My Learning Styles Reflection

Learning Styles Reflection The learning style I most strongly identified with was visual, however a combination of all four learning styles is what I believe benefits me the most. A visual learner absorbs information best through seeing it. Whether it be seeing a math problem done before them while it is being explained, or seeing words typed out on PowerPoint while a professor lectures. Taking detailed notes during lecture type classes also helps visualize the information later on while trying to recall it. Some helpful things for visual learners, for example, would be diagrams, graphs, illustrations, and other visual forms of information. I benefit greatly from highlighting, and color-coding certain things in my notes. This helps very much …show more content…
I tend to remember those facts quicker because I pay attention to the information while re-writing it. For kinesthetic learning, it is not something that I get the opportunity to do often. It is hands-on learning. However; when there are study sessions and interactive study games for some of my classes I do enjoy it, and it usually helps me understand things I may not have before. Visual learning is my strongest learning style and I use that for the most part, but I am versatile in the study techniques that I use. I did know that I was a visual learner before the assessment, but verifying it was a good reassurance that I am studying the way that I should be. In classes where teachers presented the information to me in interesting ways, and made it interactive and easy to follow, I always seemed to do better. For that reason, the assessment results did not surprise me, but it was nice to see some of the other ways I could gear my visual learning to my advantage. Also, discovering that I am a pretty strong learner in other learning styles as well was nice to know. I am hopeful that gaining the knowledge of other study strategies I could possibly use will …show more content…
For example, in any math class I have ever taken, it is not enough for me to just see the professor working out a problem and explaining it. I need to use some kinesthetic learning techniques and get hands on with it. Being able to work the problems out for myself and see problems translated into real life (AKA story problems) helps me understand them more. My approach for my preferred learning style in my math class wouldn’t change too much from the visual style. I would still want to see the professor work things through on the board, and I would follow along and copy the notes just like in any other class. However, the part that would change is the studying. Instead of just re-reading my notes out loud with a study buddy, or using flashcards to study, I would take a different approach. What I like to do is take the problems the professor uses as examples in class, and attempt to do them on my own. If I get confused along the way, I always have my notes to tell me where I went wrong or what I missed. This is a very helpful way to catch myself in a mistake and learn how to do it correctly, and therefore, understand how to do it. For other classes I use mostly visual learning techniques