How the Web Can Help Your Learning Style

Global vs. Sequential Learners

Global

• Use the summary lecture notes to get an overview of each chapter on the wesbsite and see the big picture
• Review real world examples and pictures on the wesbsite
• Look at concepts outlined in the Interactive Computer Modules (ICMs)

Sequential

• Use the 'Derive' hot buttons to go through derivations in lecture-notes on the web
• Follow all derivations in the ICMs step-by-step
• Do all self-tests, audios and examples as you progress through the wesbsite lecture notes step-by-step

Active vs. Reflective Learners

Active

• Use all the hot buttons to interact with the material so that you're always doing something
• Use self-tests as a good source of practice problems
• Use living example problems to change settings/parameters and see the result
• Review for exams using the ICMs

Reflective 

• Self-tests allow you to consider the answer before seeing it
• Use living learning problems to think about topics independently

Sensing vs. Intuitive Learners

Sensing

• Use web-modules (cobra, hippo, nanoparticles) to see how material is applied to real world topics
• Relate how living example problems are linked to real world topics

Intuitive 

• Vary parameters in supplied polymath problems and understand their influence on a problem
• Use the trial-and-error portions of some ICMs to understand ‘what if’ style questions

Visual vs. Verbal Learners

Visual

• Study the 'Examples' and 'Self-tests' on the wesbsite summary notes that have graphs and figures showing trends
• Do ICMs to see how each step of a derivation/problem leads to the next
• Use the graphical output from living example problems/polymath code to obtain a visual understanding of how various parameters affect a system
• Use the Professional Reference Shelf to view pictures of real reactors

Verbal 

• Listen to audios on the web to hear information in another way
• Work with a partner to answer questions on the ICMs

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