Bayview Beach Resort, Batu Ferringhi Beach, Penang, Malaysia
27-30 September 1999
The Impact of Individual Differences in Learning Styles on the Acquisition of Literacy Skills: A Practical Approach for Pre-School and Primary School Age Children
Dr Val Chapman
Faculty of Education and Psychology, University College Worcester, United Kingdom
Abstract
A person's learning style is their preferred way of perceiving, thinking, remembering and reasoning. Learning style is a term which recognises and encompasses a number of factors which influence the aspects of an individual's learning. The style tends to be relatively stable and is the interaction of the individual's characteristic affective, cognitive and physiological behaviours and the learning environment.
An understanding of such individual differences can help the teacher and/or parent become far more effective in helping children learn. For example, a child who has a very strong preference for the visual channel will gain far more benefit from teaching strategies, activities and games which fully utilise that strength rather than receiving information aurally.
This interactive workshop will offer practical activities and ideas for the full exploitation of individual learning styles in order to facilitate the acquisition of literacy skills.
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