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Visual Language: These students learn language skills by sight, mainly by reading and watching. They tend to be fast thinkers, to gesture freely while talking, and to communicate very clearly and concisely. They learn well from demonstration process -- must see to understand.

Student Activities:

Use a calendar to list due dates, dates to begin assignments, and test dates.

Your study environment should be clutter free, away from windows and movement.

Skim text material before going to class.

Highlight and write as you study. Use different colors to select and organize.

Always take notes during lecture.

Make class notes visual with drawings, spacing, symbols, etc.

Use text visual such as charts and pictures. To build recall, practice reproducing them on a piece of paper.

Use study cards with written information organized into outlines, drawings, or diagrams. Review them by writing to reproduce the information.

Make your recall cues as visual as possible. Use capital letters, colors, illustrations.

Recall information for exams by visualizing text pages, notes, or study cards.

If permitted, make notations on text questions. Underline key words, or draw what you find difficult to understand.


Visual Numeric: These students do better with numbers when they see them written. They must see to understand, learn best by reading and writing, and tend to be fast thinkers.

Student Activities:

Use a calendar to list due dates, dates to begin assignments, and test dates.

Your study environment should be clutter free, away from windows and movement.

Highlight and write as you study. Use different colors to select and organize. Highlight novels and take notes in the margins when possible.

Always take notes during lecture.

Make class notes visual with drawings, spacing, symbols, etc. Use capital letters and colors, too.

Use text visuals such as charts and pictures. To build recall, practice reproducing them on a piece of paper.

Use study cards with written information organized into outlines, drawings, or diagrams. Review them by writing to reproduce the information.


Auditory Language: These students learn best by listening.

Student Activities:

Study in a quiet place. Eliminate background noise by quietly playing classical music or an environmental sound track.

Skim text or related material before going to class.

Attend all lectures.

Read or recite aloud as you study.

Take notes or use a tape recorder to record lectures. Play recorded notes when commuting by car.

Note-taking in class will require a great deal of focus. You may need to compare your notes to a classmate’s to make sure you wrote down all the information given.

Study with a friend or study group. Explain information in your notes to another person.

Talk to yourself when you study. Describe diagrams and practice answering test questions out loud.

Recite study card notes into a tape recorder, and play the tape back for repeated practice.

When solving problems, talk yourself through each step.

"Chunk" test questions, and recite each part to yourself silently in your head.


Auditory Numeric: These students are better with numbers when they can hear them spoken.

Student Activities:

Study in a quiet place. Eliminate background noise by quietly playing classical music or an environmental sound track.

Skim text or related material before going to class.

Attendance in class is crucial because you learn best when you hear the information.

Read or recite aloud as you study.

Take notes or use a tape recorder to record lectures. Play recorded notes when commuting by car.

Study with a friend or study group.

Talk to yourself. Describe diagrams and practice answering test questions out loud.

Recite study card notes into a tape recorder, and play the tape back for repeated practice.

When solving problems, talk yourself through each step.

"Chunk" test questions, and recite each part to yourself silently in your head.


Kinesthetic/Tactile: These people are feeling and touch oriented, good at hands-on tasks, good linguists, and very sensitive to others' feelings. They learn best by doing and moving. Good ways to learn are hands-on projects, or experiments, writing down the information and applying it to real-life situations. They may have difficulty sitting for long periods of time.

Student Activities:

Use as many of your senses as possible when you study: sight, hearing, touch, taste, smell.

Move around or walk when you study. Chew gum while you study at home or squeeze a rubber ball.

Put as much as you can on index cards. Lay cards out on the floor in various locations to organize them, and practice reciting them as you move around the room.

Carry index cards with you everywhere, and use them whenever you have to wait.

Study in small, frequent chunks. Give yourself breaks and rewards.

Use a timer, and decide on an amount of time you feel you can effectively sit and work. Underestimate, and work up to longer periods if possible. When the timer sounds, take a break and do something physical.

Set a goal for the amount of information you will cover, such as five pages. Take a break when you reach your goal.

For short term learning, use a mnemonic device called the methods of place (loci).

Study with other kinesthetic persons. Their gestures and activities may give you additional input.

When solving a problem, move around and manipulate items to represent parts of the problem.

When taking an exam, remember what you did physically as you studied.


Individual Learner: These students prefer to study on their own.

Student Activities:

Study in a quite place. Eliminate background noise by quietly playing classical music or an environmental sound track.

Skim text or related material before going to class.

Class attendance is crucial.

When needing assistance, work one-to-one with peer tutor rather than study in groups.


Group Learner: These students learn best by interacting with a group.

Student Activities:

Study with a friend or classmate.

Attend study group sessions.

Organize your own study group.

One of your challenges each day is to go to class, sit at your desk, and get ready to focus on what the teacher’s agenda for the day is. Your first impulse will be to socialize with friends sitting nearby instead of finding out what class tasks you might need to complete.


Oral Expressiveness: Means how well student expresses him/herself. These students usually do well in speech classes.


Student Activities:

Attend all lectures.

Take notes.

Read or recite aloud as you study.

Study with a friend or study group.

Explain information in your notes to another person.

Talk to yourself. Describe diagrams and practice answering test questions out loud.

When solving problems, talk yourself through each step.

"Chunk" test questions, and recite each part to yourself silently in your head.



Written Expressiveness: This means how well students express themselves in writing.


Student Activities:

Skim text material before going to class.

Highlight and write as you study. Use different colors to select and organize.

Always take notes during lecture.

To build recall, practice reproducing information on a piece of paper or chalkboard.

Use study cards with written information organized into outlines, drawings, or diagrams. Review them by writing to reproduce the information.

When testing, do an "information dump" on blank sheet or back of test pages (if permitted). Write down formulas, outlines, mnemonics, learning cues, etc. Use these to expand ideas for writing. "Right brain" learners may use mapping techniques for organized thoughts before writing.