Learning Style

Learning Style

• Learning Style
  Distinguish between the three most supported learning style typologies: the visualizer-verbalizer dimension, Kolb’s theory, and Sternberg’s theory. How does learning style influence counseling intervention and/or approach?
  visualizer-verbalizer dimension
  The visualize- verbalizer dimension of learning focuses on using graphical images to pass a particular message to the student or the person observing the picture. The learning style classifies learners according to their ability to learn using visual images or through the use of verbal. The learning style is categorized into three facets which are cognitive ability, cognitive style, and learning preference (Lund, 2010). The visual- verbalizer questionnaire is the tool that is used to measure the cognitive style that a student is excellent at.  The questionnaire has 15 items of true or false questions.
  Kolb’s theory
  Kolb’s learning theory focuses mainly on the student ’s internal cognitive process and also asserts that learning is attained through experience. The learning theory works on two levels which are the four-stage cycle of education and the four separate learning styles. According to Kolb’s learning is the process of acquiring abstract concepts which may be applied flexibly in different situations (www.learner.org, 2018). The hypothesis asserts that the attainment of new experiences offers the establishment of a new idea. Kolb also says that the transformation of experiences provides the learner with the ability to create substantial knowledge.
  Sternberg’s theory
  Sternberg’s hypothesis or the triarchic theory tries to provide an understanding of human intelligence in regards to different elements rather than a single ability. In the approach, human knowledge is categorized into three different factors which are creative intelligence, practical intelligence as well as analytical intelligence (Terry, 2018). In his theory, Sternberg argues that intelligence tests tend to be wrong in omitting creativity and other essential features like cognitive processes, planning, performance elements as well as decision-making skills.

  References
  Lund, N. (2010). Intelligence and Learning. Macmillan International Higher Education.
  Terry, W. (2018). Learning & memory: Basic principles, processes, and procedures. (5th ed.). United Kingdom: Routledge.
  www.learner.org. (2018). Discovering Psychology: Responsive Brain. Retrieved from www.learner.org: http://www.learner.org/series/discoveringpsychology/04/e04expand.html