Produced for S100 by Gail Bennett-Edelman

Learning Objectives

When you have completed this module, you will be able to:

Discuss what learning styles areUnderstand how knowing your learning style

can help you be successful in c0llegeIdentify one component of your preferred

learning style Adapt your reading and studying or test-

taking habits to suit your preferred learning style

What are learning styles?

According to the VARK website, technically, the term learning style “refers to all the components that might affect a person's ability to learn.”

More on learning styles

The Creative Learning Center website will let you explore a variety of components that might affect your learning preferences.

Discover your VARK preferences

VARK is an acronym that stands for Visual, Aural, Read/write and Kinesthetic.

The VARK questionnaire will help you to discover your sensory learning preferences.

Warning and encouragement

Knowing your learning style, by itself, won’t help you become a better student.

It is up to you to make use of good learning strategies to improve your own learning.

Make learning style knowledge work for you

To be successful, college students need to incorporate new approaches into their learning for reading and studying and for test-taking.

Select one of the skills below to learn about.

Reading and studyingTest-taking

Reading and study skills

If you chose to explore reading and study skills, click on the links and read the materials below. Be prepared to share relevant ideas from these materials with others who share your sensory learning preference.  Four note-taking methods (log onto each method and see how they differ)Creating an ideal study areaHow to form a study groupGoal setting for studying

Continue on with the presentation.

Test-taking skills

If you chose to explore test-taking skills, click on the links below and read the materials. Be prepared to share relevant strategies with others who share your sensory learning preference.

General test-taking skillsPreparing for an essay examTaking an essay exam

Continue on with the presentation.

Putting it to work

After everyone is through with this presentation, you will : Form groups based upon your sensory

learning preference and Agree upon several appropriate, interesting,

and helpful reading and study or test-taking skills you could use in your coursework.

Later, on your own, you will complete the blog for this week on learning styles.

Summary

By viewing this presentation, you are now able to:

Discuss what learning styles areUnderstand how knowing your learning style can help you be successful in c0llegeIdentify one component of your preferred learning style Adapt your reading and studying or test-taking habits to suit your preferred learning style