I like how Howard Gardner presents the nine intelligences through his book “Frames of Mind” to demonstrate the intellectual abilities which are linked with the ways of learning. Richard Felder says that students preferentially take in and process information in different ways: by seeing and hearing, reflecting and acting, reasoning logically and intuitively, analyzing and visualizing. According to Felder Teaching Methods also vary: some instructors lecture, others demonstrate or discuss; some focus on principles and others on applications; some emphasize memory and others understanding. How much students learn in a class depends among other things on the match between their learning style preferences and the instructor's teaching style.
These are situations that we face every day in class. I think the key is to find the balance between teaching methods and learning styles. Computers can be good resources with a wide range of activities that we can use in class. Nowadays, the use of technology makes students and teachers interact together stronger than having a class without it.
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