WAYS TO STUDY AND LEARN

TACTUAL/KINESTHETIC LEARNER

Translate the things you see and hear into things you can do

1. Write facts that you must learn and remember several times.
2. Take information from the textbook and make drawings, graphs, flashcards, maps, time lines.
3. Take notes while your teacher is talking
4. take notes while you are reading your textbook or notebook.
5. When memorizing, walk instead of sitting.
6. When memorizing, bounce a ball (seriously)

AUDITORY LEARNER

Translate the things you see into things you can hear

1. Sit where you can hear well and be un-distracted during class time
2. After you have made notes on something, or have read something, read it into a tape recorder, then listen to it to help remember it.
3. Write up practice exam questions from notes, orally practice answering them with a friend.
4. When you study, say the information out loud to yourself after you have looked at it.
5. If a word seems unfamiliar when you look at it, have the teacher read it to you, (especially on a test) because you'll probably understand it more easily through hearing it.
6. Read important parts of your text onto tape and listen with earphones.

VISUAL LEARNER

Translate the things you hear into things you can see

1. Take notes while your teacher is talking.
2. Use different colour pens to accentuate the important points.
3. Take written notes and rewrite in chart or graph form. e.g. use a time line to chart events to remember in history
4. Write definition words on flashcards, words on the front, meanings on the back; use coloured pens.
5. Carry a small wire index notebook to jot down important ideas or points.
6. When memorizing, look at information, then look away and try to visualize it in your mind