Everybody has a way of learning that works for them. By identifying your learning style, you can adapt your studying to best suit your learning needs.

1. Learning Styles

2. What is Learning Style?
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Preference, not a strength
Can help you develop efficient study skills
No one style is better than others
Mat change with experience and age

3. VARK
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Visual
Aural
Read/Write
Kinesthetic
Take the V-A-R-K here: http://www.vark-learn.com/english/index.asp

4. How to Spot a Visual Learner
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use highlighters
color code
wear bright colors
like to read
good spellers
organized
would rather watch than talk
have difficulty following verbal directions
are easily distracted by noise
doodle on paper
remember faces better than names
remember details, but may not understand big picture

5. Study Tips for Visual Learners
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need to see it in order to learn
memorize things by seeing it on paper
learn with graphs, diagrams, and pictures
draw examples
use acronym’s
use color
doodle

6. How to Spot an Aural Learner
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talk aloud to themselves
remember names
read slowly
talk more in class; need discussion to learn
poor note takers because they do more
listening
• is looking up at teacher’s mouth during class

7. Study Tips for Aural Learners
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learn through hearing
listen to music while studying
recognize variations in a person’s tone of voice
#1 study technique is to go to class (for discussion)
explain new ideas to other people
remember interesting examples, stories, jokes, etc.
need pictures and visuals explained to them
use rhyming
use video, audio, and books on tape
use a tape recorder for class
have them answer questions orally and give oral tests
study in groups

8. How to Spot a
Read/Write Learner
• writes a lot of notes (often
verbatim)
• looks down in class because
they are always taking notes
• make lists
• need to organize
graphs/charts into words
• need to refrain ideas and
principles into their own
words

9. Study Tips for
Read/Write Learners
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like handouts
like to use manuals
do well with teachers who use words well
learn through textbooks more than what is
taught in class
• learn by writing things over and over
• learn by reading notes over and over

10. How to Spot a
Kinesthetic Learner
• learns by doing
• need to touch, feel, and handle
things (uses all five senses to
learn)
• will say “let me try”
• often fidgety people
• needs to know why this matters
• they jump from idea to idea
(spider webbing)

11. Study Tips for
Kinesthetic Learners
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learn by teaching the material to others
need to try it themselves to learn how to do it
learn by acting out & role playing
need real world examples
word association
need to move their bodies to learn something
new ex: studying and bouncing a ball or walking
• encourage to explore outside the classroom
• learn well in labs, field trips, tours

12. Extroverted vs. Introverted
• Extroverted Learners – likes learning in
groups, processes externally
• Introverted Learners – likes learning
alone, processes internally

13. Learning Styles Mismatch
Have a proactive and positive attitude
Translate or transform the material into something you can understand
Be open to new ways of learning.
Find ways to effectively communicate with your instructor
Ask friends and classmates how they cope with different teaching