Learning Style Perspectives: Impact in the Classroom

Every teacher wants to improve teaching effectiveness, and a good place to begin is by understanding the various ways students perceive and process information.

Learning Style Perspectives addresses the learning needs of the students, taking into consideration individual preferences for absorbing and retaining material in an auditory, visual, or tactile manner. Lynne Celli Sarasin gives an overview of major theorists and synthesizes those theories into an approach to teaching which is easily applied in any college or university classroom setting. The characteristics of auditory, visual, and tactile learners are described along with appropriate teaching techniques, student reactions, and evaluation of each style of learning. Includes easily referenced charts of descriptors, teaching strategies, and student behaviors.

Lynne Celli Sarasin received a BA in Sociology and Education from Clark University (Worcester, MA) in 1982, an Med in Curriculum, Instruction, and Administration from Boston College (Chestnut Hill, MA) in 1988, and a PhD in Curriculum and Instruction from Boston College in 1991.

Dr. Celli Sarasin has been committed to the education profession for fifteen years and has worked diligently for her students and their learning success. Her professional research focus is in the area of student learning styles and teaching strategies.