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Learning styles classify different ways people learn and how they approach information. Learning styles differentiate the way each learner begins to concentrate on, process, absorb, and retain new and difficult information.
If a person feels he or she can not learn something important – even after they use a method that a friend, parent, colleague, or a teacher suggested – they might have a different learning style than that person and their approach might now be the best approach to pursue. Each of us learn and process information in our own special way, though we all share some learning patterns, preferences, and approaches. Knowing our own style can also help us realize that other people may approach the same situation in a way that is different from our own.
Learners of all ages may think they are dim, dumb, lazy, or crazy because they cannot understand materials the way the others do. When these learners...
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Conner, M. (2012). Adult Learning Styles. In: Seel, N.M. (eds) Encyclopedia of the Sciences of Learning. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-1428-6_1002
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