Learning Styles

923 Words2 Pages
bulb-icon

Recommended: strengths and weaknesses of learning styles

Adjusting learning and studying strategies can be a fast easy way to improve a college grade from a B to an A. Through studies of learning styles I have been able to decipher my learning types. I am a visual learner, have an integrated brain, meaning I use both hemispheres, and ranked highest in bodily-kinesthetic and logic-mathematical intelligence.

There are three types of learning styles. They are: auditory, visual and kinesthetic. An auditory learner processes information by hearing and discussing the information. Visual learners process information through visuals such as charts, pictures, and other types of printed information. Kinesthetic learners process information by muscle movements and experiences that are hands-on. Through the assessment I have discovered that my strongest learning style is a visual style with a score of 13, followed by kinesthetic, 8, and lastly auditory with a score of 4. Based upon this, my strength is using a visual learning style. The things I do now in studying that are within the guidelines include: read the book chapters and highlight while reading, pay special attention to charts and diagrams shown in the book or in class. By reading and highlighting I have found I can quickly go back through the information and reread the important facts, helping me remember them better. The more times I go over the information, the more effective I am come test day. I have found it very easy to read charts and diagrams in textbooks. Generally, by being able to read certain charts, it is much easier and faster to comprehend the information than if I was to read the paragraphs about it. A new study strategy that I will implement will include: writing what I highlight down into my own handwriting, adding ...

... middle of paper ...

...igence. The second study strategy will be to continue the use of the above methods while interpreting my intrapersonal intelligence. To do this I will sets goals as to when my work needs to be completed and how much studying I will do each night. By doing this I will be reducing the amount of stress I will have from studying by not cramming the night before the test.

From this chapter I have learned a lot about myself and how to study. Before I never really understood the different ways I studied, I just knew what seemed to work. I now understand why those techniques were successful. Now that I am aware I am a mostly a visual learner, have an integrated brain, and have bodily-kinesthetic and logical-mathematical intelligence, I look forward to implementing the newly learned studying techniques with the old, making my college experience as successful as possible.

Show More
Related

  • How to Prepare for a Test

    654 Words  | 2 Pages

    During my last semester at college, I postponed thinking about preparing for my tests. As each test day came closer, I got worried and desperately started cramming. I drank enough coffee to keep the whole city awake and woke up thinking that I would get a low grade. Eventually, I realized that students who always earned A's on their tests were not just lucky, but they really studied hard all through the semester. There are different ways to prepare for a specific test, and each individual must perfect his or her own style. I have developed a process that involves five steps to prepare for a test.

    Read More

  • Study Less Study Smart Summary

    506 Words  | 2 Pages

    I was interested and excited to watch the Youtube video "Study Less, Study Smart" from Dr. Marty Lobdell again. Within his lecture he provides interesting study techniques and tips. In the previous discussion, I mentioned how it helped me to “create a dedicated study area” while studying. Lobdell mentioned that while studying with the SQ3R method, create a dedicated study area, study actively, study with breaks in between or other helpful techniques, students increase their success in becoming a better studier (Lobdell 2011). During his lecture, these several mentioned helpful points, were some of Lobdell’s major study ideas. After years of not going to college, I didn’t know how to study efficiently no more.

    Read More

  • Cramming vs. Periodic Studying

    822 Words  | 2 Pages

    One of the most stressful aspects of high school and ultimately college is the ability (or lack thereof) to form good study habits. One may often hear the dramatic tale of a college student staying up all night in order to receive a good grade on his or her test the following morning. This student either completely fails the test, or does really well. These results depend on the students themselves and their ability to study in this manner. In this essay, I will compare and contrast fellow two of the most popular forms of studying—periodic and cramming—in an effort to allow high school students to effectively choose which form may best work for them.

    Read More

  • Study Skills: Preparing for and Taking Tests

    579 Words  | 2 Pages

    Proctor, B. E., Prevatt, F. F., Adams, K. S., Reaser, A., & Petscher, Y. (2006). Study skills

    Read More

  • Learning Style Case Study

    889 Words  | 2 Pages

    Did you find it easier to understand a thing by reading or hear it from someone else or do your understand better by looking at the picture ? Some people may find it even harder to read a map. Things may difficulty for some peoples but others learn, it is because everyone learns in different ways. How people interprets or understand the information depends on how their learning style. Learning style may vary depending on factor that influence . While learning style has been defined as the way people learn, or how one interprets information. The most common learning style is the Visual, Auditory, Read/Write, and Kinaesthetic. Most of us may have some idea of how we learn better, but often we surprise to find out what our predominant learning style. In 1987 Neil D. Fleming, an experienced educator developed the VARK learning style as an effort to help students learn better. VARK contains 16 question that help identify a person's learning style. For some students they may have a preference for one type of learning, but also

    Read More

  • I Am A Bridge Learner

    1236 Words  | 3 Pages

    When FITing your learning patterns you are supposed to forge those areas you avoid, intensify the areas you are use as needed in, and tether your use first areas. Since I am use as needed for all the learning patterns I have been working on intensifying each pattern to strengthen my use in each area. I have been practicing self-regulation all throughout this course. After learning my patterns, I realized why I had been unsuccessful before in college. I realized that although I am use as needed for all of my patterns that there are certain areas where I need improvement. For example, I can intensify my sequence my creating better study habits by setting aside specific times and dates that will focus solely on school where I will have no distractions. I have also practiced using a word wall to figure out what each task is asking of me and which pattern I need to use to be successful. I plan to use self-regulation to know why I am unsuccessful or unproductive and how to fix that, and metacognition to accurately figure out how I need to respond to everything. I plan to start using the writing center more often for my assignments and just to help myself study grammar and writing skills in general. I also plan to start using word walls to decode what an assignment is asking of me. I am also making sure I stick to setting aside times and days devoted to school work and studying so that I can eliminate distractions and successfully focus on school

    Read More

  • Learning Style Analysis

    923 Words  | 2 Pages

    Teaching in the read/write learning style is improves the learning experience for others especially for this specific learning style. The read/write learning style is a very common and useful form of learning that is taught in an educational platform because of the nature of the learning style. Therefore, knowing how to tailor one’s lectures to meet the needs of the students with the read/write learning style is a refreshing and revitalizing method in providing the information to those who are in a position to learn and encourages the information taught to remain intact and new in their brain. Furthermore, being aware of one’s learning style allows the individual to receive the information to be understood competently. Awareness of your individual learning style can provide it’s advantages along with its disadvantages. The advantages of this awareness are that the individual knows how to receive the information in a way that is best suited for their abilities. This can allow the individual to be more in sync with what methods and tools are necessary to enhance the learning experience. Then, the disadvantage of being aware of the one’s learning style exists when the individual is consumed with the mentality that the only way to adequately learn new material is through their specific learning

    Read More

  • Comparison And Contrast The Four Learning Styles

    578 Words  | 2 Pages

    Visual learners often need visual stimulation to create connections to material to better understand the material and to memorize it. For example, many need visual stimulation to better understand the material and to recall the information easier. A way to create visual stimulation is by creating mind maps, colour coding information and creating charts. By creating mind maps, it becomes easier to connect certain ideas together, as well as colour coding. When in class, the learner can colour code the information then. Afterwards, they can complete this when studying for an upcoming test. Roqowsky, Calhoun, and Tallal (2015) explain that learning styles can improve the understanding of the material. They investigated different learning styles, focusing on visual and auditory learners. They had a sample of college students; to determine

    Read More

  • Learning Styles and the Accounting Profession

    1076 Words  | 3 Pages

    To determine the best way I learn, I carried out two different learning styles questionnaires online. One may find that they are not always categorised in a specific type rather they may have more than one learning preference. Firstly, the most commonly used Neil Fleming’s VARK model. Fleming believes that there are four different types of learner: Visual, Auditory, Reading/writing and Kinesthetic learners. The second model I tried out was Soloman-Felder Learning Styles and Strategies.

    Read More

  • Advantages and Disadvantages of Different Learning Styles

    935 Words  | 2 Pages

    In this essay I will be describing various types of learning styles and stating the advantages and disadvantages of these learning styles. I will also inform you of the most commonly used method of finding out your own learning style, and I will inform you of the man who made this method. Finally, I will write about my own preferred learning styles and the strengths and weaknesses of the different learning styles.

    Read More

  • Study Skills Essay

    1098 Words  | 3 Pages

    Nowadays there are many people who are going back to study, whether it be improving career possibilities or to change career paths. Therefore, people need to develop different types of study skills to help throughout their learning. In this essay I will be describing a few study skills that could be useful in the path to success during my own studies. I will also be explaining how I will be implementing them into my studies. Also, I will be identify two challenges that I may face during my studies and explaining a few steps that I will use to address them.

    Read More

  • The Importance Of Study Skills

    1093 Words  | 3 Pages

    An important question to address when attempting to identify effective study strategies and their relationship with academic performance is, “What are study skills?” The term “study skills” can be defined as proficiency in identifying, organizing, memorizing, and using information in order to succeed academically (Proctor, Prevatt, Adams, Hurst, & Petscher, 2006). Activities identified as study skills include “time management, setting appropriate goals, selecting an appropriate study environment, employing appropriate note-taking strategies, concentrating, selecting main ideas, self-testing, organization, and managing anxiety,” (Proctor et al., 2006). When studying, college students employ a variety of these study strategies that they believe

    Read More

  • Learning Styles And Style: Learning Style And Strategies

    740 Words  | 2 Pages

    Now a days educators use strategies based on research evidence to teach their students. “Awareness of individual learning styles among first year MBBS students and the use of an externally regulated strategy for enhancing learning helped students adapt to other learning strategies. This enhanced the use of better learning practices and, therefore, better learning outcomes” (Bhagat, Vyas, & Singh, 2015, para. 41). The teaching style has change from teacher centered learning to a student centered learning. Students who are aware of their learning strategy are found to be doing better in study because they were able to utilize their learning strategy and also other learning strategies. For an example- A visual learner was able to adapt to aural and kinesthetic learning strategy. Ultimately, it improved the learning outcome. Learning strategy awareness not only helped students, but it also helped teachers to tailor the teaching material according to students learning strategy. Hence, the learning style awareness has made teaching and learning process quick and

    Read More

  • A Study On Study Skills: Studying Effectively

    1303 Words  | 3 Pages

    Over the next few pages we will discuss proper techniques of “effective studying” by emphasizing on study strategies to keep one self-motivated; identifying which learning styles best suite each person; how to effectively utilize tools to help one’s reading capabilities, and then finish up with some test taking preparation skills training.

    Read More

  • Importance Of Study Essay

    851 Words  | 2 Pages

    Now I would like to share some study method that I had learnt before and in the class that can improve my study. I will be independence in learning, do not rely to others. Besides that I will also set the goals for myself. When you know clearly about your goals,

    Read More

More about Learning Styles

Open Document