Individual Differences in Learning

COGNITIVE STYLE
AND LEARNING
PREFERENCES
Cognitive Style
 The way how individuals think,
perceive and remember information, or
their preferred approach to using such
information to solve problems around
underlying personality trends an not with
intellegence.
Field dependence and Field
Independence Cognitive style
 Field dependent- tend to receive pattern
as a whole, not separating one element
from the total visual field.

 Field-independent- monitor their own

information processing they perceive
separate parts of a total pattern and they
are able to analyze pattern according to
its component.
 Students approach problems in different ways.
Some may need help learning to pick out important
features and to ignore irrelevant details. Other
students may be great at organizing but less
sensitive to the feelings of others and not as
effective in social situation.
Impulsive and Reflective Cognitive
style
 Impulsive- work very quickly but makes
many mistakes.

 Reflective- works slowly and makes

fewer errors.
What Are Learning Preferences?
This are individual preferences for particular
learning modes and environment. They could be
preferences for where, when, with whom, or with
what.
people are different and its good practice to
recognize and accommodate individual
differences. It is also good practice to present
information in a variety of ways through more than
one modality.