Produced for S100 by Gail Bennett-Edelman
LEARNING STYLES
Learning Objectives
When you have completed this module, you will
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 testtaking habits to suit your preferred learning
style