1. Index of Learning Styles
The best way your brain works!

2. Active Learner Likes action Movies, overheads, pictures, etc.
Likes to interact
“Let’s try it out” attitude
Likes to work in groups

3. Reflective Learner Thinks first before acting
Listens to lectures and then processes
Prefers working alone

4. Active vs. Reflective How can active learners help themselves?
Study in a group
Do something with the information
Take turns explaining concepts
How can reflective learners help themselves?
Don’t just memorize, apply the information
Write short summaries

5. Sensing Learners Likes facts Concrete information Memorization
Seeing examples
Patient with details

6. Intuitive Learners Likes theories Creative Abstract thinking
Looks for underlying meaning
Good at grasping new concepts

7. Sensing vs. Intuitive How can sensing learners help themselves?
See how it connects to the real world
Ask for specific examples
How can intuitive learners help themselves?
Ask for theories that link facts together
Read test questions and check your results

8. Visual Learners Remembers best with pictures
Diagrams, flow charts, time lines

9. Verbal Learners Learns best with written explanations
Spoken explanations

10. Visual vs. Verbal How can visual learners help themselves?
Try to find diagrams, etc. of class work
Watch a movie on the subject
How can verbal learners help themselves?
Write summaries/outlines of material
Work in groups

11. Sequential Learners
Organized
Learns in small incremental steps

12. Global Learners Not worried with organization Holistic thinking
Learns in large leaps

13. Sequential vs. Global How can sequential learners help themselves?
Outline lecture material in logical order
Relate topics to stuff you already know
How can global learners help themselves?
Skim through a chapter for an overview
Focus on one subject at a time while studying

14. Interpretations
Your results provide you with your preferences, not your abilities.
Provides an indication of possible of strengths and habits
Do not over-interpret these results!

15. Source
Felder & Solman: Learning Styles and Strategies