You have been asked to investigate learning styles and produce a report

style Blog post explaining how an awareness of one’s preferred style

can improve an individual’s ability to learn and progress.

There are a wide variety of learning styles with different people being good at

different learning styles, it’s important for people to learn their own learning

style as it can make their life easier in learning for example I can learn by just

reading the book and picking up the information as I read whereas someone

else may have to read the book then write it down and then go over it again.

Below is a table of different learning styles:

Learning styles Learning activities

Aural You learn best through music and

sound

Visual You like to see images, pictures and

demonstrations

Physical Practical activities such as model

making, using a computer, making

finished products

Logical Mathematical reasoning, following

step by step instructions

Verbal You learn through hearing or reading

words

Solitary You prefer to learn on your own

Social You prefer to learn with others

Visual

Many people learn best with seeing images, pictures and teachers presenting

their work through PowerPoint presentation. Visual learners need to have

work that is presented with pictures or diagrams as this helps them learn more

efficiently. If however they where just being constantly provided with

information by the teacher they would not learn anything as there are no

visual things for them to see and interpret the information being given to them.

Physical

If the physical style is more like you, it's likely that you use your body and

sense of touch to learn about the world around you. It's likely you like sports

and exercise. You like to think out issues, ideas and problems while you

exercise. You would rather go for a run or walk if something is bothering you,

rather than sitting at home. Also physical learners don’t like sitting in a

classroom with a teacher teaching them about the subject, they need to be

interacting with other things that relate to the subject for example in science

there tends to be a lot of experiment so this will help a physical learner as

they are learning by doing things.

Verbal

The verbal style involves both the written and spoken word. If you use this

style, you find it easy to express yourself, both in writing and verbally. You like

playing on the meaning or sound of words, such as in tongue twisters, rhymes

and limericks. You know the meaning of many words, and regularly make an

effort to find the meaning of new words. You use these words, as well as

phrases you have picked up recently when talking to others.

Which learning style best fits me

When you know which learning style best fits you it can make your life through

education a lot easier because you will be able to pick up on things much

quicker, I mainly have two learning styles, the fist being visual this is because

if a teacher talks about a particular topic but gives images and pictures about

that topic I am able to remember what he or she has said due to me

remembering the pictures and then relating it to what the teacher has told me.

My second is solitary this is learning style is what I use at home, it allows me

to just get on with whatever work I am doing without no distractions

whatsoever, I mainly just read and read and read about whatever subject I am

revising for.