1. Produced for S100 by Gail Bennett-Edelman

2. Learning Objectives When you have completed this module, you will be able to: Discuss what learning styles are Understand how knowing your learning style can help you be successful in c0llege Identify one component of your preferred learning style Adapt your reading and studying or test-taking habits to suit your preferred learning style

3. What are learning styles? According to the VARK website, technically, the term learning style “refers to all the components that might affect a person's ability to learn.”

4. More on learning styles The Creative Learning Center website will let you explore a variety of components that might affect your learning preferences.Creative Learning Center

5. Discover your VARK preferences VARK is an acronym that stands for Visual, Aural, Read/write and Kinesthetic. The VARK questionnaire will help you to discover your sensory learning preferences.VARK questionnaire

6. Warning and encouragement Knowing your learning style, by itself, won’t help you become a better student. It is up to you to make use of good learning strategies to improve your own learning.

7. Make learning style knowledge work for you To be successful, college students need to incorporate new approaches into their learning for reading and studying and for test-taking.

8. Select one of the skills below to learn about.  Reading and studying Reading and studying  Test-taking Test-taking

9. Reading and study skills If you chose to explore reading and study skills, click on the links and read the materials below. Be prepared to share relevant ideas from these materials with others who share your sensory learning preference.  Four note-taking methods (log onto each method and see how they differ) Four note-taking methods  Creating an ideal study area Creating an ideal study area  How to form a study group How to form a study group  Goal setting for studying Goal setting for studying Continue on with the presentation.

10. Test-taking skills If you chose to explore test-taking skills, click on the links below and read the materials. Be prepared to share relevant strategies with others who share your sensory learning preference.  General test-taking skills General test-taking skills  Preparing for an essay exam Preparing for an essay exam  Taking an essay exam Taking an essay exam Continue on with the presentation.

11. Putting it to work After everyone is through with this presentation, you will :  Form groups based upon your sensory learning preference and  Agree upon several appropriate, interesting, and helpful reading and study or test-taking skills you could use in your coursework. Later, on your own, you will complete the blog for this week on learning styles.

12. Summary By viewing this presentation, you are now able to: Discuss what learning styles are Understand how knowing your learning style can help you be successful in c0llege Identify one component of your preferred learning style Adapt your reading and studying or test- taking habits to suit your preferred learning style