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Discover your personal learning style and learn how to adapt to your instructor's teaching style for more efficient study sessions. Benefit from better information intake and recall, and gain adaptability to different teaching styles.
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ABMP Student Success Curriculum Topic 5: Learning Styles
2. Goals of This Lecture • Identify your personal learning style. • Use learning styles to maximize study efficiency. • Understand how to adapt to your instructor’s teaching style.
Defined The way in which a person gathers and processes information. Benefits Better information intake More efficient study sessions Better information recall Provides the learner with new ways to gather information More adaptability to different teaching styles 3. Learning Styles Defined
4. Overview of Learning Styles • Visual Learners • Learn by seeing information • Auditory Learners • Learn by hearing information • Kinesthetic Learners • Learn by doing or working through information
5. Learning Styles Inventory Complete worksheet 5-1 on page 51.
Read chapter before lecture Review visual textbook elements Rewrite lecture notes Highlight key information while reading Color code Use visual imagery to link information Use flash cards Draw the information (make charts & diagrams) Always write down needed information View movies/videos on related information 6. Visual Learners
Attend lectures Record key information Recite information aloud while studying Form study groups Recite key headings from textbooks Explain the steps in a process to yourself (out loud) Ask questions in class Use mnemonics (discussed topic 6) Teach the information to someone else 7. Auditory Learners
Pace or walk while studying Link information to physical movement Take notes and make flash cards Create pictures, mind maps, and lists Take regular breaks tied to study goals Give themselves rewards for study goals Use their senses Exercise and study Make models of information Write information repeatedly 8. Kinesthetic Learners
Teachers tend to teach in their learning style Comfortable if styles match Uncomfortable if styles don’t match Know teacher’s style and take proactive steps to fill gaps Brainstorm Solutions Visual instructor, auditory student Kinesthetic instructor, visual student Auditory instructor, kinesthetic student 10. Your Instructor’s Teaching Style
11. Learning New Styles • Massage is predominantly a kinesthetic skill. • Posture and gait assessment is predominantly a visual skill. • Gathering client information is predominantly an auditory skill. • Build capacity by working in different learning styles some of the time.
12. Process Learning Styles • Will understanding your learning style help you be successful in school? • Will understanding your teacher’s learning style help you be successful in school? • How will this understanding change your approach to homework?
ABMP Student Success Curriculum Find additional resources at ABMP.com.