Studies emphasize that students attain higher scores remarkably when taught through approaches that respond to their individual learning styles. Motivation to learn and interest to study is aroused among students if they are given control over their own learning styles.

           

“Learning style is one aspect of a child’s innate uniqueness so we must learn to recognize, acknowledge and respect every child’s learning style. Recent studies reveal that when teachers develop and expand their instructional methods and techniques according to the individual learning styles of their students, there is a marked increase in performance and achievement and a decrease in discipline problems in as little as six to eight weeks” , according to Henry S. Tenedero’s “Breaking His I.Q Myth.”

           

Furthermore learning style can be defined as the way in which each individual learner begins to concentrate process, absorb and retain new and difficult information.

           

In addition, the following excerpts can be pondered regarding the learning styles of the students (based on Theoretical Foundations of the Dunn and Dunn Learning Styles Model).

• Personal learning style is the biological and developmental set of characteristics that make the identical instructional environments method and resources effective for some learners and ineffective for others.
• Most people have learning style preferences but the learning style preferences of each individual differ significantly from each other.
• The stronger the preference, the more important it is to provide compatible instructional strategies.
• Accommodating individual learning style preferences through complimentary educational, instructional, teaching and counseling interventions results in increased academic achievement and improved student attitudes toward learning.
• Given responsive environments, resources and approaches students attain statistically higher achievement and aptitude test scores in congruent (matched) rather than different (mismatched) treatments.
• Most teachers and counselors can learn to use learning styles as a cornerstone of their instructional and counseling programs.
• Most students can learn to use learning styles as a cornerstone of their instructional and counseling programs.
• Most students can learn to capitalize on their learning styles, strengths when concentrating on new or difficult academic materials.
• The less academically successful the individual, the more important it is to accommodate learning style preferences.

By: Kristoferson S. Telles | T-1 | J.C. Payumo Elementary School