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What’s My Learning Style?

Goal: Learn about the 3 different ways we learn and discover which one works best for you.

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A learning style describes the way someone likes to learn. People often have more than one.

The 3 learning styles are

  • auditory
  • visual
  • hands-on

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Question:

Your teacher has just given you your weekly spelling list. What are some things you might do to practice and learn your words?

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AUDITORY LEARNERS

  • Learn by listening
  • Enjoy class discussions
  • Reading out loud
  • Asking questions

To learn spelling words, you might listen and practice spelling the word out loud over and over

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VISUAL LEARNERS

  • Learn by seeing
  • Picture the information in your head
  • Highlighting notes
  • Copying information from the board or drawing pictures

To learn spelling words you might use flashcards to visualize each word

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HANDS-ON LEARNERS

  • Learn by doing
  • Movement breaks
  • Experiments or manipulatives
  • Writing in different colors

To learn spelling words, you may do air writing to practice each word

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What’s your learning style? Tally your response to each statement: A=auditory, V=visual, H=hands-on

Learning Style Questions

On whiteboard or paper, make 3 columns labeled A/V/H

Put a check in the column that best describes you for each statement read. Add up each column; the highest number describes your learning style.

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Your highest tally count describes your preferred learning style. Its ok to have a two or three way tie!

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Can you name the learning style being used in each example?

o Creating a model of Jupiter to learn about the planet

o Watching a TV show to learn about dolphins

o Listening to a CD of French music to learn French

o Watching a video on how to golf

o Visualizing 2 dogs and 2 cats to solve 2+2

o Acting out a story while reading it