Move around while you are studying. For instance, you can simply walk around in your room. Study on a whiteboard. Draw flowcharts, mind maps, or simply rewrite the notes.
Incorporate pictures of models, if possible. Make physical comfort a priority as you study. Make note cards and create sample tests that you can take for review.
Study Tips for the Visual Learner Visual learners tend to learn information by seeing, whether through reading or watching. Write things down because you remember them better that way. Make study area visually appealing. Look at people and professors when they talk. This technique will help you stay focused. Most visual learners study better by themselves. Take thorough notes in lectures and when studying textbooks.
Review and revise notes after class, preferably immediately after class while you still remember a good deal of the lecture, to reinforce your knowledge. When beginning a textbook chapter, read the chapter overview and summary first to get a general idea of the information. Then begin reading.
Underline main points in an eye-arresting color — for example, neon highlighters. After 25 minutes, take a one-to-five minute break.
Disconnect totally from your reading walk around the room, stretch, look out the window, snack, restroom break, whatever is comfortable for you. Read for another 25 minutes, take a 1-to-5 minute break, and review underlined material.
Just before closing your book, review all underlined material read that day to reinforce your learning. Write new vocabulary words on colored index cards or write in color on white index cards with short definitions on the back.
Carry these with you and review them at odd moments or whenever you have spare time — for example, before class or when waiting in line. Study Tips for the Auditory Learner Auditory learners benefit from listening — hearing the information and processing it accordingly. Try studying with a friend so that you can talk out loud and hear the information. Recite out loud the things you want to remember. Tape your lectures and review your notes while listening to your tape.
This gives a double auditory input. Transfer your notes to index cards that you can carry with you and review aloud. When beginning a textbook chapter, read the summary to get a general idea of the information.
Then begin the reading. You might even try reading aloud. Disconnect totally from your reading — exercise, snack, relax — whatever is comfortable for you.
Review aloud all underlined materials. If you take notes in addition to underlining the book, read your notes aloud as well. Read for another 25 minutes and underline. An amusement park. Their face but not their name. Their name but not their face. What you talked about with them. A description of building and landmarks they will pass on the way. The names of the roads or streets they will be on.
If you are an auditory learner, you learn by hearing and listening. You understand and remember things you have heard. You store information by the way it sounds, and you have an easier time understanding spoken instructions than written ones.
You often learn by reading out loud because you have to hear it or speak it in order to know it. As an auditory learner, you probably hum or talk to yourself or others if you become bored. People may think you are not paying attention, even though you may be hearing and understanding everything being said. Remember that you need to hear things, not just see things, in order to learn well. If you are a visual learner, you learn by reading or seeing pictures. You understand and remember things by sight.
You can picture what you are learning in your head, and you learn best by using methods that are primarily visual. You like to see what you are learning. As a visual learner, you are usually neat and clean.
You often close your eyes to visualize or remember something, and you will find something to watch if you become bored. You may have difficulty with spoken directions and may be easily distracted by sounds. You are attracted to color and to spoken language like stories that is rich in imagery.
If you are a tactile learner, you learn by touching and doing. You understand and remember things through physical movement. You are a "hands-on" learner who prefers to touch, move, build, or draw what you learn, and you tend to learn better when some type of physical activity is involved. You need to be active and take frequent breaks, you often speak with your hands and with gestures, and you may have difficulty sitting still.
As a tactile learner, you like to take things apart and put things together, and you tend to find reasons to tinker or move around when you become bored. You may be very well coordinated and have good athletic ability. You can easily remember things that were done but may have difficulty remembering what you saw or heard in the process. You often communicate by touching, and you appreciate physically expressed forms of encouragement, such as a pat on the back.
All Rights Reserved. Tuition Costs vs. What's Your Learning Style? How Strong Is Your Character? Please enable your browser's JavaScript to continue. What kind of book would you like to read for fun? A book with lots of pictures in it A book with lots of words in it A book with word searches or crossword puzzles. When you are not sure how to spell a word, what are you most likely to do? Write it down to see if it looks right Spell it out loud to see if it sounds right Trace the letters in the air finger spelling.
You're out shopping for clothes, and you're waiting in line to pay. What are you most likely to do while you are waiting? Look around at other clothes on the racks Talk to the person next to you in line Fidget or move back and forth.
When you see the word "cat," what do you do first? Picture a cat in your mind Say the word "cat" to yourself Think about being with a cat petting it or hearing it purr. What's the best way for you to study for a test?
Read the book or your notes and review pictures or charts Have someone ask you questions that you can answer out loud Make up index cards that you can review. What's the best way for you to learn about how something works like a computer or a video game?
Get someone to show you Read about it or listen to someone explain it Figure it out on your own. If you went to a school dance, what would you be most likely to remember the next day? The faces of the people who were there The music that was played The dance moves you did and the food you ate.
What do you find most distracting when you are trying to study? People walking past you Loud noises An uncomfortable chair. When you are angry, what are you most likely to do? Convincing other people to change their minds. Recalling memories, faces, sounds and smells.
Which of these interest you more? Which one is essential when studying? Background music. A study buddy. What do you tend to do when you are bored? Plan the rest of your day. The one memory that will stay with you for life What is the fastest way to get things done? Doing it yourself. Getting input from others and working together.
By taking the lead and delegating. You prefer using pictures, images, and spatial understanding. You prefer to sit close to your teachers so that you can see what is going on at all times because you process and retain information best when you can see it. You understand graphs and chart quickly and you are good at spelling and grammar. Even the slightest change in someone's body language or facial expression does not go by unnoticed.
Creativity is one of your strengths and you appreciate art in any form. A great way for visual learners to stay focused while studying and staying focused is to make your own practice or mock tests.
When doing this, you are able to see the relevant information in front of you. If you incorporate different colors, symbols and pictures, even better! Your greatest strength is your ability to hear. Reading assignments bore you, you would much rather sit in a classroom or lecture hall and listen to concepts being explained to you. Your friends constantly say that you are a good listener and you notice small changes in people's voices instantly.
As much as sound can benefit you when you study, it cal also be a disadvantage as too much noise makes it impossible for you to concentrate. You might even use music or melodies to help you remember information while you study. One way to help you retain a lot of information is to read what you need to study out loud. By hearing yourself speak, you will no longer feel like you are trapped in a silent reading torture session. You would probably also enjoy and benefit from adding funny voices to specific points you need to memorize.
You prefer using words, both in speech and writing. You greatly benefit from and enjoy taking part in classroom discussions. You are very social and love explaining ideas out loud, in any kind of situation.
Do have no problems with oral reports and class presentations and you are a gifted storyteller. You like playing on the meaning or sound of words, such as in tongue twisters, rhymes, limericks and the like. Finding a study buddy if you don't already have one is a great idea for verbal learners.
Joining a study group or a reliable study partner can help you quiz each other on the content you need to know. Verbally reinforcing the information will help you retain it, especially if you have to memorize lots of details.
You could even try role-playing to make it more memorable! You prefer using your body, hands and sense of touch. You are good at sport and have amazing hand-ball coordination. You have high levels of energy and find it extremely difficult to sit still and listen to teachers or lecturers for long periods of time. You understand how your body moves and use this to your advantage. Your reactions are quick and you prefer copying what someone is doing rather than read or listen to instructions.
You learn best when you are physically engaged in the activity. You would rather go for a run or walk if something is bothering you, rather than sitting at home. Why not study and exercise at the same time? Nothing stops you from doing a few sit ups or squats while you study. Ask someone to quiz you while you do the dishes or fold laundry.
As a physical learner, you need an outlet for your energy. You might as well do 2 things at the same time, right? You prefer using logic, reasoning and systems. You are able to instantly recognize patterns and connections between seemingly unrelated things. In order to remember and comprehend information, you need to classify and group it first. You are a systematic and practical problem solver and you track your own and other people's progress constantly.
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