It is the unique and idiosyncratic way a child or adult learns something and it varies from individual to individual. A tutor's learning style profoundly influences his or her tutoring style, and if tutor and tutee learning styles clash, frustration and trouble can ensue. Identifying and describing both learning styles then becomes one pivotal element in crafting a successful tutor-tutee relationship. Understanding a student's learning style, and adapting instruction accordingly, requires an understanding of each of these domains. Field refers to how experiences are processed.
Tolerance describes the capacity to accept things that differ from the norm.
Students are said to exhibit high or low tolerance for experiences or processes that are unusual or defy convention. Categorization is a tool used to order experiences. Locus of control refers to what drives or motivates a learner. Identifying a tutee's learning style, and being sensitive to one's own is an important step in forging a successful tutor-tutee relationship. The fact that learning styles vary suggests that instructional approach must also vary.