HMLT 5203 – ASSIGNMENT 1

EXAMINATION OF LEARNING STYLES AND TEACHING STYLES AND HOW THESE IMPACT ON STUDENT LEARNING

Loh Khang Ling (780203-07-5353)

TEACHER PROFILE

Loh Khang Ling

Senior Consultant in computer software firm

Trainer in company

Provide training in company: Business knowledge for company products Technical knowledge for company products Company development standards

STUDENTS PROFILE Wong Tze Boon (Support Analyst – 2 years experience) Mathivanan Longanathan (Support Analyst – 3 years experience) Mohd Rozaimi B. Seman (Support Analyst – 1 year experience) Khaw Shu Wen (Support Analyst – 2 years experience) Ho Chi Tah (Software engineer – 2 years experience) Goo Shyoan Chian (Support Analyst – 1 year experience) Chua Wei Yao (Support Analyst – 1 year experience) Lai Wei Yap (Consultant – 5 years experience) Chong Say Yee (Support Analyst – 2 years experience) Yap Lye Yee (Support Analyst – 2 years experience) Nazura Bt. Anuar (Senior Suport Analyst – 4 years experience)

TRAINING DESCRIPTION

Basic credit card business knowledge Basic product knowledge Basic knowledge in IBM ISeries Server Basic product programming training following

company’s programming standard

TEACHING STYLE ASSESSMENT

Using Students Achieving Improved Learning Strategies (SAILS) Project tools

http://www.roanestate.edu/qep/teachingstyles.html

10 questions

LEARNING STYLE ASSESSMENT

Using Students Achieving Improved Learning Strategies (SAILS) Project tools

http://www.roanestate.edu/sails/learningstyles.asp

20 questions

TEACHING STYLE BY PERCENTAGE

KINESTHETIC TEACHING MODE

Prefer to have students do, touch or feel something

Use more role playing method

Involve a lot of lab work (hands-on training)

Frequently start a group study or group discussion

LEARNING STYLES MATRIXLearner Kinesthetic Reading & Writing Visual Auditory

WONG TZE BOON 80 0 10 10

MATHIVANAN LONGANATHAN

15 15 70 0

MOHD. ROZAIMI BIN SEMAN

15 15 70 0

KHAW SHU WEN 45 10 45 0

HO CHI TAH 70 15 15 0

GOO SHYOAN CHIAN 35 45 10 10

CHUA WEI YAO 70 10 10 10

LAI WEI YAP 70 0 30 0

CHONG SAY YEE 30 0 70 0

YAP LYE YEE 80 10 10 0

NAZURA BINTI ANUAR 10 45 35 0

PREFERRED LEARNING STYLE BY PERCENTAGE

KINESTHETIC LEARNING MODE

Role playing in class Field trips related to course material Frequent study breaks Study group, learn by teaching others Create/ Modify own course material Apply learning in class to real-life situations During lectures, imagine one self doing what

lectures mentioned

VISUAL LEARNING MODE

Concentrate on illustrations, charts and diagrams

Prefer to make visual association with course material

Attention to descriptive words in course material Prefer visual format material than lecture notes

in text Illustrated flash cards Recall instructor visual image in class to

remember subject of lecture Video clips as supplements to course reading

READING & WRITING BASED LEARNING MODE

Prefer texts and captions than illustrations Outline course topics Focus on formatted text (boldface, italics etc.) Prefer lecture notes in complete sentences Recall by listing key terms and details Write down summary of learning

CHANGE TEACHING STYLE

Current teaching style match 50% of learning style

Most of the student prefer kinesthetic Nearly half of the class prefer kinesthetic The other half of the class with visual learning

style and reading & writing learning style Very minimum percentage with auditory

learning style Teaching style should adjust to a balance of:

Kinesthetic Visual Reading & Writing

ADJUSTMENT OF TEACHING MODE

Adjusted Teaching Style

TEACHING MODE ADJUSTMENTS (PART 1)

Prepare video clips to introduce credit card business flow [visual]

Prepare training presentation slides with illustration, charts and diagrams [visual]

Share related presentation slides (partial of full slides) at the end of every training session [visual]

Prepare training notes in text format and distribute training notes among learners [r&w]

Format text in training notes to include boldface, italic and underlined text in training notes for important points in training notes [r&w]

TEACHING MODE ADJUSTMENTS (PART 2)

Encourage learners to take notes using their own preference method (text, illustrated, flow-chart etc.) [kinesthetic] [visual] [r&w]

Introduce study break frequently [kinesthetic] Share own experiences with learners during

study breaks [visual] Involve learners in group discussion frequently

[kinesthetic] Involve learners in hands-on exercise frequently

[kinesthetic]

STEPS TO TRAIN LEARNERS TO ADOPT NEW LEARNING STYLES

Go through learning style assessment with learners

Explain benefits of adopting multiple learning styles

Integrate learning activities in different learning styles

Slowly, lessen activities in dominant learning style and increase activities in less dominant learning style

Monitoring learners progress in adopting new learning styles