1. What are learning styles?
Information enters your brain through three methods: sight, hearing, and touch. The one which you use the most is called your learning style.
Visual Learners learn by sight
Auditory Learners learn by hearing
Tactile Learners (kinesthetic) learn by touch

2. Visual Learners
Prefer to see information such as pictures, diagrams, cartoons, or demonstrations
Picture words and concepts that they hear as images
Might get easily distracted during a lecture with no visual aids
Could become overwhelmed with intense visuals accompanied by lecture
Benefit from using charts, maps, notes, and flash cards when studying

3. Auditory Learners Prefer to hear information spoken
Can absorb a lecture with little effort
May not need detailed notes to learn
Often avoid eye contact in order to concentrate
May read aloud to themselves
Like background music when they study

4. Tactile or Kinesthetic Learners
Prefer touch as their primary mode for taking in information
In traditional lecture situations, they should write out important facts
Create study sheets connected to vivid examples
Role-playing might help them learn and remember important ideas

5. Learning Styles and Teaching
Remember to use a variety of learning modalities when planning lessons.
Hear it!
See it!
Touch it!

6. Teaching Strategies

7. Visual Learners
Draw pictures to represent ideas, paint Games: matching, puzzles Visual cues to remember Have a “being there” experience Field trip Visualization and imagine Graphics Flowcharts Videos Create Models Describe in detail Color, lines, and shapes Creative designs Sculptures Graphic organizers Art media Displays Posters Charts Brochures Pictures and illustrations Cartoons and caricatures Color-coding

8. Auditory Learners
Play word games for vocabulary Explain ideas Tell jokes, riddles, and limericks Trivia games Write Report - oral and written Explain Describe and discuss Interviews Label Give and follow directions Retell Essays Audio recordings Speeches Debates Research Projects Quizzes and tests Logs, journals, diaries Questions and answers

9. Tactile/Kinesthetic Learners
Opportunities to move and handle materials Trace and highlight Act out concepts and stories role playing Models Experiments Write or draw while listening Walk while thinking Use hands and arms for expression Imagine themselves in a situation Simulate Dance or mime Perform Create, construct, or develop Gestures or actions to support learning Manipulatives Inventions Sports participation Demonstrating using physical movement Exercises Hands-on experiences Simulations / Role-playing Field trips Movement routines

10. What is your dominant learning style?
Complete the Learning Styles Inventory.
Are you surprised by the results?
How will this information assist you with planning instructional activities for students?