To help you identify your learning style and a set of recommended learning strategies The DVC Learning Style Survey is designed to help you become a more successful student. Time wisely and study in the way our brains learn best. This makes it that much more important to use our study It might not matter which way we approach our studying. If we all have hundreds of hours to prepare for an exam, In this manner, you're using what you know about your learning style to study in the You studied in a way that matched your learning style, and You can hear the answers in your head in the way you discussed the material previously During the exam, you might be surprised to find that Might get yourself a study partner with a style similar to yours and the two of youĬan talk your way through the course material. When you understand what it means to be an Auditory Learner, you You can't stay focused and you keep forgetting Suppose instead that you are an Auditory Learner. What you're doing is developing learning strategies that work for you because they are based on your knowledge of your learning style. Might decide to take detailed notes or draw diagrams that illustrate the ideas being You can find ways to adapt to ensure your success in the class. There's a mismatch here between your learning styleĪnd the instructional environment of the class. Your instructor stands at a podiumĪnd lectures without the use of visual aids. Learner enrolled in a traditional lecture course. The way you learn and the way a particular course is taught. While there is no good or bad learning style, there can be a good or bad match between However, this point of view is a useful place to begin. Clearly this is a simplistic view of a very complicated subject: It also assumes that some of us respondīetter to verbal (word-based) information and some of us prefer nonverbal (non-wordīased) information. (seeing, hearing, touching/moving) as its model.
This way of looking at learning style uses the different modalities of sensory perception Want to work with a buddy and the two of you talk your way through the task? You might be an Auditory/Verbal Learner. If you skip the directions and diagram and just start putting the desk together,įiguring things out as you go, you may be a Tactile/Kinesthetic Learner.
In thisĬase, you might be a Visual/Nonverbal Learner. Or, perhaps you study the diagram and then proceed to assemble the desk. Do you pull out the written directions and read them step by step? You mightīe a Visual/Verbal Learner. A real world exampleĪ big box arrives at your door and it contains a desk in many pieces which you mustĪssemble. In a way that will pay off when it's time to take that exam. If you are aware of how your brain learns best, you have a better chance of studying The important thing is to become aware of your unique style. Styles and there is no one right approach. There's no such thing as a good or bad learning style. Your learning style has been with you since you were a child. How your brain works most efficiently as it takes in and remembers new information. It doesn't have anything toĭo with how intelligent you are or what skills you have acquired. Your learning style is the way you prefer to learn. Toggle left nav Welcome to the DVC Learning Style SurveyĪre you having trouble learning new information in a class? You may want to get moreįamiliar with your unique learning style.
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