Understanding Your Learning Style

What Kind Of Learner Are You?
Visual? Audio? Or Kinesthetic???
During My Basic Studies, As We Were Prepared For The JUPEB Examination, We Had A Lot Of Grounds To Cover. Just To Be Clear, We Had A 2-year Curriculum To Cover In 9 Months.
So There Was A Lot To Do.
Under That Pressure, I Discovered Something About Myself That I Hadn’t Paid Attention To Over The Years.
With All The Lectures, Notes, And Text Books To Study, I Found That I Couldn’t Keep Up With The Bulk Of Work And Expect To Do Well If What I Did Was All I Did.
I Had Learned Prior To That Time That People Learned Differently.
In Fact, Did You Know?
There Are About 7 Types Of Intelligence And Counting, And There Are 3 Kinds Of Learners.
The Visual Learners, the Audio Learners, and the Kinesthetics.
The Visuals Learn Best With Pictures, Videos, Imagery Works Best For Them. If They Can SEE It, You Can Bet They Won’t Forget It.
The Audio Learners Work Best With Sounds. They’re The Kind That Can’t Afford To Miss A Lecture. Their Notes Are Just An Addendum Because All They Have To Do Is HEAR To Understand.
The Kinesthetics Have To Touch, Handle. These Are Your Craftsmen And Women, Your Engineers And Artists. They Learn Best By Touch.
For The First Category, Books, Pictures, Videos, Excursions Go Well.
The Second Category Are Those Who Won’t Let My Inbox Rest With “Neeta, Where Can I Get Audio Books Or So-And-so Tapes?”
They Also Make Good Listeners, And They Have An Ear For Good Music Too.
The Third Category Are The Ones Who Jump When Teacher Gives An Assignment.
Because They’ll Be DOING. Action Is Their Theme.
Theory Frustrates The Hell Out Of Them.
Just Let Them DO Something.
Back To My Story, I Found That I’m Primarily Visual With A Secondary Blend Of Audio Learning.
So Sister Girl Went To School On YouTube.
Lots Of Videos And Them Some Audios, And Plenty Pictures.
I’m The Kind Of Person Who Can See The Page A Topic Is On In My Mind’s Eye.
I Can See The Lines And Pick The Book And Flip To Exactly Where The Text Is Without Checking The Table Of Content And All.
It’s A Hack I Use For My Spoken Word Poetry.
It Comes Naturally For Me. Picked That Photographic Memory From My Daddy.
Imagine If Our Schools Worked With This Understanding And Incorporate These Methods Of Learning.
It’d Make A World Of Difference.
I Have Friends Who Are Audio Learners. For The Life Of Me, I Cannot Get Them To Complete A Book.
It Frustrates Me Even.
So We Do Audiobooks.
Disclaimer: This Doesn’t Mean That Aversion To Reading Or Any Other Of The Learning Activities Is A Result Of Biological Wiring.
Anyone Can Incorporate The Learning Method They Find Important With The Right Discipline And Habit Development.
I’ve Taught Myself Different Things By Just Having Interest In Them.
You’d Be Surprised The Things I Can Do. Today’s Not The Day To Say It.
By The Way, I Finished Tops In My JUPEB Exams With One Of The Best Results.
So, What Kind Of Learner Are You?
I Hope You Find This Practically Valuable.
Yours Always,
The Talk Queen,
Neeta Rare