Learning Preferences

Learning Preference

Definition and Example

Suggested Study Strategies

VISUAL

Prefer to learn through visual representation – You remember ideas best when you see them shown as a picture.

Example: You need to see a map to learn and remember how to get to a destination, not just hear the GPS because it won’t “click” when you try to get there a second time.

Recreate ideas and concepts to represent them as:

Pictures or labeled diagrams

Graphic Organizers

Maps, Charts, Graphs

Color code or use of symbols in notes

NOTE: these strategies do not represent all strategies for this learning preference

AUDITORY

Prefer to learn through hearing ideas – You remember ideas best when you listen to a lecture or hear an audiobook.

Example: You need someone to talk you through the directions to learn and remember how to get to a destination, just looking at the route won’t make it “click” when you try to get there a second time.

Recreate ideas and concepts to learn by:

Record yourself reading the book

Listen to audio explanation (e.g. podcasts)

Discuss ideas with a group

Tell someone aloud about the ideas to teach them the concept

Talk aloud after you read a section to tell yourself what you just read

NOTE: these strategies do not represent all strategies for this learning preference

READ/WRITE

Prefer to look at or even write the ideas out – You remember ideas best when you can read something then write it out yourself.

Example: You need to read the directions and then write them out for yourself, if you can’t see it written and/or write it out yourself, it won’t “click” when you try to get there a second time.

Recreate ideas and concepts to represent them by:

Read through text headings, change them into questions and write notes answering

Use text marking (highlighting, underlining, coding) to emphasize important ideas

Re-write ideas in the text into your own words

NOTE: these strategies do not represent all strategies for this learning preference

INESTHETIC

Prefer to go through the motions of the experience and practice steps – You remember ideas best when you can try it for yourself or make it into motions.

Example: You need to drive the car to the destination yourself, if you are just a passenger it won’t “click” when you try to get there a second time.

Recreate ideas and concepts to represent them by:

Practice going through the steps as shown in the text

Create motions or actions to associate with concepts

Act out the steps you read in the text

Create flashcards to represent strategies, then arrange them in the correct sequence or to match ideas

NOTE: these strategies do not represent all strategies for this learning preference

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