This text synthesizes the research on the learning style characteristics of five culturally diverse groups: Native Americans, Hispanic Americans, African Americans, Asian Americans, and European Americans. Although each of these groups has distinguishing features and differs from other groups on some of the 22 elements that constitute learning style, there are broad within-group variations that preclude generalizations. Dunn and Griggs identify a multidimensional model of learning style, describe a comprehensive assessment instrument for identifying an individual's learning style, and provide a variety of educational interventions that accommodate diverse learning style preferences.
Author(s): Rita Dunn, Shirley A. Griggs
Year: 1995
Language: English
Pages: 296
Contents......Page 6
Preface......Page 8
Acknowledgments......Page 12
1. Examining Your Knowledge of Multiculturalism and Learning Styles......Page 16
2. Understanding Learning Styles and the Need for Teaching to Individual, Rather than Group, Characteristics......Page 28
3. Understanding Learning-Styles Counseling and the Adolescent Stages of Development......Page 42
4. Multiculturalism and the Learning-Style Characteristics of Major Cultural Groups in the United States......Page 52
5. Identifying Adolescents’ Individual Learning-Style Strengths......Page 94
6. Managing the Implementation of a Learning-Styles Program......Page 118
7. Designing Tactual and Kinesthetic Resources to Respond to Adolescents’ Individual Learning Styles......Page 144
8. Designing Programmed Learning Sequences to Respond to Adolescents’ Individual Learning Styles......Page 180
9. Designing Contract Activity Packages to Respond to Adolescents’ Individual Learning Styles......Page 216
10. Designing Multisensory Instructional Packages to Respond to Adolescents’ Individual Learning Styles......Page 242
Epilogue......Page 250
Appendix: Contract Activity Packages Available Through the Center for the Study of Teaching and Learning Styles......Page 252
References......Page 254
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