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1 Researching on the Run RACSS Fall Seminar Tampa, Florida October 8, 2008

2 The Learning Challenge Abstract Energy Deregulation Concrete Motor Vehicle Licenses Simple Complex

3 Main Source How to Learn Anything Quickly, Ricki Linksman, M. Ed. (1996)

4 Session s Goal Knowing your learning style can help you quickly absorb new, unfamiliar information under stressful conditions Knowing others learning style can help you communicate information to them more effectively

5 Learning Cycle Finding Information Understanding What You Found Conveying Your Understanding

6 Understanding What You Found Finding Information Understanding What You Found Conveying Your Understanding

7 What s a learning style? Usual way you receive and process information Intake Channels: Eyes (visual) Ears (audio) Hands and fingers (tactile) Motor muscles (kinesthetic) Processing Centers Right brain Left brain

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9 Intake Channels Context Visual Audio Tactile Kinesthetic Receives information well when Things are shown Things are heard Things are touched Moving around When speaking, tends to Say what s seen Say what s heard Say what s felt Use action words and phrases Is more likely to remember... What s seen What s heard Feelings evoked by events Actions and movements Source: Linksman, How to Learn Anything Quick

10 Which intake style is best for Task Visual Audio Tactile Kinesthetic Writing reports Preparing graphs Summarizing testimony Briefing members Interviewing via phone Finding laws and cases Chairing meetings

11 Right-Brain and Left-Brain Processing Centers Right Left

12 Eight Learning Styles Visual Visual, Right Brain Visual, Left Brain Tactile Tactile, Right Brain Tactile, Left Brain Audio Audio, Right Brain Audio, Left Brain Kinesthetic Kinesthetic, Right Brain Kinesthetic, Left Brain

13 How Visual Learners Process Pictures Left-Brain Person RBI double, two for four,.300 hitter Right-Brain Person

14 How visual learners process words Left-Brain Person RBI double, two for four,.300 hitter Right-Brain Person

15 How brain halves store information First the pitcher wound up from the stretch position, then he presented sequentially Right-Brain Person Did the batter knock in the run or not? the batter swung hard, lined the ball to right, and Left-Brain Person Cool

16 How brain halves store information presented all at once The batter drove in the winning run in the bottom of the ninth Right-Brain Person All right! Left-Brain Person Hold it! How did the runner

17 Is the legislature a left- or rightbrain world? Task Researching Report Writing Attending hearings and meetings Reading testimony Explaining bills Solving Problems Interviewing agency officials Using or interpreting statistics Left Right

18 I m not doing all the work Prepare a presentation on what you learned at this conference using a learning style that s different than your team s Visual learners do an audio presentation Audio learners do a tactile presentation Tactile learners do a kinesthetic presentation Kinesthetic learners do a visual presentation You have 10 minutes to prepare and five minutes to present

19 Converting Signals to Your Leaning Style Sounds Converter Box Pictures

20 Conversion Strategies for Visual Learners Medium Reading Graphs Left-Brain Ideal medium Convert to text Right-Brain Convert to graphics Ideal medium Oral Testimony Kinesthetic Presentation Read the written testimony Convert to narrative Convert to graphics Draw sketches or images

21 Conversion Strategies for Audio Learners Medium Reading Graphs Oral Testimony Kinesthetic Presentation Left-Brain Read aloud Discuss with others Ideal Ask questions Right-Brain Covert to sounds (MP3, Pod cast) Convert to metaphors Convert to rhythms and tones Convert to sound, sight, sensations

22 Conversion Strategies for Tactile Learners Medium Reading Graphs Oral Testimony Kinesthetic Presentation Left-Brain Copy in your own hand Describe in writing Take notes Take notes Right-Brain Draw or sketch related images Copy or draw graphs Draw or sketch related images Make sketches or diagrams

23 Conversion Strategies for Kinesthetic Learners Medium Reading Graphs Left-Brain Act out or visualize words Visualize dynamic Right-Brain Act out or visualize words Visualize dynamic Oral Testimony Non Kinesthetic Presentation Visualize action Act out or visualize action Same as above Act out or visualize action

24 Ok, you re not done yet View the video and convert what you see into your learning style

25 Online Learning Style Inventories Memletics Learning Styles Inventory What s Your Learning Style style.html

26 John Rappa Office of Legislative Research Connecticut General Assembly

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