Week 3 Choice - Learning Styles

Learning styles are various approaches or ways of learning. They involve educating methods that are presumed to allow that individual to learn best. Most people favor some particular method of interacting with information. Learning styles originated in the 1970's and has gained must popularity in recent years. Teachers that assess learning styles of the students can then adapt their classroom methods to best fit each students learning style. There are several models of learning styles:
David Kolb's Model: is based on experiential learning theory and outlines two grasping experiences: concrete Experience and Abstract Conceptualization, and Reflective Observation and Active Experimentation.
Honey and Mumford model: adopting David Kolb's model with a few adaptations
Anthony Gregorc's Model and Sudbury model
The most common model follows the VARK model using visual, auditory and tactile learner methods.
In my studies of gender differences I have notice that many males are visual learners where more females tended to be tactile or auditory learners. With that being said this might explain some of the differences that males and females show when learning where females are more verbal and males are more spatial. Regardless of the gender differences I do believe that by focusing in on the main learning style and approaching learning with that style in mind can improve overall performance in education and learning.