Reading / Writing Learning. Kinesthetic / Hands On Learning. Reading / Writing
Learners. Kinesthetic Learners. Reading and Writing learning is receiving and.
Thinking About How We Learn Best THinnekjhwerhwep We often develop different, preferred ways of working with new information. Recognizing your preferences, or learning styles, can be very helpful to learning how to study in college courses.
Visual Learning
Auditory Learning Suggestions: graphs and charts, flashcards, outlines that represent ideas visually, “notemaps”, draw pictures in notes and book, label illustrations
Visual learning includes making and studying maps, graphs, or reviewing pictures in an initial review of a text. If you learned to use your cell phone by studying the illustrations in the manual, this might be you.
Reading / Writing Learning Reading / Writing Learners
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Suggestions: Take notes from text, dictate notes, write key terms in the margins, read additional sources, and participate in blogs.
Reading and Writing learning is receiving and thinking about information using printed text. They often write things down to remember them, and prefer studying from a book or notes to listening to a lecture. If you read all the steps in your phone manual, you may prefer the reading/writing style.
Suggestions: record lectures to play back on your iPod, recite notes aloud, work with a study partner, join study groups, make songs and rhymes Auditory learning is receiving information through conversation, or lecture or music—by hearing it. If you had someone talk you through learning how to use your device, this may be a style you prefer.
Kinesthetic / Hands On Learning Kinesthetic Learners Suggestions: Write while reading and talking, use whiteboards, make models and organize content, role play as your professor Kinesthetic learning is receiving information and processing it by doing things with it—making outlines and illustrations, or building models or trying it out. If you took the phone out of the box, and just went at it through trial and error, you may prefer the kinesthetic style.
Most of us are multimodal learners—we use multiple approaches to learning content. This is important to remember, because regardless of which courses you’re taking, you will adapt your study strategies to meet the expectations for all of your classes. The Academic Enhancement Center (AEC) on the 4th floor of Roosevelt Hall will work with you to develop study skills that work for you. Visit the AEC website for more information: http://www.uri.edu/aec/
