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Celli, L. M., & Young, N. D. (2014). Learning style perspectives: Impact in the classroom (3rd ed.). Madison, WI: Atwood Publishing.
Text Purpose
The purpose of this book is to familiarize the reader with learning styles research and how an instructor can use this knowledge to develop appropriate teaching strategies that will assist students to reach their full capacity. Authors Celli and Young provide concrete examples of how to apply this new knowledge into the classroom. In chapter four Celli and Young provide a discussion on how auditory learners learn and what strategies work best for this type of student. In chapter five, the authors outline the characteristics of the visual learner and give best practices strategies.
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It is the job, per Celli and Young (2014) for an instructor to know how individual students take in additional information and develop new skills, as well as, how the student processes and retains that new information or new skills. To accomplish this, a teacher would need to be aware and understand how individual leaner behaves and approaches a new learning experience, how they apply the additional information, how they evaluate the new learning, and how to apply the new knowledge to situations in life (Celli & Young, 2014). In this book, Celli and Young provide the research around auditory, visual, and tactile/kinesthetic learning styles and detail many practical examples of how to implement this research into the classroom. Characteristics of an auditory learner as described by Celli and Young (2014) include those learners that can analyze pieces of information and who need to understand the relationships and connections between concepts and pieces of invocation. These learners need to connect the pieces of information to the overall concepts. Auditory learners attend to the task at hand and find it easy to memorize …show more content…
These students per Celli and Young (2014) learn best by doing and must be actively engaged to learn and understand. Providing opportunities for these learners to be creative with hands-on activities will ensure learning occurs (Celli & Young, 2014). Moreover, Celli and Young (2014) believe tactile/kinesthetic learners need to hold, touch, and manipulate learning materials to make appropriate and lasting connections to the curriculum. The teacher can accommodate these learners best by providing such strategies as internships and practicums, field trips, experiential learning activities, simulations, and demonstrations (Celli & Young,