AHS.7 Identifying Your Learning Styles – What Turns My Gears (PowerPoint)
This LifeKnowledge lesson (AHS.7, “Identifying Your Learning Styles: What Turns My Gears”) introduces students to the three primary learning styles—visual, auditory, and kinesthetic—through a memory activity and self-assessment. Students learn to identify their own preferred learning style and discover practical learning strategies aligned to each style to improve their capacity for learning. It includes transparencies, assessment charts, a test, and application activities tied to agricultural and natural resource topics.
At a glance
- Learning objectives
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- Illustrate different methods of learning.
- Identify his or her preferred style for learning.
- Identify practical strategies for advancing his or her capacity for learning.
- Time required
- Instruction time for this lesson: 50 minutes.
- Grade level
- Advanced High School
- Materials
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- Writing surface
- AHS.7.TM.A
- AHS.7.TM.B
- AHS.7.TM.C
- AHS.7.TM.D
- AHS.7.TM.E
- AHS.7.TM.F
- AHS.7.AS.A
- AHS.7.AS.B—one per student
- AHS.7.Test—one per student
- AHS.7.Assess—one per student
- Unit
- Stage One of Development-ME
- Problem Area
- Who Am I in Light of Serving Others?
- Precepts
- Definition of Mental Growth
- Key Terms
- Learning styles; Visual learners; Auditory learners; Kinesthetic learners; Learning strategies
- Resources
- Schmeck, Ronald R. Learning Strategies and Learning Styles: Perspectives on Individual Differences. Plenum Publishers, 1988
Downloads & Links
Lesson plan
Presentation
Aligned Standards
National Standards
- NL-ENG.K12.2Understanding the Human Experience – Students read a wide range of literature from many periods in many genres to build an understanding of the many dimensions of human experience.