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Handout 3

Learning Styles

Clues and Learning Tips

Clue - Visual Learners Usually:

✓ Need to see it to know it.

✓ Have strong sense of color.

✓ May have artistic ability.

✓ Often have difficulty with spoken

directions.

✓ May over-react to sounds.

✓ May have trouble following lectures.

✓ Often misinterprets words.

Learning Tip - Visual Learners Should:

✓ Use graphics to reinforce learning; films,

slides, illustrations, diagrams and doodles.

✓ Color code to organize notes and

possessions.

✓ Ask for written directions.

✓ Use flow charts and diagrams for notetaking.

✓ Visualize spelling of words or facts to be

memorized.

Clue - Auditory Learners Usually:

✓ Prefer to get information by listening –

needs to hear it to know it.

✓ May have difficulty following written

directions.

✓ Difficulty with reading.

✓ Problems with writing.

✓ Inability to read body language and facial

expressions.

Learning Tip - Auditory Learners Should:

✓ Use of tapes for reading and for class and

lecture notes.

✓ Learning by interviewing or by

participating in discussions.

✓ Having test questions or directions read

aloud or put on tape.

Clue - Kinesthetic Learners Usually:

✓ Prefer hands-on learning.

✓ Often can assemble parts without reading

directions.

✓ Have difficulty sitting still.

✓ Learn better when physical activity is

involved.

✓ May be very well coordinated and have

athletic ability.

Learning Tip - Kinesthetic Learners Should:

✓ Engage in experiential learning (making

models, doing lab work, and role playing).

✓ Take frequent breaks in study periods.

✓ Trace letters and words to learn spelling

and remember facts.

✓ Use computer to reinforce learning through

sense of touch.

✓ Memorize or drill while walking or

exercising.

✓ Express abilities through dance, drama, or

gymnastics.