How do you

study?

How do you

learn?

Eight styles of learningEight styles of learning

Linguistic LearnerLinguistic Learner

Learns best by: Learns best by: saying, hearing saying, hearing and seeing and seeing wordswords

Likes to read, Likes to read, write and tell write and tell storiesstories

Is good at: memorizing names, Is good at: memorizing names, places, dates and triviaplaces, dates and trivia

Logical-Mathematical Logical-Mathematical LearnerLearner

Likes to: do Likes to: do experiments, figure experiments, figure things out, work things out, work with numbers, ask with numbers, ask questionsquestions

Is good at: math, Is good at: math, reasoning, logic reasoning, logic and problem and problem solvingsolving

Learns best by: categorizing, Learns best by: categorizing, classifying, working with classifying, working with patterns and relationshipspatterns and relationships

Spatial LearnerSpatial Learner Likes to: draw, Likes to: draw,

build, design, build, design, create, daydream, create, daydream, look at pictures, look at pictures, watch movieswatch movies

Is good at: Is good at: imagining things, imagining things, sensing changes, sensing changes, mazes/puzzles, mazes/puzzles, reading charts/mapsreading charts/maps

Learns best by: visualizing, Learns best by: visualizing, dreaming, using the mind’s eye dreaming, using the mind’s eye and working with colors/picturesand working with colors/pictures

Musical LearnerMusical Learner

Likes to:Likes to: sing, sing, hum tunes, listen hum tunes, listen to music, play an to music, play an instrumentinstrument

Is good at: picking Is good at: picking up sounds, up sounds, remembering remembering melodies, keeping melodies, keeping timetime

Learns best by: rhythm, melody Learns best by: rhythm, melody and musicand music

Bodily-Kinesthetic Bodily-Kinesthetic LearnerLearner

Likes to: move Likes to: move around, touch, around, touch, talk and use body talk and use body languagelanguage

Is good at: Is good at: physical activities physical activities (sports, dance, (sports, dance, acting) and craftsacting) and crafts

Learns best by: touching, Learns best by: touching, movingmoving

Naturalistic LearnerNaturalistic Learner Likes to:Likes to: be outside with be outside with

animals, geography and animals, geography and weatherweather

Is good at: Is good at: categorizing, organizingcategorizing, organizing

Learns best by: studying natural Learns best by: studying natural phenomenon, in a natural setting, phenomenon, in a natural setting, learning about how things worklearning about how things work

IntInteerpersonal Learnerrpersonal Learner Likes to: have lots of Likes to: have lots of

friends, talk to people friends, talk to people and join groups and join groups

Is good at: Is good at: understanding understanding people, leading otherspeople, leading others

Learns best by: sharing, Learns best by: sharing, comparing, relating, comparing, relating, cooperating, interviewingcooperating, interviewing

IntrIntraapersonal Learnerpersonal Learner

Likes to: work Likes to: work alone and alone and pursue own pursue own interestsinterests

Is good at: Is good at: understanding self, understanding self, following instincts, following instincts, pursuing own goals, pursuing own goals, being originalbeing original

Learns best by: working alone, Learns best by: working alone, having own spacehaving own space

What next? What next?

Use your strengths to Use your strengths to prepare for classprepare for class

Try out the other styles of Try out the other styles of learninglearning