4 Ways to Adapt Your Teaching Styles

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Different learners pick things up at different speeds, so as a trainer, it's important to know how to adapt your teaching according to their needs. Try these techniques.

Different learners pick things up at different speeds, so as a trainer, it's important to know how to adapt your teaching according to their needs. Try these techniques.

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Assess learner background

Assess learner background

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Differences in people's experiences and abilities can affect how quickly they learn.

Differences in people's experiences and abilities can affect how quickly they learn.

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Consider your benefit to learners

Consider your benefit to learners

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Learners who have a strong purpose for learning tend to receive it better, so think about what they will gain from listening to you.

Learners who have a strong purpose for learning tend to receive it better, so think about what they will gain from listening to you.

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Tie learning to what people already know

Tie learning to what people already know

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Start with simple concepts people can already understand before proceeding to new and more difficult tasks to prevent them from getting overwhelmed.

Start with simple concepts people can already understand before proceeding to new and more difficult tasks to prevent them from getting overwhelmed.

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Teach one thing at a time

Teach one thing at a time

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If you teach learning step-by-step, in an orderly fashion, it will be easy to see what (if anything) is holding people up.

If you teach learning step-by-step, in an orderly fashion, it will be easy to see what (if anything) is holding people up.