They often have a great sense of humor and are fun and challenging kids to teach. They like challenges, and tend to be competitive. They are curious, realistic, creative, innovative, instinctive, adventurous, and often have a short attention span. Concrete Random/Wiggly Willy/Wilma: The Wiggly Willy or Wilma usually has a high need for activity.
#ABSTRACT RANDOM LEARNING STYLE HOW TO#
Here’s a description of each of the learning styles with some information on how to teach a child with each learning style: Sometimes as adults, we can even find ourselves having characteristics in all the learning styles! This is probably because we’ve had to adapt and have taught ourselves to learn in all the different ways because we were taught in different ways throughout our lives. They might be most dominant in one style, but also high in another. Occasionally you’ll be able to see some preferences in a younger child, but don’t be surprised if you can’t until they are older.Īlso, most people tend to have characteristics that fit into two of these learning styles.
Prior to the age of eight, children often fit in the Wiggly Willy or Wilma style. Keep in mind that most children won’t show a clear preference for a learning style until they are about eight years old. Abstract Sequential=Competent Carl or Carla Concrete Sequential=Perfect Paul or PaulaĤ. Abstract Sequential (perceive things abstractly and order the information sequentially)Ī great resource to learn more about these learning styles is Cynthia Tobias‘ book “The Way They Learn.” Mary James, in her book “Smoothing the Way,” also covers learning styles very well and has given these learning styles much easier names to remember:ġ. Abstract Random (perceive things abstractly and order the information randomly)Ĥ. Concrete Sequential (perceive things concretely and order the information sequentially)ģ. Concrete Random (perceive things concretely and order information randomly)Ģ. They prefer to “get it done!”ĭr. Gregorc went on to create four combinations or learning styles for these different ways people perceive the world and the way they order the information that they take in:ġ. They often are more impulsive and spontaneous. They may skip steps in a procedure but they still get the desired results. Random ordering-those who order things randomly tend to organize information in chunks without a specific order. They prefer to “Follow the steps” when putting something together, for example.B. They tend to think logically and like to follow a plan. Sequential ordering – those who order sequentially tend to organize information in a very orderly, step by step way. Gregorc says there are two ways that people tend to order the information they take in:Ī. They tend to think “it’s not always what it seems” Abstract perception: the person who views the world abstractly often visualizes things that can’t be seen, they use their intuition and imagination to see more than what is actually there. Concrete perception: a person who views the world concretely registers information directly through the five senses (sight, hearing, smell, taste and touch) and sees primarily what is obvious, they don’t tend to look for hidden meaning. Gregorc says there are two points of view or ways people perceive the world:Ī. Let’s review the two ways to perceive things and the two ways to order the information learned:ġ. Perception: Dr.
Most people use both ways of perceiving the world and both ways of storing that information, but they typically prefer one over the other in each area. Gregorc’s model of learning styles is based on the belief that there are usually two different ways people perceive the world and there are two different ways that people tend to deal with the information that they have learned. There are other learning style models, but I think that Gregorc’s is one of the best and most helpful. Gregorc created a model of learning styles that is very popular among homeschoolers. Kinesthetic learners need to be moving or touching what they are learning about to most effectively learn.Ī person’s learning style goes a little more in depth into their strengths and personality as well.Ī child’s learning style refers to their natural strengths, personality and the ways they learn best. Just to recap, visual learners prefer to be able to see what they are learning, and auditory learners retain information best if they hear what they are learning.
#ABSTRACT RANDOM LEARNING STYLE SERIES#
In part 1 of this series I shared about Learning Modalities, which refers to the sensory method that a person prefers to use for taking in information when learning.
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