Learning Styles

I have always been a hands-on learner.  If I am actually doing something it sticks with me longer.  I am able to learn things by listening, but I have learned that this is not as affective in the long run.  To sit through a lecture on a concept usually bores me, but if there is discussion involved I will become engaged and learn.  


I think teachers should focus on incorporating as many teaching strategies as possible in a lesson to engage all types of learners.  For instance, in a math lesson a teacher might start by teaching a concept using visuals.  Then, give a set of problems and manipulatives to students and have them work in pairs to figure them out on their own.  Then, as a class have a group discussion on what they found.  It is very important to engage as many types of learners as possible and to reinforce what you teach in many different ways.