Book Review: The Way They Learn: How to discover and teach to your child's strengths - 4 views

• 
  #1 LeAnn Maynard on 20 Feb 12

   

  I really enjoyed this book, and it gave me great insights into how students are wired. How do they take in information and how do students use that information. There are four styles of students. The book goes into different ways of working with students and talks about how students concentrate, remember, and understand information. I liked the book because it provided useful information and tips on how to interact with students.
  
  I realize that learning styles have gotten a bad rap by some educators. Now having said that learning styles do present an interesting piece of the puzzle to how students learn. It is important to note that a learning style is a preference rather than an ability to learn. Individuals have a tendency to like information or processing to be done a certain way because there is a familiarity and comfort level. The awareness of a learning style can assist educators in setting students up for success by phrasing information in certain ways or pointing out that this information may be more uncomfortable for individuals to learn because of the way it is presented.
  
  The book is organized by learning style category and then by subject areas like concentration, understanding and remembering. The first six chapters focus on learning styles, and the remaining six chapters delve into specific topic areas as each relates to learning styles. The main topics of the book are learning styles, and three central topic areas related to learning. The topic areas are concentration, remembering, and understanding.
  
  The overall message of the book is that every person may have a dominant learning style, however each person has a certain amount of each learning styles' characteristics. Moreover as students, parents, and teachers become aware of their learning style it is meant to help them achieve and adapt to others who are not wired that way, not to be used as an excuse for poor performance or I can not do something.
  
  To purchase this book: http://www.amazon.com/They-Learn-Cynthia-Ulrich-Tobias/dp/1561794147/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1329099835&sr=1-1
  
  
  Citation: Tobias, Cynthia Ulrich. The Way They Learn: How To Discover and Teach to Your Child's Strengths. Colorado Springs, CO: Focus on the Family, 1994

   

  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">I really enjoyed this book, and it gave me great insights into how students are wired. How do they take in information and how do students use that information. There are four styles of students. The book goes into different ways of working with students and talks about how students concentrate, remember, and understand information. I liked the book because it provided useful information and tips on how to interact with students. <br /> <br /> I realize that learning styles have gotten a bad rap by some educators. Now having said that learning styles do present an interesting piece of the puzzle to how students learn. It is important to note that a learning style is a preference rather than an ability to learn. Individuals have a tendency to like information or processing to be done a certain way because there is a familiarity and comfort level. The awareness of a learning style can assist educators in setting students up for success by phrasing information in certain ways or pointing out that this information may be more uncomfortable for individuals to learn because of the way it is presented. <br /> <br /> The book is organized by learning style category and then by subject areas like concentration, understanding and remembering. The first six chapters focus on learning styles, and the remaining six chapters delve into specific topic areas as each relates to learning styles. The main topics of the book are learning styles, and three central topic areas related to learning. The topic areas are concentration, remembering, and understanding. <br /> <br /> The overall message of the book is that every person may have a dominant learning style, however each person has a certain amount of each learning styles' characteristics. Moreover as students, parents, and teachers become aware of their learning style it is meant to help them achieve and adapt to others who are not wired that way, not to be used as an excuse for poor performance or I can not do something. <br /> <br /> To purchase this book: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/They-Learn-Cynthia-Ulrich-Tobias/dp/1561794147/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1329099835&sr=1-1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.amazon.com/They-Learn-Cynthia-Ulrich-Tobias/dp/1561794147/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1329099835&sr=1-1</a> <br /> <br /> <br /> Citation: Tobias, Cynthia Ulrich. The Way They Learn: How To Discover and Teach to Your Child's Strengths. Colorado Springs, CO: Focus on the Family, 1994</div>

  ...

  Cancel
• 
  #2 Linda Clinton on 26 Feb 12

   

  I think your last comment is a very important idea about learning styles: "...every person may have a dominant learning style, however each person has a certain amount of each learning styles' characteristics. Moreover as students, parents, and teachers become aware of their learning style it is meant to help them achieve and adapt to others who are not wired that way, not to be used as an excuse for poor performance or I can not do something."

   

  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">I think your last comment is a very important idea about learning styles: "...every person may have a dominant learning style, however each person has a certain amount of each learning styles' characteristics. Moreover as students, parents, and teachers become aware of their learning style it is meant to help them achieve and adapt to others who are not wired that way, not to be used as an excuse for poor performance or I can not do something."</div>

  ...

  Cancel
• 
  #3 Carolyn Beyer on 26 Feb 12

   

  It's so interesting to me how some people don't buy into the "different learning styles" theory. I really want to check out this book now! I like how it seems to incorporate the idea that, yes, everyone learns in different ways, but no one should use that as an excuse. Good things for teachers to understand!

   

  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">It's so interesting to me how some people don't buy into the "different learning styles" theory. I really want to check out this book now! I like how it seems to incorporate the idea that, yes, everyone learns in different ways, but no one should use that as an excuse. Good things for teachers to understand!</div>

  ...

  Cancel

To Top