Motivating Students to Learn through the Interactive Learning Model

Abstract

Understanding how individual students learn is the key to a stimulating and challenging course. The Interactive Learning Model offers a practical means of helping students identify their learning style as either Sequential, Precise, Technical, or Confluent. Forty-eight undergraduate health/exercise majors completed an assessment of their learning style, with a majority identified as Sequential/Precise learners. Given that many teachers are also Sequential/Precise learners, recognition of the dominance of this style in the classroom is essential. Practical implications and suggestions for educators are discussed.