Memlatic Learning Styles

The Memlatic Learning Styles quiz, is a researched based program which can be undertaken by people who wish to discover their personal learning style and how they learn best. This information can be used personally to maximise study success or can be used in a classroom so that the Learning Manager is able to create engaging learning programmes to suit their classroom.

After taking the quiz, it was discovered that my personal learning style is primarily social, physical and aural.

According to Learning Styles online;

Having a strong Social Learning Style: "you communicate well with people, both verbally and non-verbally. People listen to you or come to you for advice, and you are sensitive to their motivations, feelings or moods. You listen well and understand other’s views. You may enjoy mentoring or counseling others.

You typically prefer learning in groups or classes, or you like to spend much one-on-one time with a teacher or an instructor. You heighten your learning by bouncing your thoughts off other people and listening to how they respond. You prefer to work through issues, ideas and problems with a group. You thoroughly enjoy working with a “clicking” or synergistic group of people.

You prefer to stay around after class and talk with others. You prefer social activities, rather than doing your own thing. You typically like games that involve other people, such as card games and board games. The same applies to team sports such as football or soccer, basketball, baseball, volleyball, baseball and hockey." (Learning Styles Online)

Having a strong Physical Learning Style: "it’s likely that you use your body and sense of touch to learn about the world around you. It’s likely you like sports and exercise, and other physical activities such as gardening or woodworking. You like to think out issues, ideas and problems while you exercise. You would rather go for a run or walk if something is bothering you, rather than sitting at home.

You are more sensitive to the physical world around you. You notice and appreciate textures, for example in clothes or furniture. You like “getting your hands dirty,” or making models, or working out jigsaws.

You typically use larger hand gestures and other body language to communicate. You probably don’t mind getting up and dancing either, at least when the time is right. You either love the physical action of theme park rides, or they upset your inner body sense too much and so you avoid them altogether.

When you are learning a new skill or topic, you would prefer to “jump in” and play with the physical parts as soon as possible. You would prefer to pull an engine apart and put it back together, rather than reading or looking at diagrams about how it works.

The thought of sitting in a lecture listening to someone else talk is repulsive. In those circumstances, you fidget or can’t sit still for long. You want to get up and move around." (Learning Styles Online)

Having a strong Aural Learning Style: "you like to work with sound and music. You have a good sense of pitch and rhythm. You typically can sing, play a musical instrument, or identify the sounds of different instruments. Certain music invokes strong emotions. You notice the music playing in the background of movies, TV shows and other media. You often find yourself humming or tapping a song or jingle, or a theme or jingle pops into your head without prompting." (Learning Styles Online)

From this information it is evident that learning experiences which require social interaction, hands on learning and also working with sound or music. This information can also be used to identify that these are my stronger teaching areas and should be used to my advantage. On the other hand the weaker aspects of my teaching strategies can be identified and improved upon.

In a large classroom it can be difficult to cater to all learner types to ensure that the learners receive the education that they require. The key is to provide a variety of activity motivating all senses and develop a blended lesson plan provoking the use of all types of learning styles. Students will then be catered to for their particular need and be able to respond and improve their ability to learn through other styles. A digital style pedagogy encourages a variety of learning styles as there is often text to read, pictures and colourful graphics, sounds, videos and interactive activities which responds to the majority of the learning styles outlined in the Memlatic Learning Style activity. It also provides the opportunity for students to work independently or collaboratively encouraging a wide scope when details lesson plans.