Students preferentially take in and process information in different ways: by seeing and hearing, reflecting and acting, reasoning logically and intuitively, analyzing and visualizing, steadily and in fits and starts. Teaching methods also vary. Some instructors lecture, others demonstrate or lead students to self-discovery; some focus on principles and others on applications; some emphasize memory and others understanding.
Knowing your preferred learning styles can help you choose a career or make a career change, acquire new information faster by setting up optimal learning situations, choose satisfying leisure activities, identify compatible relationships with less trial and error, and explain yourself to others.
| People learn in different ways. Just as we prefer different hair styles, clothing styles, managerial styles, and music styles, we also feel much more natural and comfortable acquiring information in ways that fit our preferred "styles" of learning. |
When you have identified one or two preferred modes of learning, use that knowledge to structure learning situations that favor your style. For example, to learn a foreign language a linguistic learner might concentrate on vocabulary, using books and audio tapes; a logical-mathematical learner might put more emphasis on rules of grammar; a spatial learner would respond well to lots of illustrations, photos and films; a bodily-kinesthetic learner might decide to enroll in a total immersion course abroad; a musical learner would do well to play background music when studying and learn songs and poems in the foreign tongue; an interpersonal learner might seek a highly interactive classroom situation; and an intrapersonal learner might work alone with audio tapes or CDs.
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