Types of Learners , characteristics, way of learning

Types of Learners , characteristics, way of learning

1. Types of Learners

2. Types of Learners

3. Visual Audiotory Kinesthetic Olfactory Gustatory V A K O G

4. Visual learning style - This means you learn by seeing and looking What is Visual Style?

5. Characteristics of Visual styles: Learn through seeing and reading Observes rather than talks or acts Prefer written directions Often good readers Usually a good speller Memorizes by seeing graphics and pictures Remember faces Visual Learner

6. Auditory learning style – this means you learn by hearing and listening What is Auditory Style

7. Characteristics of auditory style: Learn through listening and talking Remember what they hear better than what they see Prefer to listen to instructions Enjoys Talking Enjoy music Talks to self aloud They remember what they hear more clearly than what they see or feel Discuss what you have learned with other Auditory Learner

8. Kinesthetic learning style – this means you learn by touching and doing What is Kinesthetic style?

9. Characteristic of Kinesthetic styles: Learn through doing Takes notes or lecture Highlight or underline Enjoy doing activities Reading is not a priority Uses hands while talking Poor speller Likes to solve problems by physically working through them Kinesthetic Learner

10. Olfactory Learner -  refers to sense of smell and taste. What is Olfactory Style?

11. Characteristics of Olfactory Learners: Learners best though the sense of smell and taste Associates a particular smell with specific past memories Finds that smells add to learning They identify smells Olfactory Learner

12. Gustatory learning – You learn by tasting What is Gustatory Style?

13. How do you like to learn? Which characteristics do you know about Auditory learners? Questions?