YOUR LEARNING PREFERENCE

 

YOUR LEARNING PREFERENCE

Knowing how you learn best is the first step in developing effective study habits.

Every student approaches the task of learning differently. Every student has a

unique and personal learning style or a preferred channel through which learning

comes more easily.

 

Ask yourself the following: Am I more inclined to remember something better when

I see it, when I hear it, or when I experience it or do something active with it?

 

Depending on how you learned the activity or game, you will have a fair idea of

what learning channel – visual (by sight), auditory (by hearing), or hands on (by

doing)—you prefer to use.

 

We all use all three learning channels. In fact, we use all our senses in learning about

the world around us, but each of us has a tendency to lean more heavily on one of

the three learning channels – visual, auditory, or hands on. You can improve your

study habits by developing all three learning channels.

 

 

TO IMPROVE AS A VISUAL LEARNER:

·         Visualize what you are studying

·         Use colour in your notes (coloured pens, highlighters, etc.)

·         Visualize what the instructor is lecturing about

·         Draw pictures and diagrams

·         Use mind maps in your notes

·         Use picture and graphics to reinforce learning

·         Learn from videos

 

TO IMPROVE AS AN AUDITORY LEARNER:

·         Listen to tapes of recorded assignments

·         Tape record your own textbook reading

·         Read out loud

·         Talk over ideas from class and what you are studying with other students

·         Participate in class discussions

·         Listen to audiotapes on the subject

TO IMPROVE AS A HANDS-ON LEARNER:

·         Stand up and move around while you are studyin

·         Take frequent breaks while studying

·         Make use of your hands and write things down as you study

·         Use the computer to reinforce learning

·         Be physically active; experiment with objects

·         Memorize or drill while walking or exercising

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