Reflecting on your learning styles can be a valuable way of developing your
use of study strategies.
Your Quickscan report provides an indication of your preferred learning style
or styles, which can be used to help you review your current strategies. It
provides a starting point from which to raise your awareness and to think about
how you:
perceive or acquire information
process information
organise and store information
You may have been identified as having one predominant learning style or
a combination of two, or even three. No one style is better than another. The
most important factor is your awareness and development of your own approach
to learning.
Visual Learning Style
This suggests that you learn best from what you see.
Learning preferences:
observation
visual presentations /demonstrations
mental imagery
thinking in pictures or images
Characteristics of this style:
ability to plan thoroughly
able to plan in a meticulous, neat and professional manner
an avid reader
can study for long periods of time
a high level of concentration.
Study tips:
use highlighters to identify key information
use flowcharts, mind maps and colour coding to help you plan
try visualisation to remember awkward spellings, difficult words, specific
terms, definitions and formulae
replace words with symbols or initials.
Keywords:
See, watch, imagine, picture, visualise, draw, look, display, clear sight.
Auditory Learning Style
This suggests that you learn best from what you hear.
Learning preferences:
information presented verbally
opportunity for discussion.
Characteristics of this style:
able to assimilate facts form discussions
may read quickly and fluently
adept at summarising information
good at presenting logical argument
like to articulate a problem or difficult concept.
Study tips:
verbally rehearse information
try reciting facts to yourself (or even sing them)