Learning Styles

Now that you have your class schedule set, it’s time to refine your study skills and discover your learning style. Knowing your learning style will help you be successful in your classes; and refining your study skills will help you be successful in college.

Discover Your Learning Style

Someone gives you a phone number, but you don’t have a pen handy. How will you remember it?

A. You repeat it out loud.	B. You picture it in your head.	C. You write it with your finger on your hand or some other surface.
You might be an auditory learner.	You might be a visual learner.	You might be a tactile/ kinesthetic learner.
If you are an auditory learner… You remember stories better if you hear them than if you read them; can follow spoken instructions better than written ones; and say every word in your head as you read silently.	If you are a visual learner… You learn best from reading; like to see things written out; and picture things in your head to remember them.	If you are a tactile/ kinesthetic learner… You enjoy hands-on learning; you’re good at puzzles and mazes; and you can often put things together without instructions.
If this is you, try… Reading and repeating important points out loud Listing the steps of a task out loud Learning from lectures and tapes Discussing concepts with others	If this is you, try… Watching the instructor and taking notes during lectures to stay focused Drawing out diagrams, charts, or tables Organizing, rewriting, highlighting, or color-coding notes Visualizing words or facts to be memorized	If this is you, try… Memorizing or drilling while walking, pacing, or exercising Making lists or writing things out several times Using computers and hands- on study aids Learning by doing and practicing, or by role-playing

A. You repeat it out loud.

B. You picture it in your head.

C. You write it with your finger on your hand or some other surface.

You might be an auditory learner.

You might be a visual learner.

You might be a tactile/ kinesthetic learner.

If you are an auditory learner…

You remember stories better if you hear them than if you read them; can follow spoken

instructions better than written ones; and say every word in your head as you read silently.

If you are a visual learner…

You learn best from reading; like to see things written out; and picture things in your head to remember them.

If you are a tactile/ kinesthetic learner…

You enjoy hands-on learning; you’re good at puzzles and mazes; and you can often put things together without instructions.

If this is you, try…

Reading and repeating important points out loud
Listing the steps of a task out loud
Learning from lectures and tapes

Discussing concepts with others

If this is you, try…

Watching the instructor and taking notes during lectures to stay focused
Drawing out diagrams, charts, or tables
Organizing, rewriting, highlighting, or color-coding notes

Visualizing words or facts to be memorized

If this is you, try…

Memorizing or drilling while walking, pacing, or exercising
Making lists or writing things out several times
Using computers and hands- on study aids

Learning by doing and practicing, or by role-playing