What's Your Learning Style?

Have you ever wondered why it’s easier for you to understand a difficult concept when your friend explains it to you or when you read it by yourself.This might be your learning style.Learning styles are classified broadly into 3 categories: Visual,Auditory and Kinesthetic.Most people use a combination of these styles to get best results.

Visual Learner

You can easily remember things that you see or read.

• You get an opportunity to help someone in need.
• Use flash cards: Memorize with pictures
• Use diagrams and flow charts to remember
• When trying to remember information, close your eyes and visualize
• Use symbols to remember words
• When learning a new word, visualize it’s spelling
• Watch videos of topics that you learn at school

Auditory Learner

You can easily remember or learn what you hear.

• Study in groups: Discuss concepts and topics
• Come up with a rhyme or tune to remember concepts
• Read out loud
• Play recorded lectures to understand concepts
• Try to find a quiet place to study
• Ask questions in class.

Kinesthetic Learner

You learn by doing things .For example: Doing an experiment in science lab makes the concept very easy for you to understand.

• Walk while reading notes
• Perform some kind of activity while listening to audio lectures
• Doodle while studying
• Conduct experiments to understand a concept
• Take breaks while studying.