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Multiple Intelligences
Learning Styles

What’s a Learning Style?
Have you found yourself asking for the teacher’s directions to be repeated?
Sometimes do things just not stick?
What’s going on? Is something wrong ?

What’s a Learning Style?
There’s Good News and Bad News!
Good News is, there is probably nothing wrong with you! Bad News is you will have to do some homework to figure out the best way to do your homework!
Truth is, everybody’s brain is different, and each brain prefers to take in information in a particular way

What’s a Learning Style?
Some students remember
Best materials they’ve seen , some remember things they’ve heard , while others remember things they’ve experienced !

How Does Your Brain Work?
People view problems or new information in 2 different ways:
1. They see a big picture
2. They see a group of little parts
Example: Some history students will think of the Civil War as one large event with a series of battles and a specific outcome. Others will see it as a series of specific events and will remember battle places, individual victories, etc…

Which Way is Better?
Neither way is better. However, by understanding your learning style, you may understand why you find yourself reading and not understanding!

How Can You Determine
Your Learning Style?
Understand the characteristics of each type of learner and which one(s) you identify with the most!

Visual Learner
Characteristics
• Is good at spelling but forgets names
• Needs quiet study time
• Has to think awhile before understanding lecture
• Is good at spelling
• Likes colors & fashion
• Dreams in color
• Understands/likes charts
• Is good with sign language

Auditory Learner
Characteristics
• Likes to read to self out loud
• Is not afraid to speak in class
• Likes oral reports
• Is good at explaining
• Remembers names
• Notices sound effects in movies
• Enjoys music
• Is good at grammar and foreign language
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Reads slowly
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Follows spoken directions well
• Can’t keep quiet for long periods
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Enjoys acting, being on stage
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Is good in study groups

Kinesthetic Learner
Characteristics
• Is good at sports
• Can’t sit still for long
• Is not great at spelling
• Does not have great handwriting
• Likes science lab
• Studies with loud music on
• Likes adventure books, movies
• Likes role playing
• Takes breaks when studying
• Builds models
• Is involved in martial arts, dance
• Is fidgety during lectures

Why is it Important to Know
My Learning Style?
Research shows that students can perform better on tests if they change study habits to fit their own personal learning styles.
Ex. Visual Learners will sometimes struggle during essay exams because they can’t recall test material that was
“heard” in a lecture!

What Can You Do?
If that same visual learner uses a visual aid when studying, like a colorful outline of test materials, he/she may retain more information.
For this type of learner, visual tools improve the ability to recall information more completely.

Visual Learner Suggestions
• Draw a map of events in •
Best Types of history or draw scientific process
Tests
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Diagramming
• Make outlines of everything!
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Reading maps
• Copy what’s on the board
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Essays
• Ask the teacher to diagram
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Showing a
• Diagram sentences process
• Take notes, make lists
• Watch videos
• Color code words, research notes
• Outline reading
• Use flashcards
• Use highlighters, circle words, underline
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Worst Types of Tests
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Listen and respond tests

Auditory Learner Suggestions
• Use word associations to remember facts and lines
• Record lectures
• Watch videos
• Repeat facts with eyes closed
• Participate in group discussions
• Use audiotapes for language practice
• Tape notes after writing them
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Best Types of
Tests
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Writing responses to lectures
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Oral exams
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Worst Types of Tests
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Reading passages and writing answers about them in a timed test

Kinesthetic Learner Suggestions
• Studying in short blocks
• Taking lab classes
• Role Playing
• Taking field trips, visiting museums
• Studying with others
• Using memory games
• Using flash cards to memorize
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Best Types of
Tests
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Short definitions
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Fill-ins
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Multiple Choice
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Worst Types of Tests
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Long Tests
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Essays