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    • Asking questions
    • Assessing class performance
    • Cognitive load
    • Flipped classroom
    • Learning styles
    • Live coding
    • Mental models
    • motivating students
    • Pair programming
    • Pedagogy
    • Peer instruction
    • Problem based learning
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Learning styles

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Students all learn in different ways. Therefore the way you approach teaching/mentoring for a student should also vary. There are a lot of different frameworks for explaining learning styles. Going from 4 types of learning to 8. There is no right answer but its important to think about the student you are helping and the problem you are explaining.

Knowing about learning styles is such an important part of student centered learning

Preparation

  • Read with an overview of what VARK is

  • Read about how to recognize and cater to the different learning preferences

  • Read highlighting 8 different learning styles

  • Counterpoint!

    • Do learners really know best? Urban

      legends in education:

    • Matching Learning Style to Instructional Method - Effects on Comprehension:

Exercises

Learning Paths

Groundwork for student learning
this article
this article
Quiz to test what kind you are (its actually pretty good)
this article
http://lexiconic.net/pedagogy/Do_Learners.pdf
Top 10 myths about teaching computer science
https://www.kovacs.com/info250readings/Rogowskyetal.pdf
Learning styles