Poll: What type of learner are you?

[tkioz]

I was just thinking about a conversation I had with my sister about her children's school, and how they seem to be focusing more and more on lectures and reading and less on practical experience.

When I was at school I struggled horribly with understanding most of my subjects until I actually did something with what I was learning, I'm a tactile learner, I learn by doing, and for the best results it needs to be something with a practical outcome. I learned maths not by reading books and mucking around with sums, that drove me to distraction, what really got my maths to improve was writing computer programs, I could see a purpose for it, and by actually using the skill I could learn it.

What about the rest of you? What type of learner are you?

 

[Bamba]

Balanced, because all of these ways you mentioned are good ways to learn things. However, I guess it depends on what I want to learn about in particular. If I wanted to learn about an individual, thenprobably Visual(reading) would be the easiest way for me.

 

[tkioz]

Balanced, because all of these ways you mentioned are good ways to learn things. However, I guess it depends on what I want to learn about in particular. If I wanted to learn about an individual, thenprobably Visual(reading) would be the easiest way for me.

I'm not really saying any way is better then the others, simply that some people naturally lean towards one system over the others, I know I do, I'm terrible at learning things via lecture, I simply can't follow it, but I'm decent with visuals, and much better with learning via doing.

 

[Darken12]

I consider myself really awful at learning new things (I have a terrible memory, so understanding things is no guarantee of them sticking in my mind), so I use whatever is available to make something stick. Sometimes I remember things because I've taken a mental picture of the pages where it was written, sometimes I remember people saying those things to me, and sometimes I keep short "mental movies" of myself doing things, so I remember what to do because I can replay myself doing them. And sometimes I just trust my muscle memory and hope for the best.

So I picked Balanced.

 

[Bamba]

Balanced, because all of these ways you mentioned are good ways to learn things. However, I guess it depends on what I want to learn about in particular. If I wanted to learn about an individual, thenprobably Visual(reading) would be the easiest way for me.

I'm not really saying any way is better then the others, simply that some people naturally lean towards one system over the others, I know I do, I'm terrible at learning things via lecture, I simply can't follow it, but I'm decent with visuals, and much better with learning via doing.

Its just a personal preference, not a leaning towards a system. Personally I find all ways ideal for learning about nearly anything, therefore I have no specific way to learn things in particular.

 

[Jux]

I chose balanced, but it really depends on what it is I'm trying to learn. I mean, picking up an instrument and learning to play is going to be kinesthetic for the most part, maybe with auditory components as well.

 

[NightmareExpress]

Visual -> Kinesthetic

I like seeing what I have to do, doing it and then referring back.

 

[Scarim Coral]

Depends. For regular education I more of an visual leaner but when it come to exams I shift toward Kinesthetic since I am rewriting my notes and finding ways to memorising my notes via phrases or a jingle (experimenting).

 

[The Night Angel]

I definitely learn through hearing, which is why i attend every lecture in university. If I make it to every lecture, and pay attention whilst there, it cuts down on my study time quite considerably...

 

[Eleuthera]

I'm horrible at booklearning. But I have a pretty good memory for experiences. I generally can recall most things I do/did in class, or what the teacher said/says.

I'm not sure where I'd put myself in those options. I learn from experience, but being at a lecture is the experience, not the application of the subject matter. Am I making sense?

 

[therandombear]

Mix of visual and kinesthetic I'd say, I like to see what I am supposed to learn and then try it out. Ofc, this gets a bit different if it's a theoretical subject, like, math or history, those I need to read to understand...ofc, I never understood math...

 

[kyuzo3567]

Well according to all those tests the schools have, I'm balanced with a slight deficiency on Kinesthetic learning. The tests the gave in High School rated me with Auditory:7, Visual:7, and Kinesthetic: 6... anyone else remember those tests?

 

[Zantos]

Academically I'm a kinesthetic learner, get me some worksheets or past exam papers and I'm good to go. I had no idea what was going on in General Relativity until I started actually doing calculations, suddenly I was all up in that shit.

The curious thing is how I learn new tunes when I'm playing music. If I'm listening to it I will stand there looking confused, but I can pick it up fairly easily if I can see the music, or even just see someone else playing it.

 

[Arctodus_Simus]

Mostly Kinaesthetic, I guess. I have a remembering stuff just by listening, doing really helps reinforce whatever it is for me.

That said, I have a tendency to verbalise things as I do them, to help recall too. So maybe balanced?

 

[smearyllama]

I learn a lot of things by doing them until I get them. Seeing it done helps a little, but overall it's by working through things.

 

[CrimsonBlaze]

I'm both a visual and a kinesthetic learner. I can retain a large amount of knowledge by simply remembering certain things that I've seen (formulas, passages, drawings/sketches, etc.). However, I tend to learn things more easily if I can actually work them out or do them in a controlled setting.

 

[gmaverick019_v1legacy]

mostly visual and kinesthetic, but fucking auditory is horrible, lectures absolutely get me nowhere and i hate that teachers depend so much on them, it does little to nothing for me, yet i'll go home and get 95%'s on all the homeworks and i'm generally the best student in all the labs i'm in.

unfortunately, this is why all my Lab grades are A's and a good chunk of all the pure lecture + test grades i have are C's, damn professors just lecture up there like a broken record player.

 

[Pinkamena]

I learn extremely fast if I get my hands on it, and get to build something for example. Doesn't go hand-in-hand with my reading-heavy studies!

 

[Ryotknife]

I seem to be a blend of hands-on and visual. Auditory is by far my worst method, which sucks as that is the most common one. I used to say "if you see something done enough times, even a monkey can do it".