Please follow the directions to complete the Inventory. If you have questions, raise your hand.

Your path for most effective learning is through knowing: yourself your capacity to learn the process you have successfully used in the past your interest in, and knowledge of, the subject You may learn physics easily, but have difficulty learning tennis, or vice versa. All learning is a process which settles into certain steps.

DEFINITION: Learning Style 1. Gather information from the learning environment 2. Sort and organize it for: Understanding Understanding Storage in memory Storage in memory Retrieval for application Retrieval for application The way an individual prefers to: The way an individual prefers to:

Why is knowing your learning style important? Helps you to: 1. Understand your study behavior 2. Discover strengths and develop weaker areas. 3. Choose learning strategies that match learning style 4. Maximize your potential for effective learning. 5. Provides an effective plan for studying and college success.

Visual Language (1) Learn language skills by sight, mainly by reading & watching Must see to understand: Learn well from demonstration process Learn well from demonstration process Communicate very clearly & concisely Communicate very clearly & concisely Tend to gesture freely while talking Tend to gesture freely while talking Tend to be fast thinkers Tend to be fast thinkers

Visual Numeric (2) Do better with written numbers Must see to understand: Tend to be fast thinkers Tend to be fast thinkers Learn best by reading & watching Learn best by reading & watching

Auditory Language (3) Need to hear language to process information Learn better by listening: Low scores in this area may indicate difficulty Low scores in this area may indicate difficulty taking notes. taking notes.

Auditory Numeric (4) Do better with numbers when they can hear them spoken Learn better by listening:

Tactile/Kinesthetic (5) May have difficulty sitting for long time Learn best by doing & moving: Are feeling & touch oriented Are feeling & touch oriented Good at hands-on tasks (hands-on projects, experiments, writing information) experiments, writing information) Good linguists Good linguists Very sensitive to others’ feelings Very sensitive to others’ feelings Like applying concepts to virtual or real-life situations Like applying concepts to virtual or real-life situations

Social Individual (6) Process through material Prefer to study on their own to: Organize & review material before studying Organize & review material before studying with others with others

Social Group (7) Discuss information Learn best by interacting with others to: Share ideas, compare notes, & learning techniques & learning techniques

Oral Expressive (8) Must express ideas & opinions orally Need to talk about info to be learned: Usually do well in speech class

Written Expressive (9) Prefer expressing ideas & opinions by writing Need to write about info to be learned: Usually do well on essay tests, term papers

Academic Resources Center Learning skills assessment Learning styles assessment Learning enhancement workshops One-to-one & group tutoring Academic counseling Computer aided instruction & practice

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