Learning Style ☺

Each week I learn something new about myself. This week in Personal Development class we took a short test on www.vark-learn.com and this test determines our preference of learning.

I have a strong preference for learning by aural methods. Aural learners learn most effectively by listening to information delivered orally in lectures, speeches, and oral sessions. Aural learners tend to gather their information by listening to a speaker; about 25% of the population does this.

Learners like myself best in take information by:

-attending classes

-attending discussions and tutorials

-discussing topics with others

-discussing topics with teachers

-explaining new ideas to other people

-using a tape recorder

-remembering the interesting examples, stories, jokes...

-describing the overheads; pictures and other visuals to somebody who was not there

-leaving spaces in notes for later recall and filling

Our notes may be poor because we prefer to listen. The website recommends reading summarized notes out loud and explaining notes to other aural learners. To perform well in any test, assignment, or examination, they recommend to listen to our voices and write them down, spend time in quiet places recalling the ideas, speaking our answers out loud or inside our heads, and practice writing answers to old exam questions.

I am glad I had a chance to take this test and learn this new information. I now know what way of learning best works for me. I would also say that this test is accurate because I can relate to it. Reviewing the material we covered in class with other classmates helps me memorize it. It also gives me a chance to hear how others put it in their own words. Reviewing the lecture with my fellow classmates often fills me in on information I missed; same goes for the other person/persons.