Editing Learning styles (section)

=== Felder and Silverman's model ===
[[Richard Felder]] and Linda Silverman developed their own index for determining learning styles. The Felder Silverman Learning Style Model (FSLSM) is a type of learning styles based on a two-step process, where the individual first receives the information through an internal or external mean and then processes it.<ref name=":02">{{Cite web |last=Harrington-Atkinson |first=Tracy |date=2022-06-30 |title=Felder and Silverman Index of Learning Styles |url=https://tracyharringtonatkinson.com/felder-and-silverman-index-of-learning-styles-overview/ |access-date=2024-11-01 |website=Paving the Way |language=en-US}}</ref>

Felder and Silverman discovered five areas that affected learning:<ref>{{Cite web |last=Felder |first=Richard |date=November 1, 2024 |title=Index of Learning Styles Questionnaire |url=https://learningstyles.webtools.ncsu.edu/ |access-date=November 1, 2024 |website=NC State University Learning Styles}}</ref>

# Active/Reflective
# Visual/Verbal
# Sensing/Intuition
# Sequential/Global
# Inductive/Deductive

They placed each of the opposing areas on a spectrum, stating that when students used the entire spectrum, they achieved optimal learning. In 2002, Felder removed the Inductive and Deductive portion because it did not fit the model well given the differences in inductive and deductive teaching methods. Felder and Silverman placed Active, Visual, Sensing, and Sequential on one side of the spectrum and their counterparts on the opposing side.<ref name=":02" />

Felder also noted, however, that while full understanding of the spectrum allows for optimal learning, that mismatches do exist. Specifically, when a professor does not teach to the learning styles of their students, many students tend to lose interest in the class, going as far as changing to other studies or dropping out of school entirely.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Learning Styles and Index of Learning Styles |url=https://engr.ncsu.edu/stem-resources/legacy-site/learning-styles/ |access-date=2024-11-01 |website=Teaching and Learning STEM |language=en-US}}</ref>