Learning Styles

What is learning style?

Your learning style is
your learning preference.
How do you like to
learn?
Knowing about Your Learning Style
Helps You to:
 Be more productive
 Increase achievement
 Be more creative
 Improve problem solving
 Make better decisions
 Learn more effectively
Learning Style
 Visual
 Auditory
 Kinesthetic/Tactile
Visual Learners
 Learn through seeing and reading Prefer written directions Often good
readers
Visual Learners Learn Best With:
 pictures
 illustrations
 photos
 graphs
 diagrams
 maps
Auditory Learners
 Learn through listening and talking
 Remember what they hear better than what they see
Auditory Learners:
 Prefer to listen to instructions
 Often like to talk on the phone or listen to music
 Learn best if they can hear and see the assignment
Kinesthetic/Tactile Learners
 Learn through doing
 Remember hands on activities
 Use their hands to build, create, plant, draw or decorate
Kinesthetic/Tactile Learners:
 Learn the assignment best by using physical activity
Visual Learning Techniques
 Mental photograph or video
 Flash cards
 Highlighting
 Draw pictures to remember
 Use pictures or symbols in the margin
 to remember
 Draw a map or outline
Auditory Learning Techniques
 Discuss what you have learned
 with others
 Participate in study groups
 Recite aloud
 Teach others what you have learned
 Use flash cards and say the items
 Use music in the background if it does
 not distract you or use it as a break
 from studying
Kinesthetic/Tactile Learning
Techniques
 Read while walking or pacing
 Study outside when practical
 Take notes on lectures
 Highlight or underline
 Write summaries
 Outline chapters
 Think of practical applications
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