As a teacher, I believe it is essential for my students to be able to form connections between personal experiences and new information. Thus, I will strive to help students make connections to existing schema in order to learn and retain information. Additionally, I will encourage my students to engage in higher order thinking in order to actively manipulate and understand information. In order to effectively teach students, a teacher must understand each individual's personality and interests. Knowing a student's personality is crucial to determining which teaching style works best for specific students. For instance, often individuals who are typically open to new experiences excel academically (Rosander 821).
In his article, "The unique contribution of learning approaches to academic performance, after controlling for IQ and personality: Are there gender differences?," Rosander discusses the importance of considering gender differences when choosing learning approaches. Having gone to an all girl's high school, I found this discussion particularly interesting. Although I am not opposed to coeducation, I do believe teachers should be aware of learning differences between boys and girls. Because boys and girls "differ in how they value various tasks based on their expectations regarding success," teachers must differentiate their instruction in order to successfully cater to individual learning styles. Although teachers should implement differential instruction regardless of gender differences, it is interesting to consider the relation between personality and gender with regard to learning.
Rosander, Pia & Bäckström, Martin. (2012). The unique contribution of learning approaches to academic performance, after controlling for IQ and personality: Are
there gender differences?. Learning and Individual Differences, 22(6), 820-826. Retrieved from http://www.sciencedirect.com.proxy.lib.utk.edu:90/science/article/pii/S1041608012000684#
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