Chapter 5 – Learning

Importance of Learning

• If you do not understand learning you might feel bored or confused in class

Learning Styles

• Visual Learning
  • Learning by seeing 
  • Prefers reading to listening
  • Good at spelling/note taking
  • Use diagram/charts
  • May not understand verbal instruction
• Auditory Learning
  • Learning by listening 
  • Speaks in class
  • Likes oral reports
  • Record your voice
  • Read passages out loud
  • Remembers names
  • Recites key points
• Kinesthetic Learning
  • Learning by moving
  • Hands-on activities
  • Great hand-eye coordination
  • Performs well in art and drama
  • Recite key points while you walk or exercise
  • High level of energy
  • Do not enjoy lectures

Enhance Visual Learning

• Take notes
• Make lists/flash cards/highlight 
• Read by looking for elements that are highlighted, bold headlines, photographs
• While taking notes, do charts, diagrams, tables, and other visuals.
• Using Word Processing, transfer your hand-written notes to computer
• During tests, see whether you can visualize pages from your handwritten notes.

Enhance auditory learning

• Talk about your notes
• Recite key points in your own words
• Record your voice or write it out
• Read passages out loud
• Join study groups
• Create shore presentations about the topic

Enhance Kinesthetic Learning

• Translate course content into three dimensional models
• Supplement lectures to field trips, tutorials, and museums
• Recite as walking or exercising
• Intentionally set up situations where you can learn by trial and error