What type of learner are you ?

[Dillon]

so I have a way of remembering things especially when taking some of my college courses. I’m more of a visual learning liking to see things in person and having someone explain things to me than doing it online which I harder for me to process; although I have taken online classes and have done pretty well. In ways I remember something say like in biology; I’m a biological nerd so I’m going to say something biological. For example I like to picture things for an exam in a marine biology class I took recently.
I had to know things like what a diploblastic organism was (jellyfish, corals, comb jellies) which has two germ layers instead of three (ectoderm and endoderm but no mesoderm) and knowing what a diploblastic organism was I had to identify if it had a radiata sturture ( symmetrical) or a bilateral structure.

The way I remember this is with a diploblastic organism I picture a French fry or something like that dipping it in sauce and having the sauce radiate in ripples from a smaller circle to a bigger circle.

My point is I have weird analogies like these which really helps when it comes for remembering things. I’m more of a visual learner. How do y’all like to learn or remember things?

 

[Mattymatt]

I am very much a hands-on, tactile learner. I have to learn by actually performing the task.

 

[Iamnotarabot]

I am the " I dont know how my brain works and so sometimes and remember stuff and sometimes I dont" type.

I got some differents ways to learn depending on my mood...
Sometimes just hear something interesting by someone I appriciate was enought, sometimes I visualised the paper , like I was going throught the page of the book in order to remember, sometimes I write stuff ...

 

[Lydia Z]

I am very much a hands-on, tactile learner. I have to learn by actually performing the task.

I think I'm the same type of learner as you but with the visual added.

 

[Dillon]

I am very much a hands-on, tactile learner. I have to learn by actually performing the task.

Along with the visual type of learning I’m kind of a hands on person myself. If I do something myself a few times after someone has shown me what to do, I’ll remember the process better when adding in the visual part of things

 

[Thinx]

I like to go thru the new process and write it down in steps, say if I m learning a process I need to follow on some of the work software. Yes it definitely helps to be shown and guided through it, but I don't retain it unless I write it down and practice think that's fairly common. I think I m visual in that I like to write notes and see and draw diagrams.

Learning what matters in a complex situation like a new job takes me quite a while, but I d also say that's because the person who handed over or the person I report to may not have worked out what's important and so I am finding out for myself when new which can be stressful and make me seem uncertain.

I would often like to ask more questions than are generally found acceptable. But once I can do it Im pretty good, unless it's not in my skill set, like playing musical instruments or sports or partying.

 

[SusanLR]

I need to visualise either like picture in my mind that I can refer back to
or write what I am trying to learn step by step and draw little images with each step to refer to.
Someone going through the motions or explanations quickly and that's it,
I just won't retain it.

 

[Progster]

I'm primarily a visual learner. I need to write things down to remember them - if I just read them, or hear them, I'm more likely to forget. When I'm given spoken information, I tend to miss bits, so I always have to write things down. Also, I need to do things myself to learn. Once I've done it myself, I don't forget it.

 

[HidinginPlainSight]

Repetition, repetition, repetition....................and then more repetition.......

 

[Nero]

I have to be interested to learn. And I tend to learn better when people guide me through the material step by step. I have difficulty forcing myself to learn in detail by reading, however when I read something I very easily remember the big picture.

I also learn through understanding, and do very poorly when it comes to anything that requires memorization.

 

[Gracey]

Still trying to figure this one out