Learning Styles

1. Our Objective:
Identify the strategies and learning
styles that best help you learn new
information.

2. How do You Study?
How do you study for tests,
quizzes, vocab, or review? There
are no right or wrong answers.
(2 complete sentences)

3. In order to be the
best scholars that we
can be, we must first
understand how our
brains process
knowledge.

11. What are Learning Styles?
 Information enters your brain three
main ways: sight, hearing and touch,
which one you use the most is called
your Learning Style
 Visual Learners learn by sight
 Auditory Learners learn by hearing
 Reading/Writing through text
 Kinesthetic Learners learn by touch

12. Visual Learning
Pictures, Diagrams, and Flowcharts
Underlining and Highlighting
Demonstrations
Mentally Visualizing a Concept
Benefit from using charts, maps, notes, and flash cards
when studying

13. Auditory Learners
Should sit close to the instructor
Record lessons
Read aloud and speak answers aloud
Record self while reading notes aloud
Join a study with others to engage in
discussion
Explain the new ideas to someone
Remember the interesting examples,
stories, jokes.

14. Reading/Writing Learners
Note-taking and list making
Summarizing in your own words
Write out the words again and again.
Read your notes (silently) again and
again.
Rewrite the ideas and principles into
your own words

15. Kinesthetic Learners
Prefer touch as their primary mode for
taking in information (build a model if
possible)
Move or pace while studying
Role-playing can help you learn and
remember important ideas
Debate the main ideas
Okay, I
get it
now.

16. Watch video
separately:
Joshua Foer:
Feats of
memory

17. Environmental Factors such as
Bad lighting, noise, and
temperature can distract you from
the things you need to study.
Block regular time for yourself to go to a well
lit place where you can be alone while you
study (without any distractions). Turn off your
phone if you find yourself checking it often.
Request that your family respect certain hours
for your study time (and not disturb you).

18. Studying
in
College

19. Take the Survey:
Learning Styles Assessment
Are you…
Visual,
Auditory,
Read-Write,
or Kinesthetic?

20. Today’s Vocab List (A side):
Aspiration: a goal or strong desire
Utilize: to put to use
Proficiency: a high degree of skill
Cognitive: mental abilities and processes
related to knowledge
Self-Awareness: an understanding of one's
own knowledge, attitudes, and opinions

21. Today’s Vocab List (B side):
Self-Efficacy: one's belief in one's own
ability to complete tasks and reach goals
Analysis: breaking down a complex topic
into smaller parts to gain a better
understanding
Retention: keeping something in one's
memory

22. EXIT TICKET: (1 complete sentence each)
1. What is your learning style?
2. How can knowing this information help
you?
3. What other learning style do you think
might fit your personality?
4. What’s one creative way to combine more
than one learning style? (get creative)