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Everybody learns in different ways – some people learn through seeing, others through listening, and some through doing and touching. The problem is that many lessons are all taught in one way – just reading a book or giving a lecture. This sort of lesson does not incorporate all of the learning styles. It is important that students are given lessons that use a variety of learning styles.

What are the learning styles? There are visual learners who learn through seeing, auditory learners who learn through listening, and tactile or kinesthetic learners who learn through moving, touching, and doing. People do not only use one of these learning styles – people can learn by using any of these learning styles (in fact, using multiple learning styles can really seal information in a person’s brain – the more ways information enters a brain, the better). Anyhow, many people do tend to favor one learning style over the other. They do not necessarily choose which learning style suits them best, it is something they are born with.

Learning styles are simply different approaches to learning. Here is a closer look at the types of learning styles:

Learning style #1 – Visual Learners

Visual learners may very well benefit from lectures, but in a different way than auditory learners. Visual learners need to see the teacher’s body language and facial expressions to understand a lesson. Visual learners do best when they are sitting at the front of a classroom where there are not visual obstructions. Visual learners may think in pictures. Visual learners learn best from diagrams, illustrated textbooks, videos, hand-outs, and other visual displays. To best retain the information from a lecture, visual learners prefer to take detailed notes.

Learning style #2 – Auditory Learners

Auditory learners learn best through verbal lectures and discussions. They like to talk things through and listen to what others say. An auditory learner will interpret the underlying meanings of speech by simply listening to a speaker’s tone of voice, speed, and pitch, etc. Written information has more meaning when it is heard – therefore sometimes it is best for auditory learners to read text books aloud.

Learning style #3 – Kinesthetic/ Tactile Learners

Tactile learners need a hands-on approach to learn the best. Tactile learners need to be actively exploring the physical world that surrounds them. Tactile learners need to constantly be doing something. They like to explore. They need activities to keep them interested and learning.

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