Individual

Differences
by
Jhyna G. Batacandolo
&
Maria Cecilia Cabral
 Learning Objectives:

• To define what is Individual Differences

• To identify the factors of individual
differences.
• To learn the three elements of the
individual differences in learning of the
learners.
 Every Individual matters.
Every individual has a role to play.
Every individual makes a
difference.
-Jane Goodall
 Individual Differences
Dissimilarity is principle of nature. No two
persons are alike. All the individuals differ
from each other in many aspects. Children
born of the same parents and even the twins
are not like.
 Two Categories of
Individual Differences

Inherited Acquired
o • Social
• Physical • Cultural
• Mental • Educational
• Temperamental • Emotional
 Factors Affecting
Individual Differences

1 • HEREDITY 4 • SEX

2 • ENVIRONMENT
5 • AGE

3 • RACE AND 6 • EDUCATION

NATIONALITY

• Heredity
Some heretical traits bring a
change from one individual to
other. An indivudal’s heights,
size, sahe and color of hair,
shapeof face, nose, hands and
legs so to say the entire structure
of the body is deteremined by his
heretical qualities. Intellectual
diffences are also to a great
extebt influenced by hereditayr
factor.
2. Environment
3. Race &
Environment brings individual
differences in behaviour, Nationality
activities, attitude, and style of Race and nationality is
life cahracteristics. Personality one of individual
etc. Environmental does not refer difference. Indians are
only physical surroundings but very peace loving,
also it refers the different types Chinese are cruel;
of people, society, their culture,
Americans are very frank
customs, traditions, social
due to race and
heritage, ideas and ideals
nationality.

4. Sex
Due to sex variation are
individual differs from other.
Men are strong in mental power.
On the other hand women on the
average show small superiority
over men in memory, language
and aesthetic sense. Women
excel the men in shouldering
social responsibilities and have a
better control over their
emotiions.
. reasoning power.
5. Age
is another factor which is
responsible in bringing individual
differences. Learning ability and
adjustment capacity naturally
grow with age. When one grows
in age can acquire better control
over our emotions and better
social responsibilities. When a
child grows then this maturity and
development goes side by side.
6. Education
is one major factor which brings
individual differences. All traits
of human beings like social,
emotional and intellectual are
controlled and modifies through
proper education.
It is seen that uneducated persons
are guided by their instinct and
emotions where as the educated
persons are guided by their
 What is Learning Style

‘The way that he or she concentrate on, processes,

internalizes, remembers new and difficult information
skills.” - Dr. Rita Dunn, St. John’s University
“Characteristic, cognitive, affective, and physiological
behaviors, that serve as relatively stable indicators of
how learners perceive, interact with, and respond to the
learning environment.” - James W. Keefe
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 Elements of Learning Style

1 Physiological 3 Affective
2 Cognitive
are primarily are the motivational
biologically-based and is an immersive and
forces within a
vary depending on the active process that
learner typically
learner’s reaction to the engages your senses in
a constructive and viewed as
physical environment
long-lasting way. stimulating and
guiding behavior
 Environmental Elements

1. Sound
Children vary greatly in their
ability to concentrate in
varied sounds environments
2. Light
It has been found that
fluorescent bulbs emit rays
that stimulate analytic
children.
 Environmentals Elements

3. Temperature
Every child is different when
it comes to temperature
preferences.
4. Design
design in a classroom refers to
the layout of the room in
comparison to the physical
needs of the children
 Emotional Elements

1. Motivation 2. Persistence
Motivation and The element of persistence
achievement are closely is both emotional and
related cognitive in nature.
 3.Responsibility
These children are follow
through an assignments, finish
them to the best of their ability,
and do so many times without
ongoing supervision.
4. Structure
Some children need to know
exactly what is expected of
them before commencing on
an activity.
 Sociological Elements

1 Self 3 Peers
2 Pair
Does the learner Does the learner need
Does the learner the support or his of her
work best alone?
work best with peers in the learning
someone else? experience?
 4.Team
Does the learner work 5. Varied
best with a group?
Give the child the option to
work in pairs, groups, or
individually.
 Physical Elements

1. Perceptual
This area has to do with the
learner’s ability to understand
and perceive the concept
2. Intake
Through eating, drinking, or
smelling, the senses can be
actively engaged in the learning
experience.
 3. Time
Time rhythms refer to the 4. Mobility
individual’s optimum
Mobility has to do with a
learning patterns based on
child’s need to change physical
the time of the day. position during the learning
process.
 Cognitive Elements

1 • BRAIN DOMINANCE 4 • PSYCHOLOGICAL

DIFFERENTIATION

2 • CONCEPTUAL
5 • MODALITY
TEMPO

3 • MINDSTYLES 6 • MULTIPLE
INTELLIGENCE
 4)Physiological
1)Brain Do
minance Differentiation
• Analytic
al
• Global • Field Dependence
• Integrate • Field Independence
d

5)Modality
o nc e pt ua l Te mpo • Visual
2 )C
• Auditory
• Impulsive • Tactile
• Reflexive • Kenisthetic
• I n t e g r at e d

Multiple In
telligence
3)Mindstyles • Bo d i l y K
n t i al • Linguisticinesthetic
e t e S e q u e
• Concr • Spatial
b s t r a c t R a n d o m • Intraperso
•A
t r a c t S eq u e n t i al • Interperso nal
• Abs • Logical/Mnal
c r e t e R a n d o m
• Co n • Naturalis athematical
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 Affective Elements

1)Conceptual Level 2)Psychological Types

• High Level • Thinker
• Low Level. • Sensor
• Feeler
• Intuitor
 References:
https://indiafreenotes.com/individual-differences-and-factors-
affecting-individual-differences/#google_vignette
https://www.slideserve.com/landen/individual-differences-in-
learning
Thank you for
listening
&
God Bless!