Learning styles

VARK Questionnaire:

This survey will help you determine what type of learning style is best for you and below will give you study tips for your results.

Just remember the most important part to studying is finding a way to stay engaged.

Visual

Visual learners prefer the use of images, maps, and graphic organizers to access and understand new information. Try using these methods to help you study:

Reorganize your notes into mind maps, Cornell notes, or graphic organizers
Utilize textbook graphic make sure to include them on you notes
Create drawings for concepts
Color code/annotate notes
create flashcards (use the Leitner method)
make visual analogies (connect this idea to a familiar subject)
request demos/bring written notes to office hours using that as a guide.

Auditory/Aural

Auditory learners best understand new content through listening and speaking, especially in situations like lectures and group discussions. Aural learners may use repetition as a study technique and benefit from the use of mnemonic devices. Use thes study tips below:

Record lectures and relisten to them
Use the Feynman technique by speaking aloud
Read flashcards aloud
Join or create a study group
Listen to a podcast/watch a video
Use discussion
Create a discussion abou the topic
Create mnemonic like acronyms or a rhyme.

Read/Write

Students with a strong reading/writing preference learn best through words. These students may present themselves as copious note takers or avid readers, and are able to translate abstract concepts into words and essays.

Take good/thorough notes
Rewrite your notes
Use brain dumps
Use SQR3 to make reading more active
Try quizzing yourself
Create lists of terms and definitions or concept fact sheets
Create a testing cheat sheet
Create your own study guide or quiz

Kinesthetic

Students who are kinesthetic learners best understand information through tactile representations of information. These students are hands-on learners and learn best when figuring things out by hand.

Find activities related to the topic
Try practice problems
Create diagrams
Record yourself taking notes and edit them
Use the Feynman technique
Create movements attached to concepts
Use a whiteboard to practice concepts
Use roleplay/create scenarios
Use fidgets while reading or listening to videos
Switch activities every 30 minutes with breaks in between

Multimodal

Multimodal learning suggests that when a number of our senses – visual, auditory, kinesthetic – are being engaged during learning, we understand and remember more. By combining these modes, learners experience learning in a variety of ways to create a diverse learning style.

This might seem tricky but is you completed the questionnaire at the top then look at your top three styles and pick one or two strategies that you feel like could work for you. Generally good tips for all learners are:

Make flashcards
Rewrite/organize your notes
Quiz yourself
Join or create a study group
Use reading strategies like SQR3
Create mind maps of topics
Watch videos on the topic

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