1. How do I learn? 7th graders investigate their learning styles Part 2: The CITE Learning Styles Inventory
2. What do the scores mean 33-40 Major Learning Style This is how you prefer to learn; how you learn best 20-32 Minor Learning Style This style works for you but is not your preference 5-20 Not how you learn at all This way of learning does not work well for you at all
3. Visual Learning Means you learn through seeing information Visual Language speaks to seeing written words as opposed to hearing them. If seeing helps you process and remember then you are likely a visual language learner. Visual Numerical learning means that you understand numbers, formulas, equations, etc…better when you see them.
4. Auditory Learning If you are an auditory language learner that means that you process and remember words, concepts, ideas, etc…better when you hear them (ie: audible books, read aloud) What does it mean to be an auditory numerical learner?
5. Walk me through Social-Individual vs. Social-Group learning What does that mean with regard to studying for tests, exams, etc….. Oral expression vs. written expression Kinesthetic-Tactile Which many of us are!!!
6. Final questions Did your answers surprise you? How will this information help you be a successful 7th grader? Why would it be important for you to tell a teacher how you learn best?