.      The interpersonal style learner.

This style like the mastery learner, the learners need evidence to absorb and acquire the information to get clarity in learning, they more interesting in socially and potential to help each other to solve problem learning.

As probably people know that every single in this life have strength and limitation.

Learning Styles also have strengths and limitations.

 Strengths of learning styles models:

1.      The learners can focus on their goals in learning.

They focus on the process of information.

2.      They can manage themselves in learning. Like motivation in learning is needed to get the best result in learning. They also can force themselves to study more because they believe that successes need process.

3.      They tend to emphasize thought as a vital component of learning.

Limitations of learning styles:

1.      They may fail to imply the style in different ways of learning.

2.      They can not match between learning styles and the environment of learning.