How to Evaluate Your Learning Style
Some students assume that improving their academic performance requires doubling the time they spend hitting the books or investing in expensive tutors. For some, however, determining which of the three main learning styles they are inclined toward is sufficient. Visual learners learn by seeing, auditory learners learn by hearing, and kinesthetic learners learn through touching and hands-on experience. Determining which type of learner you are will help you to identify study methods that will be more effective for you.
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Determine whether you retain information best when you see it represented with the help of text and graphics. Do you take detailed, well-organized notes that make use of symbols and diagrams? If you answered yes, then you are a visual learner.
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Ask yourself if you learn best from reading material out loud or listening to someone explain it. Do you find that you process material best when you discuss it with a group of other students? If so, you fall into the category of an auditory learner.
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Decide whether hands-on activities that help you directly experience a subject you are learning about is the best way for you to understand material. Do you prefer field trips over the traditional classroom setting, which can provide little opportunity for hands-on work? If you answered yes, then you are a kinesthetic or tactile learner.
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Classify yourself as a multimodal learner if more than one of the above categories describes how you learn.
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Tips & Warnings
Some websites allow you to take short tests to help determine what kind of learner you are (see Resources for example).
References
Resources
- Photo Credit Petr Kratochvil: Publicdomainpictures.net
