Transcript Learning Styles

Learning Styles
What are Learning Styles?
Learning Styles are simply different
approaches or ways of learning.
What are the types of
Learning Styles?
• Auditory
• Visual
• Kinesthetic/Tactile
Auditory Learners
learn through listening…
• Verbal lectures, discussions, talking things
through
• Tone of voice, pitch, speed and other
nuances.
• Written information may have little meaning
until it is heard. These learners often benefit
from reading text aloud.
Auditory Learners
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Prefer to hear information spoken
Can absorb a lecture with little effort
May not need careful notes to learn.
Often avoid eye contact in order to
concentrate
• May read aloud to themselves
• Like background music when they study
Auditory Study Tips
• Attend all lectures, discussions – to hear
the important information.
• Study in a quiet environment – avoid auditory
distractions.
• Read aloud - your brain will remember the
sound longer
• Use a tape recorder to record lectures, etc.
• Study with others.. Auditory learners
benefit the most from group study.
Visual Learners
learn through seeing…
• Need to see the teacher's body language
and facial expression.
• Tend to prefer sitting at the front of the
classroom
• May think in pictures and learn best from
visual displays
• Prefer to take detailed notes during lecture
or classroom discussion to absorb the
information.
Visual Learners
• Prefer to see information such as pictures,
diagrams, cartoons, demonstrations
• Picture words and concepts they hear as
images
• Easily distracted in lecture with no visual aids
• Overwhelmed with intense visuals accompanied
by lecture
• Benefit from using charts, maps, notes, and
flash cards when studying
Study Tips Visual Style
• Visual Study Tips
• Use colors often when studying; e.g. write with
colored pens, highlight important
concepts/definitions (Note – the brain
remembers Red the longest. Write important
facts, words, definitions in red.
• Draw maps, charts, diagrams
• Use bright colored ‘sticky notes’ Post where you
will see them often.
• Create flash cards with colored pens for review
• Avoid visual distractions in study environment
Kinesthetic/Tactile Learners
learn through moving, doing,
and touching…
•Tactile/Kinesthetic persons learn best
through a hands-on approach, actively
exploring the physical world around them.
•They may find it hard to sit still for long
periods and may become distracted by their
need for activity and exploration.
Tactile or Kinesthetic Learners
• Prefer touch as their primary mode for taking
in information
• In traditional lecture situations, they should
write out important facts
• Create study sheets connected to vivid
Okay, I
examples
get it
• Role-playing can help them learn and
now.
remember important ideas
Tactile/Kinesthetic study tips
• Make your study time more physical: walk
when you study; read on a treadmill/elliptical
machine; chew gum; squeeze a stress ball;
consider studying at a standing desk, or on an
exercise ball.
• Vary your activities e.g. review notes, read
textbook, rewrite concepts on flashcards,
etc.
• Study in small chunks. Take frequent breaks.
• Use as many senses as possible
Using Knowledge of Your
Learning Style
• Knowing your learning style, both your
strengths and your weaknesses, can help
you study more effectively.
A Movie Theater Experience
• Exercise – You are in a crowded movie theater
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and after some time into the movie you begin to
smell smoke. Suddenly you notice smoke billowing
up by the stage. What would you most likely do
first?
Start yelling “Fire!” (Auditory)
Quickly look for the fire exits (Visual)
Start running towards the exits, grabbing others
while you run (Kinesthetic)
While you may do all three of these things at
some point, your first reaction is most likely your
preferred learning style.
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