According to one Learning Styles quiz I am a kinaesthetic learner. This means I learn best through an active, hands-on approach. I do well in classes with a lab component. I may find it hard to sit still for long periods and I may become distracted by the need for activity and exploration.
Someone with a kinaesthetic learning style has a preference for physical experience - touching, feeling, holding, doing, practical hands-on experiences. I will use phrases such as ‘let me try’, ‘how do you feel?’ and will be best able to perform a new task by going ahead and trying it out, learning as they go. I am the person who likes to experiment, hands-on, and never looks at the instructions first!
On this course I could take part in more practical work and add more practical ways of working to help do the theory parts.
1. What sort of leaner did the quizzes say I was?
Physical
Visual
Aural
Social
2. Did this agree with your predictions?
This sort of agreed with my predictions however it said I was less of a solitary learner which I thought I was
3. What do you think now?
I think now that I am a physical leaner rather than a visual which I thought i was
4. What actions can you take to ensure you learn?
To maximise my strengths (visual, social, physical and aural) at home I can find more practical ways of doing my work, start up a work group where a group of social learners can work together. I could also record, on a video camera, the teacher teaching so that I have something visual to watch but auditory to listen to.
5. What activities which you do in class will be the one that helps you the most?
I believe, from these results that the activities I do in class that help me learn the most are the practical activities, in groups.
To improve my ability in the learning styles that I am not as strong in (verbal, solitary and logical) I could try speaking and writing more to improve my verbal skills. I could try using a system in order to help me complete my assignments. Finally I could work alone but listen to music whilst I am working to make it sound like I am not working alone.
