By Helen Heron
Learning Styles, Memorizing, High School, College, Visual Learner, Auditory Learner, Kinesthetic Learner
As you prepare for college, you will be processing more and more information. Use the learning methods that work for you to help you score your best on your high school and college tests. You may use different learning styles with different subjects. Experiment with what works for you. Knowing how you learn best will be invaluable information for you to use during the rest of your life.
All Learners
o Memorize by making associations or connections.
o Make up rhymes or acronyms.
o Take ten minute breaks every hour when you are studying.
o Play calm, background music while you are studying.
o Exercise vigorously before studying. It will send blood to your brain.
o Eat real food, not junk food, before you study to stay alert.
o Set the temperature at 68 degrees
The Visual Learner
o Do you have to read to remember material?
o Do you use flash cards to memorize?
o Do you doodle, draw diagrams, or pictures?
o Does it help you to color code your notes?
o Can you visualize (see in your mind) how a room looks without furniture?
o Can you visualize how clothes will look on you without trying them on?
Answering "yes" to these questions indicates that you learn by seeing.
The Auditory Learner
o Do you have to hear a lecture or a discussion to remember your lessons? Do you have to say things out loud to memorize?
o Do audio tapes help you learn?
o Can you remember a song the first time you hear it?
o Does it help if you teach someone else?
Answering "yes" to these questions indicates that you learn by listening.
The Tactile Learner
o Do you have to "do" a process to learn it?
o Do you have to write down the spelling of words to remember them? Do you write lists?
o Do you draw objects or ideas in the air?
o Do you write on your leg?
o Do you have to experience something to comprehend it?
Answering "yes" to most of these questions indicates that you learn by touching.
Memorizing
Decide what learning style or styles is your preferred pattern. Use what works best for you. Then, experiment with the exercises below to develop your speed, accuracy and efficiency in learning. You'll be amazed how much more rapidly you master your school work.
General Tips for all:
Schedule Brief Sessions
o Memorize three times a day for 10 to 15 minutes.
o Focus on 2 to 7 bits of new information at one time.
o Use flash cards or concise lists to help you make associations.
Memory Methods
o Make up a joke, rhyme, or an acronym (a word made up of the first letters of each word in your "phrases to memorize" list.
o Associate facts with counting 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or rooms in a house.
o See it, say it, write it.
Visual Aids
o Imagine historic scenes happening in movie.
o Visualize with dramatic verbs or write in letters of colored light.
o Associate key words with sensory ideas including smell, taste, touch and sound and sight.
o Trace a flow chart for processes or anatomy and include texture, heat, pressure, sound and smell.
o Draw mathematics and science formulae in different colors.
Auditory Aids
o Recall your teacher's voice explaining main points.
o Play slow, calming music while you study. (No vocals).
o Walk or march as you recite key phrases out loud, sing or chant.
o Recite your material dramatically.
Tactile Aids
o Use a colored pen to highlight items in a list.
o Feel anatomy or structural models with your eyes closed.
o Write key words on stick-it notes and fasten to your fingers.
o Take lecture notes writing in cursive with a scented, flow pen.
o Associate main ideas with hot or cold temperatures or textures.
Learning Styles, Memorizing, High School, College, Visual Learner, Auditory Learner, Kinesthetic Learner
As you prepare for college, you will be processing more and more information. Use the learning methods that work for you to help you score your best on your high school and college tests. You may use different learning styles with different subjects. Experiment with what works for you. Knowing how you learn best will be invaluable information for you to use during the rest of your life.
All Learners
o Memorize by making associations or connections.
o Make up rhymes or acronyms.
o Take ten minute breaks every hour when you are studying.
o Play calm, background music while you are studying.
o Exercise vigorously before studying. It will send blood to your brain.
o Eat real food, not junk food, before you study to stay alert.
o Set the temperature at 68 degrees
The Visual Learner
o Do you have to read to remember material?
o Do you use flash cards to memorize?
o Do you doodle, draw diagrams, or pictures?
o Does it help you to color code your notes?
o Can you visualize (see in your mind) how a room looks without furniture?
o Can you visualize how clothes will look on you without trying them on?
Answering "yes" to these questions indicates that you learn by seeing.
The Auditory Learner
o Do you have to hear a lecture or a discussion to remember your lessons? Do you have to say things out loud to memorize?
o Do audio tapes help you learn?
o Can you remember a song the first time you hear it?
o Does it help if you teach someone else?
Answering "yes" to these questions indicates that you learn by listening.
The Tactile Learner
o Do you have to "do" a process to learn it?
o Do you have to write down the spelling of words to remember them? Do you write lists?
o Do you draw objects or ideas in the air?
o Do you write on your leg?
o Do you have to experience something to comprehend it?
Answering "yes" to most of these questions indicates that you learn by touching.
Memorizing
Decide what learning style or styles is your preferred pattern. Use what works best for you. Then, experiment with the exercises below to develop your speed, accuracy and efficiency in learning. You'll be amazed how much more rapidly you master your school work.
General Tips for all:
Schedule Brief Sessions
o Memorize three times a day for 10 to 15 minutes.
o Focus on 2 to 7 bits of new information at one time.
o Use flash cards or concise lists to help you make associations.
Memory Methods
o Make up a joke, rhyme, or an acronym (a word made up of the first letters of each word in your "phrases to memorize" list.
o Associate facts with counting 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or rooms in a house.
o See it, say it, write it.
Visual Aids
o Imagine historic scenes happening in movie.
o Visualize with dramatic verbs or write in letters of colored light.
o Associate key words with sensory ideas including smell, taste, touch and sound and sight.
o Trace a flow chart for processes or anatomy and include texture, heat, pressure, sound and smell.
o Draw mathematics and science formulae in different colors.
Auditory Aids
o Recall your teacher's voice explaining main points.
o Play slow, calming music while you study. (No vocals).
o Walk or march as you recite key phrases out loud, sing or chant.
o Recite your material dramatically.
Tactile Aids
o Use a colored pen to highlight items in a list.
o Feel anatomy or structural models with your eyes closed.
o Write key words on stick-it notes and fasten to your fingers.
o Take lecture notes writing in cursive with a scented, flow pen.
o Associate main ideas with hot or cold temperatures or textures.
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