Selected Study Techniques for each Learning Style

1. Selected Study Techniques for each Learning Style Visual, Auditory, and Kinesthetic

2. Techniques that Work for All Learning Styles Make flashcards and use them in the way that best suits your learning style. Be sure to create two piles as you review, one of cards you got correct, one of cards you got wrong. Keep reviewing the cards you got wrong until you get them right. Visual – review them silently Auditory – review them out loud Kinesthetic – review them while moving around

3. Techniques that Work for All Learning Styles Teach what you are studying to someone else: Once you think you understand what you are studying, try to teach it to someone else. If you are successful, then you really know the material. If you can’t teach it, then you need to study it some more and try again.

4. Visual Techniques Learn by Writing: (Writing is also Kinesthetic!) • Write Flashcards • Write words in a special way to help you remember their meaning or a concept Ex: Science fact to remember – Rivers form V-shaped valleys, but glaciers form U-shaped valleys 3. Copy over notes and study guides by hand, or retype them 4. Create your own study guides 5. Write your own quizzes and answer keys • Pay very close attention while you are taking notes during class

5. Visual Techniques Learn by Reading: Reading over notes/study guides, reviewing diagrams, and reading the textbook work best for students with photographic memories! If you do not have a photographic memory, you need to USE these resources to do something like writing (flashcards, etc), speaking, or acting out the information

6. Visual Techniques Learn by Drawing – Especially beneficial for photographic memories: • Illustrate vocabulary words and concepts you need to study • Make tables to compare and contrast • Play Pictionary with classmates to practice vocabulary and concepts – use your flashcards for this • Copy over diagrams in color, with labels

7. Auditory Techniques Learn by Listening: • Make and use recordings of what you need to learn • Make up songs to help you memorize • Have someone else quiz you verbally – out loud • Quiz yourself out loud • Pay very close attention when your teacher is speaking, and ask questions during class

8. Kinesthetic Techniques Move while you learn: Choose a visual or auditory technique described above (use your second most dominant learning style), and MOVE while you use it • Study on a stationary bike, treadmill, rocking chair, or exercise ball • Study while pacing – walking back and forth • Make subtle movements while you study – twirl your hair, tap your feet, wiggle your toes, squeeze a stress ball, manipulate a pencil or other object while studying **Make sure you are paying attention to what you are studying, NOT to the movements you are doing**

9. Kinesthetic Techniques Learn by Acting and Doing: • Act out vocabulary and concepts in a game of charades – use your flashcards for this • Pay extra attention during hands on activities such as science labs, experiments, and working with manipulatives, such as blocks, during math class • Volunteer to help your teacher with demonstrations 4. Learn by writing – see visual techniques

10. Bibliography Kramarczyk, D. (2010). Pocket Teacher: Secrets to Better Grades. [Mobile application software]. Retrieved from http://itunes.apple.com/