My Learning Style

As I continue my college career, I ask myself how I can better my learning skills to further improve in my studies. By changing my learning styles, I can more accurately learn subjects by simply changing the media in which I study with, or by changing the strategy of how I study a particular subject. For example, I could watch a demonstration of a science experiment rather than reading about the scientific concept. Or, I could learn about the human body in parts rather than as a whole. Overall, the learning style of a student can determine how the student learns from particular methods of teaching.

I have taken several questionnaires that examine my particular learning style and I have discovered that I am an excessive visual thinker. In fact, I have been told that I may have real difficulties with verbal learning such as lectures. I can use this information to help my studies in school. Perhaps I could study more with online videos and demonstrations to help me study.
I have also been told that I have a strong kinesthetic learning preference. This means that I learn by “doing” rather than reading or hearing. This information suggests that I do more “hands-on” learning.

Finally, I found that I learn more globally than sequentially. A global learner learns better when the subject is taught in pieces rather than altogether and in order. For example, if I were to learn about U.S. History, I would prefer to begin at WWII and then back to the Civil War. On the other hand, a sequentially learner may want U.S. History to begin at Christopher Columbus and then the Mayflower, and so on. Since I am a global learner, it may benefit me to learn the subject out of order, so that I may learn the subject as a whole and more accurately.