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Comparing Peter Honey And Mumford's Four Learning Styles/Preferences

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Coaching is more than just asking question and receiving answers. Being able to listen and ask the right questions is important to any productive coaching relationship. There are a number of tools and techniques that can be used. When planning the content of the sessions it is important to consider how individuals learn and try to adopt various learning methods. Based on the research by Edgar Dale, he concluded that learners retain about 10% of what they read, 20% of what they hear, 30% of what they see, 50% of what they both hear and use, 70% of what they say and 90% of what they see and do.

Learning Styles/Preferences

Learning styles were developed by Peter Honey and Alan Mumford, they identified four distinctive learning styles/preferences:
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