{"id":12647,"date":"2019-01-29T10:55:40","date_gmt":"2019-01-29T10:55:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dyslexiadaily.com\/blog\/?p=12647"},"modified":"2026-04-27T04:25:38","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T04:25:38","slug":"what-is-your-preferred-learning-style-and-can-it-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dyslexiadaily.com\/blog\/what-is-your-preferred-learning-style-and-can-it-change\/","title":{"rendered":"What is your preferred learning style and… can it change?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Teaching is changing, with teachers using more technology and varying teaching styles to reach an ever-changing technologically advanced generation of learners.<\/strong><\/span>\n\n<\/p>

Ongoing research tells us we don\u2019t all learn the same way.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n

\u201cResearchers have discovered there are 7 – 8 different learning styles and our education system can no longer be based a one size fits all model.\u201d<\/p><\/span><\/div><\/center>\n\n

Add to this, the significant population of children with learning difficulties, disabilities or differences, and you start to understand how reaching and teaching every student in a classroom needs to be a daily focus for educators.\n \n

So, what are these different learning styles and how can you determine which learning style your child prefers?\n \n

Let\u2019s start by thinking about a newly released movie. How would you choose to find out about the movie?\n \n

*<\/strong>Would you watch the trailer?<\/span><\/p> \n

*<\/strong>Read an expert review in the paper or online?<\/span><\/p>\n

*<\/strong>Ask a friend who has just seen the movie their opinion?<\/span><\/p>\n\n

Or perhaps you would do more than one?<\/span><\/p>\n \n

The way we choose to learn and remember information can give us clues on the type of learning style that suits us best.<\/span><\/p>\n\n

This learning style preference can also change depending on the subject we are learning and our age. Our brain changes as we grow and mature.<\/span><\/p>\n \n

Depending on whose research you read, they\u2019ll tell you that there are 3 – 8 different learning styles.<\/span><\/p>\n \n

I choose to belong in the 7-learning style camp, and they are:<\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. Visual<\/strong><\/li>\n
  2. Auditory<\/strong><\/li>\n
  3. Verbal<\/strong><\/li>\n
  4. Kinaesthetic<\/strong><\/li>\n
  5. Logical<\/strong><\/li>\n
  6. Social\/Interpersonal<\/strong><\/li>\n
  7. Solitary\/Intrapersonal<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Researchers tell us that different parts of the brain are activated in these different learning styles as well.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Looking at these learning styles in more detail will help you to determine which learning style you have a preference for. \nLet\u2019s use the concept of learning the colours of the rainbow as an example to explain the different learning styles.<\/span><\/p>\n\n

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