Different Learning Styles

There are many different learning styles that people use to help them remember information. It depends on your personal preference as to which one is easiest for you to learn and retain the information presented to you. here are some different learning styles people use: Verbal or written learners are people who are much more comfortable learning by reading or writing. In order to remember new information they must see it written down before they can transfer it to long term memory. They might also be most comfortable expressing the information they know through writing about it. Next there is auditory or oral learners. Where the information is most easily processed through hearing it. A auditory or oral learner might read aloud when they reach a particularly difficult part of a written text, and will usually study with another person or in a group. The visual learner learns best when using pictures, graphs, concept maps, grids and other visual representations of the information to be learned. Visual learning styles can be very important in subjects such as economics, physics, biology and other sciences. These students may need to convert notes from class or readings to concept maps, or they might find it easier to organize a paper if they use a map instead of a traditional linear outline. The kinesthetic learners learn through their whole body: sight, smell, movement, touch, and color all help kinesthetic learners. They will learn best by "doing" the task or handling the material, hands-on training, application of information to real world situations, creating and manipulating models, color-coding, simulations. They have to be moving, touching, doing! Many students combine a preference for kinesthetic learning with another channel. The active learners prefer to learn in the moment, getting information "on the go". They often benefit from discussion and studying with others. Active learners prefer to process information internally. They generally take in information and spend time thinking it through before feeling comfortable joining a discussion or group. Reflective learners are often quiet in class discussions, and might benefit from learning ways to participate more actively in class.

I am a kinesthetic learner because I have to actually see how something works or understand the reason that something does what it does in order for me to remember and learn it. This learning style make learning thinks from verbal commands or written very difficult because I can read it or hear it but I do not retain it until I actually do it.

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