1. Active Learner Teach it to someone else Make flashcards Apply active sorting of items or cards Prepare a practice quiz Cover and uncover notes Study in a group Design a game or dramatize the material Draw on a white board using the entire arm Pace and recite (add movement to meaning) Experience the concept being learned (tours, exhibits, labs) Create “Split-page” notes/quiz

2. Reflective Learner Apply “mind talk” Ask questions, review & reword, think of examples Paraphrase ! Use chunking How are ideas related? Repetition of concept Word variety, personalize examples Summarize frequently Create exam questions Look for patterns arrange information in a way that makes sense to you

3. Sensing Learner Connect Information With Specific Examples Examine how concepts apply in practice Ask for specifics Use real life examples Apply repetition Keeping specific examples of the concepts in mind Method of “Loci” memory technique Use a location that you know well & pair with ideas that you don’t know as well

4. Intuitive Learner Keep it Interesting! Make it Yours! Look for relationships Create T charts Review your work Watch out for careless mistakes Read papers that you’ve written slowly and orally Present information in a variety of ways White board, Discussions, Teach it, Study groups, Flashcards, Games, Split page notes, Practice quiz Apply a variety of memory techniques Acronyms…a word /each letter stands for a word Acrostics….a sentence /each first letter is a clue Rhyme keys…rap the information/set it to a beat/ add a number to a word

5. Visual Learner View it in the “real world” Utilize images….Graphic representations Graphs, Charts, Diagrams, Photographs, Creative visual aids Color-code notes Mark up key points /Annotate textbooks Boxes, Circles, Arrows, Numbers, Underline, Colored ink Mapping/ Clustering Cartoons Visual examples Films, Demonstrations, Online supplemental materials

6. Verbal Learner Summarize in your own words Teach it to others Recite it orally Discuss with a group Repeat Outline Tape record Use vocal variety Form a rap Repetition

7. Sequential Learner Place things in order Outline Group things Number, Letter, Sort flashcards under major headings Timelines Graphics Flow charts, Diagrams, Graphs Annotate textbooks Number and Letter key points

8. Global Learner Preview the information Combine all of the steps into one concept Reverse taking the concept first and breaking it down into parts Sort flashcards by topics Skim to get an overview Get specific examples Preview concepts Mapping, Clustering, Graphics Memory tricks Acronyms, Acrostics Make Comparisons Relate topics to things that you already know

9. “How Do You Learn The Best?” The way that a learner: Takes in Information Processes Information Organizes Information Preferred Sensory Channel Learning Style

10. Discussion Thank you for participating in this module. Please go to the Discussion Board and respond to the prompt you will find there.