educator have known for a long time that people learn in different way. that i why teacher preent information in variou form. for example, a well a explaining a new language, language teacher often provide other learning experience uch a book, chart, video, audio caette,ong, debate and group work. in thi way, all tudent in a cla have an opportunity to learn in the way that bet uit them.
in the lat 50 year or o, reearcher have been tudying learner in an attempt to identify all the
poible learning tyle that human ue. they have found that we can very roughly divide people into three group thoe who learn bet through eeing, thoe who learn bet through litening and thoe who learn bet through moving, doing or touching.
ome reearch ha identified eight ditinct learning tyle, and reearcher have made up tet to find out which of thee learning tyle bet uit different people. thee tet how that, although mot people have one dominant tyle of learning, they are alo able to ue other learning tyle effectively. ome people even eem to have many different learning tyle.
the advantage of knowing what kind of learner you are i that you can then tudy in the way that bet uit your learning tyle.