Learning Styles What are Learning Styles Step into
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Learning Styles What are Learning Styles? Step into the circle activity Strengths and Strategies for VARK learning styles Review of goals based on VARK results
Tips for Visual Learners �Draw pictures, mind maps, flowcharts, timelines, etc. as part of your note taking �Spend extra time looking over Power Point slides and outlines and flowcharts in your books. Recreate these visual aids when you read and study �Use underlining, highlighting or different colored pens to visualize differences among notes and readings
Tips for Auditory Learners �Sit close to the instructor so you can hear all that is said �Listen to the textbook, professor’s lectures on- line, I-Pod, mp 3, etc. �Go to professors office hours and discuss lectures �Join a study group
Tips for Reading/Writing Learners �Write out key words, phrases and concepts repetitively. �Rewrite the ideas and principles in your own words �Organize any diagrams, graphs. . . into statements
Tips for Kinesthetic Learners �Look for or ask for real world examples of what you are learning �Develop models or other physical examples to help convey information �Role play or debate topics discussed in class �Find ways to move around when learning new topics (notecards on a treadmill, standing at a white board to draw out concepts, etc. )
Goal Setting Review �Review your goals with your learning preferences in mind �Get back in a pair with your Goal Setting partner �Based on your learning preferences (either from VARK or what you already know about yourself), have a conversation with your partner and let them add, delete or change your goals to reflect how you learn best.