Learning Styles

Tactile, Kinestetic,

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 your computer. Doodle whatever comes to mind as you read. hold your book in your hands instead of placing it on the table. Walk around as you read. feel the words and ideas.get busy both mentally and physically.

Visual

Draw pictures in the margins, look at the graphics, and read the text that explains the graphics. Envision the topic or play a movie in your thoughts of how you'll act out the subject matter.

What is a learning style?

Learning styles can be defined as a set of cognitive, emotional, characteristic, and physiological factors that serve as relatively stable indicators of how a learner perceive, interacts with and responds to the learning environment, Keefe 1979. A students style of learning, if accommodated, can result in improved attitudes toward learning an increase of thinking skills, academic achievement, and creativity, Irvine y York, 1995.

Auditory

Listen to the words you read. Try to develop an internal conversation between you and the text. Don't be embarrassed to read aloud or talk through the information.

Auditory Learners

Relate most effectively to verbal lectures, discussions and by listening to what others have to say. Written information may have little meaning until it is verbalized or read aloud. they like participating in class discussions and debates, as well as discuss ideas verbally. They rather listen to a lecture than read the material in a text book. they are good in making speeches and presentations.

Visual Learners

Relate most effectively to visual displays like written information, notes, diagrams and pictures. they tend to prefer sitting in front of the classroom to avoid visual obstruction, to have a clear view of the instructor when they are speaking so that they can see the body language and facial expression. Often prefer to take detailed notes to absorb information. they learn best by writing down key points, and visualizing what they learn. They follow written instructions better that oral ones.

Kinesthetic, Tactile Learners

They learn through moving, doing and touching. Kinesthetic learners learn best through a hands-on approach.. they may be considered hyperactive, take frequent breaks and may become distracted by their need for activity and exploration. In learning they skim through material to get a hit of the content before settling down to read it in detail. They enjoy working with their hands