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Others with an effective experimental design “found results that flatly contradict the popular” assumptions about learning styles. In sum, “The contrast between the enormous popularity of the learning-styles approach within education and the lack of credible evidence for its utility is, in our opinion, striking and disturbing”. [7]
The Felder Silverman Learning Style Model (FSLSM) is a type of learning styles based on a two-step process, where the individual first receives the information through an internal or external mean and then processes it. [32] Felder and Silverman discovered five areas that affected learning: [33] Active/Reflective; Visual/Verbal; Sensing/Intuition
Visual learning is a learning style among the learning styles of Neil Fleming's VARK model in which information is presented to a learner in a visual format. Visual learners can utilize graphs, charts, maps, diagrams, and other forms of visual stimulation to effectively interpret information.
Neil Fleming, a New Zealand teacher and educational theorist, designed the VARK model (visual, aural or auditory, read/write and kinesthetic). [2] According to Fleming's model, kinesthetic learners are similar to tactile learners in that they like hands-on experiential learning.
Education in Dominica is compulsory from ages 5 to 16. [1] The gross primary enrollment rate was 100.4 [clarification needed] percent in 1991 and 98.2 percent in 1998, and the net primary enrollment rate was 88.7 percent in 1991 and 88.8 percent in 1998. [1] Primary school attendance rates were unavailable for Dominica as of 2001.
The Dominica Grammar School (DGS) is a public co-education secondary school in Roseau, Dominica, established in 1893, one of the oldest educational institutions on the island. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Contrary to its name, the school no longer functions as a traditional grammar school , as it has expanded its curriculum beyond its historical scope.
UDL provides educators with the framework for an educational curriculum that addresses students' diverse learning styles and interests via AT. [ 14 ] [ 15 ] According to the Technology-Related Assistance to Individuals with Disabilities Act of 1988 and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act of 2004, AT includes AT devices and services.
Learning styles: Acquiring knowledge through one's own technique is called learning style. Learning occurs in accordance with potential as every child is different and has particular potential in various areas. It caters to all kinds of learners: visual, kinesthetic, cognitive and affective. [dubious – discuss]