The key to learning success is identifying your individual learning strategy. Which of our five learning strategies are the best for you?

In classroom environments, a group of students are often taught using the same set of methods and asked to perform the same type of assignments and examinations, which are not effective for every student. When students don’t feel they are learning in the classroom, they are often discouraged from studying further at home. This results in low academic performance, but also a lower self-esteem and willpower to succeed.

Oftentimes, a student who struggles to learn a new concept will blame it on their own perceived inadequacies. They will assume the subject is too difficult, or they are simply “not good at that” or “not smart enough” to understand. In actuality, any student can learn any subject if they can understand how they learn.

At intellAdapt, our adaptive courses use five unique learning strategies that determine the way our course content is presented. These adaptive courses allow each student to supplement their class time with learning methods that are more suitable to their individuality. This makes learning in and out of class more enjoyable, as the student realizes with the right learning methods they are “smart enough” and can achieve success, even in the most difficult subjects.

So, which of the learning strategies are best for you?

Apprentice: Mentor-Student Interaction.
Some students need one-on-one interactions with their instructors to understand every step of a problem in a systematic and simple method. This type of student cannot thrive in a classroom where key concepts might be glossed over and individual attention is not a priority, which is often the case for larger classrooms. For apprentices, our online course content is presented in a systematic step-by-step procedural method.

Incidental: Case Studies.
Some students need to be able to relate what they are learning to “the real world” to activate their interest and trigger the learning experience. This type of student cannot work with problems that are too abstract unless they can draw a clear relationship between the problem and their reality. For incidental learners, course content is presented in real-life scenarios or case studies. The events of the stories work to teach concepts.

Inductive: Examples.

Some students just need examples. For this type of learner, teaching theories, principles, formulas or concepts with lengthy explanations is simply not as effective as using concrete examples. For this reason, the content presented to this type of learner has an emphasis on examples.

Deductive: Application.

This type of student is the opposite of an inductive learner, an example is not enough to trigger a learning experience. They cannot thrive unless they understand the concept in its entirety and can apply that concept to solve problems. For this type of learner, course content is presented with interactive animations and assignments that lead to understanding the concept.

Discovery: Experimentation.

This type of student learns better when they are given a chance to learn something on their own. They would prefer to experience learning through their environment through action than focus on reading text. For this type of learner, our course content is presented in an interactive simulated environment where students can conduct their discovery of a concept.

Take our quiz here: https://intelladapt.com/learning-strategy/

Originally published at https://blog.intelladapt.com.