learning styles

From the learning styles questionnaire by Soloman and Felder Index of Learning Styles Questionnaire, my (Ava's results) and A-M's (A-M's results) differed in 2 of the 4 categories.



I want to quickly get some descriptions of the learning styles. These were extracted from Felder and Soloman's: Learning styles and strategies.

[a]. Active learners (ACT): tend to retain and understand information best by doing something active with it--discussing or applying it or explaining it to others. Like group work.
[b]. Reflective learners (REF): prefer to think about it quietly first. Prefer to work alone.

[c]. Sensing learners (SEN): tend to like learning facts
[d]. Intuitive learners (INT): often prefer discovering possibilities and relationships

[e]. Visual learners (VIS): remember best what they see--pictures, diagrams, flow charts, time lines, films, and demonstrations.
[f]. Verbal learners VRB): get more out of words--written and spoken explanations. Everyone learns more when information is presented both visually and verbally.

[g]. Sequential learners (SEQ): tend to gain understanding in linear steps, with each step following logically from the previous one.
[h]. Global learners (GLO): tend to learn in large jumps, absorbing material almost randomly without seeing connections, and then suddenly "getting it."

So where A-M and I differed was that I am a very reflective learner, whilst she was neutral. And I am a sequential learner, whilst she is a global learner.