CFD Teaching & Learning Resources

Learning Styles

As we equip our students as life-long learners, one of the necessary steps is to help them get in touch with their strengths in learning or their preferred methods of learning. These methods are also known as their learning styles. As educators if we could understand the different types of learning styles among our students we could enhance our instructions to empower them in their individual as well as group course work. As students they can take self tests on learning styles such that they could identify their strengths and develop other areas.

Resources for Learning Styles:

Learning Styles Inventory for students to take and print out results
http://www.engr.ncsu.edu/learningstyles/ilsweb.html
Article from North Carolina State on four major types of learning styles http://www4.ncsu.edu/unity/lockers/users/f/felder/public/ILSdir/styles.ht
Resources related to Felder-Silverman Learning Style Model as well as other related models http://www4.ncsu.edu/unity/lockers/users/f/felder/public/Learning_Styles.html

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