What is a helpful suggestion for supporting BOTH verbal and visual learners in your classroom?
a. Remind all children to focus on spoken cues and directions.
b. Minimize spoken directions and use hand-held signs to convey concepts.
c. Pair picture cues with print and verbal cues in the environment and instruction.
d. Verbal/visual is one category and children in this group are always strong in both forms of communication.
Question 2...What is generally true for intuitive learners?
a. Intuitive learners tend to complete tasks more quickly, though with less attention to detail and potentially more errors.
b. Intuitive learners take longer to complete tasks and pay close attention to detail.
c. Intuitive learners prefer repetition.
d. Intuitive learners need reminders to stay on-task more than other types of learners.
Question 3...What key process is described as the process of tailoring instruction and interaction approaches to different learning styles and diverse backgrounds?
a. Differentiation
b. Cognitive Conflict
c. Convergence
d. Assimilation
Question 4...What is a suggested application of theories of learning and thinking style?
a. Understanding that children in IEPs need to be taught differently than other children because their learning style is qualitatively different.
b. There is only one method of appropriate application of theories of learning and thinking style: Just do it. (Kinesthetic)
c. Understanding your own communication and teaching style and planning for a wide array of diverse learning and thinking styles.
d. Both A & B.
Question 5...What is the definition of learning style?
a. An individual's natural or habitual pattern of acquiring and processing information which requires that all instruction take place within that pattern.
b. Learning style refers to ways in which individuals learn new material, and it encompasses thinking, emotional, and psychological behaviors that impact how they take in, engage with, and respond to learning experiences and environments.
c. An instructional theory which states: individuals with exceptionalities differ in how they learn.
d. Learning style refers to a method of teaching exercised by special education teachers.
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