What kind learner are you

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Department of Education. What are learning styles? What are the different types of learners? As mentioned above, for a long time people have been sorted into certain categories of learning. The main categories our experts mentioned were: Visual learners Auditory or aural learners Kinesthetic or hands-on learners Reading and writing learners Visual learners Visual learners absorb information best when they can visualize relationships and ideas.

Kinesthetic learners Kinesthetic learners are the most hands-on learning type. But our experts caution against trying to make your whole education fit into one learning style.

Study for tests with flashcards. Make lists or flowcharts. Join a study group to discuss ideas with other students. Record lectures to listen to later. Make a song to memorize something. Print out presentation slides to review. Rewrite ideas in your own words. Translate visual information into statements. Read printed information out loud to yourself. Walk around while reviewing your notes. Trace words with your fingers as you study.

Verbally review material with someone while bouncing a basketball. What kind of learner are you? Request More Information. Talk to the person next to you in line. Fidget or move back and forth. Picture a cat in your mind. Say the word "cat" to yourself. Think about being with a cat petting it or hearing it purr. Read the book or your notes and review pictures or charts.

Have someone ask you questions that you can answer out loud. Make up index cards that you can review. Get someone to show you. Read about it or listen to someone explain it. Figure it out on your own. The faces of the people who were there.

The music that was played. The dance moves you did and the food you ate. People walking past you. Loud noises. An uncomfortable chair. Put on your "mad" face. Yell and scream. Slam doors. Smile from ear to ear. Talk up a storm. Act really hyper. Look for a map or directory that shows you where everything is. Ask someone for directions. Just start walking around until you find what you're looking for.

Art class. Music class. Gym class. Picture the video that goes along with it. Sing or hum along with the music. Start dancing or tapping your foot. Lights that are too bright or too dim. Noises from the hallway or outside the building like traffic or someone cutting the grass. The temperature being too hot or too cold.

Listen to music. Exercise walk, run, play sports, etc. Picture the numbers on the phone as you would dial them. Say it out loud over and over and over. Write it down or store it in your phone contact list.

A poster for the wall. A music CD or mp3 download. A game of some kind or a football or soccer ball, etc. A movie. A concert. An amusement park.

Their face but not their name. Their name but not their face. What you talked about with them. A description of building and landmarks they will pass on the way. The names of the roads or streets they will be on.

If you are an auditory learner, you learn by hearing and listening. You maybe an Auditory learner if you:. Do you know that Lionel Messi is a Kinesthetic Learner? As a Kinesthetic learner, he prefers to process information through physical and hands-on activities: touching, feeling, holding,… The people with a Kinesthetic learning style will be best able to perform new tasks by going ahead and learning as they go.

You might be a Kinesthetic learner if you:. You must be logged in to post a comment. English Vietnamese. Quizzes and Riddles. Contents 1. What is VARK model? Why Learning Styles? The 4 Learning Styles 4. Where learning meets joy with friends and teachers who care.