Identifying Learning Styles

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Identifying Learning Styles

A discussion and resources for implementing Differentiated Instruction in the classroom.

For many decades psychometricians have explored approaches to and methods for identifying a child's style. Whether one supports Gardener's scheme or not is a theoretical issue for teachers in their classrooms doing their jobs.

Some complex tests can be administered by specialists -- but not an option for the average teacher. On-line puzzle and game sites can help you quickly gain a glimmer of understanding; you can see which puzzles are easy or hard for a student. Then you have accumulated a point of departure for individualizing student work.

The New Blooms Taxonomy

http://interact-ctlt.blogspot.com/2007/06
/new-blooms-taxonomy.html

Much of today's curriculum rests on Benjamin Bloom's Taxonomy, a ladder with rungs for knowledge, comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis, and evaluation.

Encyclopedia of Educational Technology -- http://www.etc.edu.cn/eet/eet/articles/bloomrev/index.htm

Bloom's revised taxonomy

http://www.etc.edu.cn/eet/eet/articles/bloomrev/index.htm

A parallel taxonomy, developed by Cochran, Conklin and Modin) may suit the 21st century better; remember, understand, apply (including procedural and metacognitive), evaluate, and create.

BrainBashers: Puzzles and Brain Teasers

http://www.brainbashers.com/

BrainBashers is a collection of brain teasers, puzzles, riddles, games and optical illusions.

brain puzzles on-line - Google Search -- http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=on&q=brain+puzzles+on-line

Brain Puzzles list at Google

http://www.google.com
/search?hl=en&safe=on&q=brain+puzzles+on-line

Google has an extensive list of on-line Brain Puzzle sites.

Differentiated Instruction Resources

http://www.differentiatedresources.com/

This site looks at strategies for implementing Differentiated Instruction in the classroom.

Different Ways of Knowing

http://www.differentways.org/galef/different_ways.html

Different Ways of Knowing builds on Gardener's work. This site is a community-building effort for conversations about garnering curriculum and assessment resources for this method.