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Leverage Your Learning Style: Part 1 – The Visual Learner

The Visual Learner

Do you like reading travel books with lots of pictures? When you’re studying, do you find diagrams and illustrations more helpful than blocks of text? When you’re listening to music, do you like watching the video, or do you find yourself imagining a video as you listen? When you go out to eat, how affected are you by the lighting? Are you better with faces than names? When you’re in line at the movies, do the posters draw your eye more than anything else?

If all of that rings a bell, you’re a visual learner! Your eyes are the gateway to your mind and soul. Now that you know what makes you tick, let’s go over some ways you can really use that to your advantage. Continue reading →

What Kind of Learner Are You? Take Our Quiz and Find Out.

What Kind Of learner Are You?

For those of you who have a hard time retaining information when you try and read in class, and get frustrated when nothing seems to stick: don’t worry about it. Absorbing information visually might just not be your thing—you might try having the text read out loud to you. For other students, it’s really hard to focus on lectures no matter how completely their attention is on the speaker. If they read what’s being said, though, they remember every word.

This is all totally normal—we all have our learning styles, and we’re here to help you figure out exactly what kind of learner you are. If you haven’t figured out which side of your brain is dominant, do that first.  That will help you to start understanding your learning process.

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Are You Right-Brained or Left-Brained? Part II

Are You Right-Brained or Left-Brained? Part II

So which side won the arm wrestling contest? Now that you know which side of your brain is dominant, it’s time for you to learn exactly what that means for you as a student (and a real-life human). How can you improve your academic learning/studying techniques?

First, take out the worksheet from our last post. We all use both sides of the brain when we need to, but when we’re stressed, it‘s difficult for the “weaker” hemisphere to take action efficiently. It can sort of freeze up. And one high-stress situation is in school, when you’re learning something new or when you’re taking a dreaded test or quiz.

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