BUILDING EXCELLENCEThe Learning Individual

Self-Awareness Know Thyself

If learning is fundamental
to everything we do, then
understanding ones
unique learning style
is fundamental
to learning.

Topic 3:
LEARNING
STYLES
By:Zakie&Joeye..

It is an Important
Piece

Learningin
How to
Learn

Learning something in new and difficult

in
the way your brain prefers it

Saves you time.

The information becomes personal

knowledge quicker.
Learning about learning styles
reminds you of other options for
making connections.

What is a Learning Style?

Refers to the way you receive, store and

retrieve information.
Many different learning styles
Not everyone learns the same way
When you know your preferred Learning Style,
you can adapt yourself better to the
classroom and learn more effectively outside
of class

A fire breaks out in a room

Your IMMEDIATE,
FIRST reaction

Auditory-- start yelling Fire or giving

directions or screaming.
Visual --quickly you size up the situation,
looking for exits, other is need, etc.
Kinesthetic start running for the exits or
grabbing other to help them out.
While you may do all 3, one will be an instinctual first reaction .

That's your sensory learning style.

Learning Styles
Six Learning Styles
Reading
Writing
Listening (auditory)
Speaking
Visualizing(picture,video,et
c)
Manipulating (hands-on)

Learning Styles
Often the six are categorized into three styles
Auditory

Visual

Physical/Tactile/Kinesthetic

Making the Most of Your

Preferred Learning Style
VISUAL

Visual Learners: to include reading, writing,

visualizing

Keep text with you during lectures so you can

refer to the written word

Read assignments keep up on reading and
take notes while reading
Take notes during class-revise them as soon as
possible after class
Create study aids such as notecards, draw
diagrams, make charts, etc.

AUDITOR
Y

Auditory Learning: includes speaking and

listening
Compatible with lecture classes
May benefit from participating in a study

group so you can hear others discuss the

concepts
Tape lectures and listen to them again
Read aloud

PHYSICAL/TACTILE/KINESTHETIC

Physical Learners: hands-on, manipulation

Build models or replicas, create charts,
diagrams and graphs
Take notes
Make flash cards and utilize them in your
studies
Transcribe hand written classroom notes on the
computer
For Math, make sure you do the practice
problems and homework

Mixed Modality
Most of us

use a
combination
of these
three.

Perceptual Elements

Auditory
Learners

Remember
best when
they LISTEN
to a lecture, a
presentation,
or an
audiotape.

Visual
Picture
Learners

Remember
best when
they SEE
(create)
mental
images
of what
they hear
or read.

Visual
Text
Learners

Remember
best when
they READ
the written
word
(textbooks,
memos,
and e-mail
messages).

Tactile/Physical/
Kinesthetic
Learners

Remember
best by
DOING
rather than
sitting and
listening,
reading,
or thinking
about the
information.

Levels of Abstraction

People Generally Remember

10% of what
they read
20% of what
they hear
30% of what
they see
50% of what they
hear and see
70% of what they
say or write
90% of what they say
as they do a thing
95% of what they teach
Someone else

Read

Verbal
receiving

Hear Words
Watch Still Picture
Watch moving picture

Visual
receiving

Watch exhibit
Watch demonstration
Do a site visit
Do a dramatic presentation
Simulate a real experience

Hearing, Saying,
Seeing and Doing

Do the real thing

Teach someone else
DALES CONE OF EXPERIENCE 1969

LEARNING STYLE:

Your Brain Has A Mind of Its Own!

Thank
You