How Learning Styles Change Over Time

Research shows:

• When children come to school they are basically parent/adult motivated.
  
• Most children are kinesthetic and become more tactual in or about the first grade.
  
• Auditory skills develop about the second grade.
  
• Visual skills develop about the third grade.
  
• Thirty years ago students were moved toward being peer motivated by the 7th grade. Studies show that students today move toward being peer motivated by 3rd or 4th grade.
  By 9th or 10th grade students move toward being self-motivated.
  
• Seventy percent of children in grades 5-12 have trouble with convential classroom design.
  
• Younger children (K-6) need more structure than older students.
  
• Under achievers tend to remain peer motivated even into their late teens.
  
• Time of day preference changes over time: 28 % of k-2 are morning learners in comparision to 30 % of middle grade students, 40 % of high school students, and 55 % of adults.
  

The Basics

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