Learning Styles

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Learning Styles

• About learning styles
• Your learning style
• How can you improve it?

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Discussion

• How do you learn?

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Learning styles - Introduction

• People learn by Senses

• Hearing (auditory)
• Seeing (visual)
• Doing (touch)
• Smelling
• Tasting

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Three Learning stylesVisual learners

• Visual learners can easily recall what they
  see
• Will prefer written instructions.
• They are sight readers who enjoy reading
  silently.

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Auditory Learners

• Auditory learners can easily recall what they
  hear
• Will prefer oral instructions.
• They learn by listening and speaking.
• They enjoy talking, interviewing and listening
  to recorded lectures, books etc..

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Kinesthetic learners ( Learning by doing)

• Kinesthetic learners learn by touching or
  manipulating objects.
• They need to involve their whole body in
  learning.

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About Learning styles

• Learning style is not an indication of
  intelligence
• Everyone has a mix of learning styles
• Some people may find a dominant style of
  learning

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Benefits of knowing your preferred Learning style

• Can learn effectively
• Can improve learning by knowing your
  strengths

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Benefits of knowing your preferred learning style
contd../

• Can improve learning by knowing your weakness
• Different situations and learning environments
  require different learning strategies. eg. Study
  at OUSL
• Some disciplines need more doing than seeing or
  hearing (for example Engineering, Medicine)

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How can I improve my learning style?
Visual Learner

• Use materials such as pictures, charts, maps,
  graphs, etc.
• When in a lecture sit in a place so that you can
  see the teachers body language and facial
  expression
• Use color to highlight important points in text

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How can I improve my learning style?
Visual Learner

• Illustrate your ideas as a picture
• Use multi-media (e.g. computers, videos, and
  filmstrips)
• Study in a quiet place away from verbal
  disturbances
• Read illustrated books

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How can I improve my learning style?
Auditory Learner

• Participate in class discussions/debates
• Make speeches and presentations
• Use a tape recorder during lectures instead of
  taking notes
• Read out the text aloud
• Discuss your ideas verbally
• Dictate to someone what you learnt

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How can I improve my learning style?
Learners by doing

• Work at a standing position
• Design and make models
• Make something operate
• If you wish, listen to music while you study

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Activity 3

• You need to paint a room, but you have no idea
  how to do it.
• Describe the way how you are going to do?

Discuss