Learning Style
【正确答案】：Learning style is also called cognitive style. It is a term used in cognitive psychology to describe the way individuals think, perceive and remember information, and hence their preferred ways of learning. Different learners may prefer different ways of learning. For example, some may want explanations for grammatical rules, while others may need more practice through which they can discover the underlying rules. Different learning styles include field dependence, field independence.
Reid (1986) emphasized learners’ sensory preferences and described three basic learning styles: auditory learning occurs through hearing the spoken word; kinesthetic learning occurs through doing and interacting; visual learning occurs through looking at images, mind-maps, demonstrations and body language.
