What is my style? How do I use it?
Components of Learning Intake Processing Remembering Applying
Levels of Learning Rote Meaningful/Integrated Critical Thinking
Sight (visual learning) Hearing (auditory learning) Touch (kinesthetic learning) Smell (sensory learning) Taste (sensory learning) Intaking Information
Sight (visual learning) Read (textbook, instructions, handouts) Watch (demonstration, film, model) Look (map, chart, diagram, outline, picture, color code)
Hearing (auditory learning) Listen (lecture, audiotape, speaker) Talk (presentation, read aloud, teach, sing, word games) Repeat (oral instructions, rehearsal, rhymes) Discuss (small groups, one-on-one)
Touch (kinesthetic learning) Hands on (model, design, build) Movement (hand signals, activities) Physical interaction (count fingers, take apart, make something operate)
Smell (sensory learning) Taste (sensory learning)
Visual Learners Find visual material to support concepts Create concept maps Draw pictures to represent information Color code information Verbal Learners Write summaries in your own words Work in groups / discuss with others Read aloud / tape record
Multi-Modal Combine several methods of intake. Data stored in different areas of the brain is more easily accessed later. Different modes enhance each other.
Brain Dominance Left Brain Analytical Logical, details / facts Linear / sequential Plan before action Thinks “in the box” Right Brain Global Process information as a whole Random, simultaneous Act on intuition Thinks “outside the box”
Environmental Factors Best time of day Best surroundings Best concentration Best energization