Please follow the directions to complete the Inventory. If you have questions, raise your hand.

Your path for most effective learning is through knowing:

• yourself • your capacity to learn • the process you have successfully used in the

past • your interest in, and knowledge of, the subject • You may learn physics easily, but have

difficulty learning tennis, or vice versa.

All learning is a process which settles into certain steps.

DEFINITION: Learning Style

1. Gather information from the learning environment

2.2. Sort and organize it for:Sort and organize it for:• UnderstandingUnderstanding• Storage in memoryStorage in memory• Retrieval for applicationRetrieval for application

The way an individual prefers to:The way an individual prefers to:

Why is knowing your learning style important?

Helps you to:

1. Understand your study behavior 2. Discover strengths and develop weaker

areas.3. Choose learning strategies that match

learning style

4. Maximize your potential for effective learning.

5. Provides an effective plan for studying and college success.

Visual Language (1)

• Learn language skills by sight, mainly by reading & watching

Must see to understand:

• Learn well from demonstration Learn well from demonstration processprocess

• Communicate very clearly & Communicate very clearly & conciselyconcisely

• Tend to gesture freely while Tend to gesture freely while talkingtalking

• Tend to be fast thinkersTend to be fast thinkers

Visual Numeric (2)

• Do better with written numbers

Must see to understand:

• Tend to be fast thinkersTend to be fast thinkers

• Learn best by reading & Learn best by reading & watchingwatching

Auditory Language (3)

• Need to hear language to process information

Learn better by listening:

• Low scores in this area may indicate Low scores in this area may indicate difficulty difficulty

taking notes.taking notes.

Auditory Numeric (4)

• Do better with numbers when they can hear them spoken

Learn better by listening:

Tactile/Kinesthetic (5)

• May have difficulty sitting for long time

Learn best by doing & moving:

• Are feeling & touch orientedAre feeling & touch oriented• Good at hands-on tasks (hands-on Good at hands-on tasks (hands-on projects, projects, experiments, writing information)experiments, writing information)• Good linguistsGood linguists• Very sensitive to others’ Very sensitive to others’ feelingsfeelings• Like applying concepts to virtual or real-life Like applying concepts to virtual or real-life situationssituations

Social Individual (6)

• Process through material

Prefer to study on their own to:

• Organize & review material before Organize & review material before studying studying

with otherswith others

Social Group (7)

• Discuss information

Learn best by interacting

with others to:

• Share ideas, compare notes, Share ideas, compare notes, & learning techniques& learning techniques

Oral Expressive (8)

• Must express ideas & opinions orally

Need to talk about info to be learned:

• Usually do well in speech classUsually do well in speech class

Written Expressive (9)

• Prefer expressing ideas & opinions by writing

Need to write about info to be learned:

• Usually do well on essay tests, term Usually do well on essay tests, term paperspapers

Academic Resources Center

• Learning skills assessment

• Learning styles assessment

• Learning enhancement workshops

• One-to-one & group tutoring

• Academic counseling

• Computer aided instruction & practice

• Office Phone: 4549• Office: Thornton Ed. Center

334• Office Hrs: 8:00am - 5:00pm, M-

F• Tutoring Lab: TEC 334• Lab Hrs: 10:00am - 5:00pm, M-F 7:00pm - 10:00pm, S-

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Lab attendant on duty

ARC Location & Schedule