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This document discusses learning styles and how understanding your own learning style can help you succeed in college. It defines learning styles and directs the reader to take a VARK questionnaire to determine their visual, aural, read/write, or kinesthetic preferences. The document encourages adapting reading, studying, and test-taking habits based on one's learning style. It prompts forming groups with others of similar styles to share effective strategies.
This document discusses learning styles and how understanding your own learning style can help you succeed in college. It defines learning styles and directs the reader to take a VARK questionnaire to determine their visual, aural, read/write, or kinesthetic preferences. The document encourages adapting reading, studying, and test-taking habits based on one's learning style. It prompts forming groups with others of similar styles to share effective strategies.
This document discusses learning styles and how understanding your own learning style can help you succeed in college. It defines learning styles and directs the reader to take a VARK questionnaire to determine their visual, aural, read/write, or kinesthetic preferences. The document encourages adapting reading, studying, and test-taking habits based on one's learning style. It prompts forming groups with others of similar styles to share effective strategies.
be able to: Discuss what learning styles are Understand how knowing your learning style can help you be successful in c0llege Identify one component of your preferred learning style Adapt your reading and studying or test-taking habits to suit your preferred learning style What are learning styles?
According to the VARK website, technically,
the term learning style “refers to all the components that might affect a person's ability to learn.” More on learning styles
The Creative Learning Center website will let
you explore a variety of components that might affect your learning preferences. Discover your VARK preferences
VARK is an acronym that stands for Visual,
Aural, Read/write and Kinesthetic.
The VARK questionnaire will help you to
discover your sensory learning preferences. Warning and encouragement
Knowing your learning style, by itself,
won’t help you become a better student.
It is up to you to make use of good learning
strategies to improve your own learning. Make learning style knowledge work for you
To be successful, college students need
to incorporate new approaches into their learning for reading and studying and for test-taking. Select one of the skills below to learn about. Reading and studying Test-taking Reading and study skills
If you chose to explore reading and study skills, click
on the links and read the materials below. Be prepared to share relevant ideas from these materials with others who share your sensory learning preference.
Four note-taking methods (log onto each method and see how they differ) Creating an ideal study area How to form a study group Goal setting for studying
Continue on with the presentation.
Test-taking skills If you chose to explore test-taking skills, click on the links below and read the materials. Be prepared to share relevant strategies with others who share your sensory learning preference.
General test-taking skills
Preparing for an essay exam Taking an essay exam
Continue on with the presentation.
Putting it to work
After everyone is through with this
presentation, you will : Form groups based upon your sensory learning preference and Agree upon several appropriate, interesting, and helpful reading and study or test-taking skills you could use in your coursework. Later, on your own, you will complete the blog for this week on learning styles. Summary
By viewing this presentation, you are now
able to: Discuss what learning styles are Understand how knowing your learning style can help you be successful in c0llege Identify one component of your preferred learning style Adapt your reading and studying or test-taking habits to suit your preferred learning style