1. Tracey Major Lesson 1 Study Skills
LEARNING STYLES
Tracey Major
Lesson 1 Study Skills

2. Don’t forget to take notes
Lesson Outcomes
Identify personal learning style.
Describe personal learning style.
Don’t forget to take notes

3. Activity 1
How do you Learn?

4. Which do you think you are?
You are all
Word smart
Number smart
Picture smart
Music smart
Body smart
Nature smart
Self smart
People Smart
Which do you think you are?

5. Word smart people like to…
Learn by reading. They are good at:
Written essays -Vocabulary Quizzes
Keywords -Written reports
Learning Logs -Journals
Poetry Writing -Word games

6. Number – smart people are good at …
Puzzles -Sudoku
Timelines -Formulae
Reading graphs -Pattern games
Putting things in order (numerical, size, etc)

7. Picture–smart people are good at, and
Are quick to understand
Pictures Colours
Art
Charts
Maps
Puzzles

8. Music - smart people …
Like to learn through their ears. They are good at
Remembering lyrics
Chanting
Listening to stories on tape
Remembering bits of poetry

9. Body – smart people …
Like to learn by moving around or moving parts of their body. They like
Acting out a play (scenario/role play)
dramatizing someone’s speech
Learning outdoors
Revising on their feet

10. Nature smart people … Easily understand Shapes Maps Directions Places
They learn by moving things around and are good with puzzles

11. Self –Smart people…
Learn by thinking and working out how they feel about something. They
Prefer to work alone
Are independent and self reliant
Like to think about things before they give an answer
Are good at solving problems alone

12. People - Smart people… Like
-to learn by bouncing their idea off someone else
-to explain their work to someone
-work with others
-to teach others

13. Which do you think you are now?
You are all
Word smart
Number smart
Picture smart
Music smart
Body smart
Nature smart
Self smart
People Smart
Which do you think you are now?

14. Points to remember Every one is smart in all the 7 ways .
It is just that some people are more body smart than others or music smart than others etc
This can help with teamwork tasks, why?

15. Group Activity In your groups,
Can you come up with a perfect team for team challenges?

16. Individual Activity Now complete the individual questionnaire.
This questionnaire will show if you are :-
Listener ( A)
Hands on , practical (K)
Visual ( read and write) (V)

17. Using your questionnaire and notes from lesson; Create a colourful and informative leaflet.
You need to include:-
Description of how you prefer to learn and why.
The names of different learning styles you have discovered best describe you.
Definitions of your learning styles.