For visual learners

Visual Learners

What is a visual learner?

•Learners can be visual (sight), auditive (hearing) or kinaesthetic (practise)

•A visual learner is the type of person who learns through images and seeing

things•Visual learners also use the other two

learning methods, but their main learning channel is their sight

Characteristics of visual learners

•They are good at spelling but they forget people’s names

•They need silence when they are studying

•They like (and dream in) colours

•They are good at sign language

Characteristics of visual learners

•They have trouble following long lectures

•They might have an excepcional “photographic memory”

•They love books, magazines and reading in general

Characteristics of visual learners

•Their visual perspective is their organising principle

•They care about their personal presentation (dressing, gestures)

•They are perfectionists

•They are skilled at making graphs, charts and other visual displays

I am a visual learner. What does this mean?

•“It is said that if you know your enemies and know yourself, you will not be imperiled in a hundred battles; if you do not know your enemies but do know yourself,

you will win one and lose one; if you do not know your enemies

nor yourself, you will be imperiled in every single battle.” (Sun Tzu)

I am a visual learner. What does this mean?

•Popular saying: Know yourself, your enemy and your weapons and

you will have the key for victory

•You: the student

•Your enemies: exams and projects

•Your weapons: your learning style

What should I do to improve?

•“The soul never thinks without a picture” (Aristotle)

•Use all sorts of visual resources to help yourself

•Write things down, take notes

What should I do to improve?

•Summarise everything, use map concepts

•Be aware that you are better at learning chains of related ideas rather than independent facts

•Ask for our study tips sheet

Conclusion

•Focus on your main learning skill, but do not forget the other two

•Have patience when you try new learning methods, they might not

show inmediate results•Remember that you must be

hardworking, regardless of your learning skills

Bibliography

•http://homeworktips.about.com/od/homeworkhelp/a/learningstyle.htm

•https://www.dlsweb.rmit.edu.au/lsu/content/1_StudySkills/study_tuts/learning

%20styles/visual.html•http://members.tripod.com/

teaching_is_reaching/learning_styles.htm•http://www.studyingstyle.com/visual-

learners.html

Bibliography

•http://www.phschool.com/eteach/social_studies/2003_05/essay.html#Strategies

•http://www.studygs.net/visual.htm

Credits

•Cristina Llordés Morell

•Nogay Ndiaye Mir

•Josefa Peroy Mestre