Unit+1.1.6+learning+styles

1.1.6 Identify and assess personal learning style and the relation it may have toward success in a chosen career field. Go to the following site and complete Learning Styles test 1. It is to the left of the page. Then take learning styles test 2. Learning Styles Survey [] 30 questions approximately 10 min.


 * Take the assessment. Read the results. Label a page in your career portfolio as Learning Style. Make a list of all the study tips that match your learning style. Mark the tips you feel will help you most. Write a paragraph discussing how your learning may help you or hurt your success in a career that your are interested in pursuing. Use at least 5 sentences. Introduction sentence---3 supporting sentences---1 conclusion sentence.

Study with a friend so you can talk about the information and HEAR it, too. => Recite out loud the information you want to remember several times. => Ask your teacher if you can submit some work (if appropriate) as an oral presentation, or on audio tape. => Make your own tapes of important points you want to remember and listen to it repeatedly. This is especially useful for learning material for tests. => When reading, skim through and look at the pictures, chapter titles, and other clues and say out loud what you think this book could be about. => Make flashcards for various material you want to learn and use them repeatedly, reading them out loud. Use different colours to aid your memory. => Set a goal for your assignments and verbalise them. Say your goals out loud each time you begin work on that particular assignment. => Read out loud when possible. You need to HEAR the words as you read them to understand them well. => When doing maths calculations, use grid paper to help you set your sums out correctly and in their correct columns. => Use different colours and pictures in your notes, exercise books, etc. This will help you remember them. || AUDITORY Learner
 * AUDITORY Learner**

Visual Learners Write things that you want to remember down; you will remember them better that way. => Look at the person who is speaking to you; it will help you focus. => Try to work in a quiet place. Wear earmuffs or earplugs if necessary. Some visual learners do, however, like soft music in the background. => If you miss something a teacher says or do not understand, ask politely if they could repeat or explain. => Most visual learners learn best alone. => When studying, take many notes and write down lots of details. => When trying to learn material by writing out notes, cover your notes then re-write. re-writing will help you remember better. => Use colour to highlight main ideas. => Before starting an assignment, set a goal and write it down. Even post in in front of you. Read it as you do your assignment. => Before reading a chapter or a book, preview it first by scanning the pictures, headings and so on. => Try to put your desk away from the door and windows and close to the front of the class. => Write your own flashcards. Look at them often and write out the main points, then check. => When possible, use charts, maps, posters, films, videos, computer software, OHPs both to study from and to present your work (when appropriate).

Tactile-Kinesthetic Learners To memorise, pace or walk around while reciting to yourself or using flashcards or notes. => When reading a short story or chapter in a book, try a //whole-to-part// approach. This means you should first scan the pictures, then read headings, then read the first and last paragraphs and try to get a //feel// for the book. You could also try skim-reading the chapter or short story backwards, paragraph-by-paragraph. => If you need to fidget, try doing so in a way which will not disturb others of endager yourself or others. Try jiggling your legs or feet, try hand/finger exercises, or handle a koosh ball, tennis ball or something similar. => You might not study best while at a desk. Try lying on your stomach or back. Try studying while sitting in a comfortable lounge chair or on cushions or a bean bag. => Studying with music in the background might suit you (baroque music is best - as opposed to heavily rhythm-based music). => Use coloured contruction paper to cover your desk or even decorate your area. Choose your favourite colour as this will help you focus. This technique is called //colour grounding//. => Try reading through coloured transparencies to help focus your attention. Try a variety of colours to see which colours work best. => While studying, take frequent breaks, but be sure to settle back down to work quickly. A reasonable schedule would be 15-25 minutes of study, 3-5 minutes of break time. => When trying to memorise information, try closing your eyes and writing the information in the air or on a surface with your finger. Try to picture the words in your head as you are doing this. Try to hear the words in your head, too. Later, when you try to remember this information, close your eyes and try to //see// it with your //mind's eye// and to //hear// it in your head. => When learning new information, make task cards, flashcards, electro-boards, card games, floor games, etc. This will help you process the information.

If you finish early you may go to the following site to work on math skills. Put your headphones on before going to this site. []