New Student Orientation Resource Book
Check off all of
the strategies or techniques that you think help you learn best.
1.______watching
films or videotapes.
2.______listening
to lectures, speeches, or presentations
3.______participating
in group discussions
4.______reading assigned
books or articles
5.______participating
in role-playing activities
6.______constructing
projects
7.______smelling
different odors/scents
8.______watching
television/cable programs
9.______listening
to audio tapes
10.______participate
in panel discussions
11.______writing
reports
12.______using body
movements while learning
13.______drawing,
painting, or sculpturing
14.______tasting
15______watching
slides
16.______listening
to music while learning
17.______participating
in question-and-answer sessions
18.______reading
on your own, material of your choice
19.______participating
in physical motion activities
20.______building
models (with your hands)
21.______smelling
scented materials (e.g., scratch & sniff)
22.______looking
at graphs, tables, and charts
23.______listening
to recitations by others
24.______conducting
interviews
25.______writing
26.______participating
in physical games
27.______touching
objects (e.g., equipment, tools, materials, etc.)
28.______looking
at photographs
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LEARNING
STRATEGIES INTERPRETATION |
Circle the numbers
you checked. Then compare your numbers with the first column below.
If a majority of numbers for a particular style are circled, you may
prefer to learn in that way (described below). You many have more than
one preferred learning style. Knowing your preferences can help you
to be more effective in learning.
| STRATEGY
NUMBERS |
PREFERRED
LEARNING STYLE |
| 1 |
8 |
15 |
22 |
28 |
|
Visual |
| 2 |
9 |
16 |
23 |
|
|
Aural
(Auditory) |
| 3 |
10 |
17 |
24 |
|
|
Interactive |
| 4 |
11 |
18 |
25 |
|
|
Print |
| 5 |
12 |
19 |
26 |
|
|
Kinesthetic
(using body movements) |
| 6 |
13 |
20 |
27 |
|
|
Haptic
(using the sense of touch) |
| 7 |
14 |
21 |
|
|
|
Olfactory
(using the sense of smell) |
- Learn best by
listening.
- May prefer interactive
learning.
- Often are annoyed
by interruptions to a lecture
- Like to listen
carefully, rarely speak out during a lecture
- Easily remember
what they hear
- Learn best when
verbalizing their thoughts and feelings
- Are helped by
small group discussions, lively questions and answer sessions and
debates
- Second most
popular way to learn
- Small groups
work is very successful
- Learns best
by reading and writing
- Easily retains
information by reading books, magazines, or journal articles
- Will usually
take notes during a lecture
- Being able to
see and record what they hear helps them focus and learn better
- Likes to observe
people and situations.
- Has to see something,
not just hear it, to learn.
- Learns best
from slides, pictures, demonstrations, graphs, tables, and overhead
transparencies.
- Most people
use this style as their primary way of learning new material.
- Needs to move
in order to learn.
- Sometimes fidget
or doodle during lectures; movement helps them concentrate.
- Often use hands
to describe what they are saying.
- Learn through
role plays and other activities involving movement.
- Learn best through
their sense of touch.
- "Hands-on" experience
is essential for them to learn.
- By touching
an object, these people often are able to form a visual image of
it.
- Haptic and visual
learners learn best through demonstrations that are followed by
hands-on practice.
- Associate what
they learn with particular smells or tastes.
- Recent research
on the brain indicates that smell originates in the most primitive
part of the brain and is a powerful reminder of people or past
events.
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