Differentiation Through Learning Styles and Memory

by Marilee Sprenger

This comprehensive resource provides educators with practical strategies for guiding students to access what they have learned, utilizing their own personal learning styles and strengths.

Genres: Education

176 pages, Paperback

First published March 26, 2003

About the author

Marilee is a member of the American Academy of Neurology, the Learning and the Brain Society, and the Cognitive Neuroscience Society. She is an adjunct professor at Aurora University, teaching graduate courses on brain based teaching, learning and memory, and differentiation.

Reviews

[Sara Westhead · Rating 3 out of 5]

There is definitely some good advice in this text, and Sprenger has clearly done her research, however I find that VAK is way too limited. For example, according to Sprenger's interpretation of VAK, both my son and I are "visual learners". However, we couldn't be any less alike. If you look at Gardner's Multiple Intelligences, I believe you can more clearly delineate students by their preferred learning styles. So, going by my previous example, I, who prefer printed text, am a verbal-linguistic learner while my son is actually a visual-spacial learner. That said, a teacher who is just developing differentiation in the classroom will benefit from some of these more simple tips.

[David Cohen · Rating 4 out of 5]

I think I already do a lot of this, but through relationship building and providing an auditory, visual, and haptic option in my Math Models class. Great affirmation of what seems to work for my students.