Opposing Learning Styles
Planning
Some Terms
What's Happening?
A Few Tools
100

These two types of learners TEND TO LEARN MORE EFFECTIVELY THROUGH LISTENING AND HEARING RATHER THAN READING, or they PROCESS INFORMATION BY SEEING IT IN PRINT OR OTHER VISUAL MODES INCLUDING FILM, PICTURE, OR DIAGRAM.

What are auditory and visual learners?

100

You use this to plan, monitor progress, guide choices, and make revisions.

What is your future picture?

100

Someone who supports or promotes the interests of another.

What is an advocate?

100

Beliefs or behaviors passed down or honored within a group that have special meaning or significance in relation to the past.

What is a tradition?

100

These show the purpose, pattern, structure, or process using a picture, story, or analogy that is stored within the mind.

What is a mental model?

200

These two types of learners PREFER TASKS THAT INVOLVE REAL OBJECTS AND SITUATIONS or they PREFER TO WORK WITH LANGUAGE AND IDEAS; PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS ARE NOT CONSIDERED NECESSARY FOR UNDERSTANDING.

What are applied and conceptual learners?

200

When planning, students should begin with what in mind?

What is the end?

200

What will be accomplished or completed.

What is a goal?

200

Knowing when or why something is important and understanding the connection or relationship to the outcome.

What is relevance?

200

This type of map can be used to show your past, present, and future. One example of this would be a calendar.

What is a time map?

300

These two types of learners are ABLE TO VISUALIZE, OR MENTALLY SEE, HOW THINGS WORK OR HOW THEY ARE POSITIONED IN SPACE. STRENGTHS INCLUDE DRAWING, ASSEMBLING THINGS, OR REPAIRING or they LACK SKILLS IN POSITIONING THINGS IN SPACE AND RELY ON VERBAL AND LANGUAGE SKILLS.

What are spatial and verbal learners?


300

In the R Rules, life is compared not only to a deck of cards, but also to a certain type of trip.

What is a road trip?

300

A collaborative effort involving research, planning, and actions to achieve a specific outcome.

What is a project?

300

Being aware of what is relevant or important in a situation or environment. Knowing what is going on around you.

What is situational awareness?

300

These are used to clarify expectations and identify levels of achievement.

What are rubrics?

400

These two types of learners PREFER TO WORK CLOSELY AND DIRECTLY WITH OTHERS, BOTH PEERS AND INSTRUCTORS; ARE PEOPLE ORIENTED AND ENJOY PERSONAL INTERACTION or they PREFER TO WORK AND STUDY ALONE; SELF-DIRECTED, SELF-MOTIVATED, AND GOAL-ORIENTED.

What are social and independent learners?

400

Steps to accomplish a goal.

What is an action plan?

400

The plan or actions that will be used to accomplish a goal.

What is a strategy?

400

Name two factors that are relevant in any situation.

What are location, environments, experiences, language, or people.

400

Specific, measurement, actions, results, and timeline make up this type of goal.

What is a SMART Goal?

500

These two types of learners IMAGINATIVELY AND INNOVATIVELY APPROACH LEARNING TASKS; LEARN THROUGH DISCOVERY AND EXPERIMENTATION. COMFORTABLE TAKING RISKS AND FOLLOWING HUNCHES or they are PRACTICAL, LOGICAL, AND SYSTEMATIC WHEN LEARNING; SEEK ORDER AND ARE COMFORTABLE WITH FOLLOWING RULES. 

What are creative and pragmatic learners?

500

Formal instructions that are followed and state how something will be done.

What is a procedure?

500

A schedule of events in the order they will occur.

What is a timeline?

500

To plan, organize, and manage time, but beginning with the end in mind is this type of planning.

What is planning backwards?

500

Random order, logical order, or order of priority are these types of planning tools.

What are checklists or to-do lists?