A Quick Guide to Learning Styles

Quick Guide to Learning Styles

A visual learner
· Likes to read, see words, pictures or diagrams
· Talks quite fast using lots of images
· When inactive, looks around doodle or watches something
· When starting to understand something says ‘that looks right’
· Can be distracted by untidiness
Learns through:-
Highlighting
Diagrams/charts
Colour coding
DVDs
Graphs
Posters
Mind maps
Visualizing
Index cards
Sequence lines
Presentations
Flow charts

An auditory learner
· Likes to be told something or discuss things
· Talks fluently, in a logical order and with few hesitations
· When inactive talks to other people
· When starting to understand something says ‘that sounds right’
· Is most distracted by noises
Learns through:-
Writing notes
Reading aloud
Discussion
Group or pair work
Presenting
Recording eg podcasting
Mnemonics
Explaining
Quizzes
Teaching a friend
rhyming

A physical learner
· likes to be hands on and give things a try
· uses lots of hand movements
· talks about actions and feelings; speaks more slowly
· when inactive fidgets or moves around
· when starting to understand something says ‘that feels right’
· is most distracted by movement or a disturbance
Learns through:-
circling
typing on a computer
making things
experimenting/investigating
using post its/index cards
singing/rapping
games
making a DVD/blog