Sturgeon Composite High School - Your Learning Style

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Your Learning Style
Just because you happen to be in the same class as someone else doesn't necessarily mean that you will do better if you work harder. Some people learn better by listening and not writing notes while others need to write the notes in class and then rewrite them again and again as they study. Recognizing your Learning Style and utilizing that knowledge to help you work to your strengths will ensure that you are working smarter rather than simply working harder. Below are the more common learning styles:

Auditory Learners
Auditory Learners tend to speak slowly and be natural listeners. They prefer to have things explained verbally and tend to learn by listening and verbalizing. Learning often occurs best when lessons are delivered in the form of an organized conversation.

Visual Learners
Visual Learners tend to be fast talkers and interrupt lessons and enjoy language that evokes imagery. Visual learners tend to learn best when they see something happen or can imagine something happen. Using demonstrations, models, pictures, graphs, animations and video clips help are effective tools to help visual learners understand a concept.

Read Write Learners
Read Write Learners enjoy reading information and writing about something. Highlighting key words, rewriting their notes repeatedly and writing ideas in their own words are common ways that Read Write Learners learn something.

Kinesthetic Learners
Kinesthetic Learners tend to be slowest talkers and decision makers as they tend to use all of their senses in learning. A "hands on approach" of "learning by doing" tends to be the best learning method for Kinesthetic Learners.

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