Learning Styles

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Sequential learners:

• acquire understanding in connected chunks.
• can solve problems without understanding the big picture.

Global learners:

• take in seemingly unconnected fragments and achieve understanding in holistic leaps.
• may not do well with homework until they have a grasp of the big picture; once they have it, they may see connections to other areas or disciplines that others overlook.

Inductive learners:

• prefer to learn by seeing specific cases first (observations, experimental results) and working up to governing principles and theories.

Deductive learners:

• prefer to begin with general principles and to deduce consequences and applications.