{"id":7,"date":"2009-06-02T09:06:42","date_gmt":"2009-06-02T16:06:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/dasblog\/?p=7"},"modified":"2009-06-02T09:12:20","modified_gmt":"2009-06-02T16:12:20","slug":"learning-styles%e2%80%a6they-make-a-difference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/dasblog\/2009\/06\/02\/learning-styles%e2%80%a6they-make-a-difference\/","title":{"rendered":"Learning Styles\u2026they make a difference!"},"content":{"rendered":"

By: Jennifer Gossett, Coordinator Notetaking Services and Student Support<\/em><\/p>\n

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Many of you probably have taken some type of learning style assessment in your lifetime. Do you know your learning style? If you do know how you learn best, do you apply that in your study techniques?<\/p>\n

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Many people know there learning style, but don\u2019t know how to use it.<\/strong> The subject of today\u2019s blog is to talk about specific ways you can utilize your learning style to pump up your study techniques and hopefully increase your success in the classroom.<\/p>\n

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What is your learning style? <\/em><\/p>\n

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Have you heard of the VAK? The VAK stands for a learning style inventory that determines whether you are a visual, auditory, or Kinesthetic<\/em> learner. The VAK is only one type of learning style inventory\/assessment out there and there are a myriad of learning theories that have been used to determine learning styles. Read more: http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Learning_styles<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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I recommend the Building Excellence (BE) Survey available at http:\/\/www.learningstyles.net\/<\/a>. The survey is a great assessment tool to find out what learning preferences you have. The BE explores how the time of day, whether or not you are eating or drinking, room lighting, and many more variables might can affect your ability to learn.<\/p>\n

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How can learning your learning style help you? <\/em><\/p>\n

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So\u2026after you learn your learning style what\u2019s next? The BE survey results give specific recommendations on how to study. It might also be helpful to employ study techniques designed for multiple learning styles.<\/p>\n

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If you have the luxury of choosing types of courses and professors within your major it may be helpful to take into consideration your learning style along with the professors teaching method and course structure.<\/p>\n

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Visual Learners (learn best by seeing\/reading)<\/strong><\/p>\n

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