How+we+learn

According to my learning styles inventory, I score pretty much smack dab in the middle of every type of learning style. I scored a three, the middle number, on every single area of learning. What does this mean? Does it mean I'm just really easy to teach, because I learn every way? I don't think so. I have to say that the reality is probably that the test is not very accurate.

As we progress in our learning careers, we are able to understand how we learn. I've been going to school for seventeen years. My understanding of how I learn and the best type of teacher that I will get along with is better than anyone else's understanding, and certainly is better than what some objective test is going to tell me. That being said; however, our students may not have the same knowledge of how they learn best. My job as their teacher is to help them to gain this knowledge. If students and teacher can together realize how each individual student learns best, both the teacher and the student will be able to adapt the learning environment to best accomodate each student. The teacher can develop a variety of instructional methods in order to ensure that every single student gets the opportunity to learn, and students can express themselves and their knowledge in ways that develop the way in which they learn best.