2. How We Learn
Learning Style refers to the way you prefer to process new information.
All individuals learn and process information in our own unique way.
Knowing your own learning style can be very helpful to your success.
There are three main learning styles: Visual, Auditory and Tactile.
There are many Learning Style Inventory quizzes available online.
3. Take Inventory
There is a 12 question quiz on page 10 of your Kurzen text.
Take a few moments to complete the quiz.
Answer the questions as honestly as possible.
Give a response which applies to you right now.
Once you have completed the quiz, tally the number of circled items in each
column.
The column with the highest number indiciates your learning style.
The result provides insight into how you learn.
Once you have completed the Learning Style Quiz and determined your own
style, you will want to use learning strategies which complement your style.
4. Visual Learners
Take notes, make pictures, graphs, and charts.
Use flashcards and highlight key details
Sit close to the teacher so that you can watch his/her face and
gestures.
Take notes or make lists as you listen to directions.
Use color coding as cues to important information.
Use sight words, flashcards, note cards and experience stories.
Jot down ideas as they form in your mind.
Outline your ideas.
5. Auditory Learners
Say aloud the information to be learned/have someone read the information
to you/read it into a tape recorder and replay it.
Read your work out loud and summarize what you have read on tape.
When possible, learn information through tapes, television, oral reports,
rhymes and songs, radio, lectures, book reviews, panel and group discussions,
guest lectures, and oral questions and answers.
Meet with classmates before and/or after class to discuss material.
Plan each sentence you want to write by saying it out loud or silently in your
head.
Say each sentence several times.
6. Tactile Learner
Use a pencil or highlighter pen to mark passages that are
meaningful to you.
Take notes, transferring the information you learn to the
margins of the book, into your journal, or onto a computer.
Doodle whatever comes to mind as you read.
Hold the book in your hands instead of placing it on a table.
Walk around as you read.
