#auditory learning

Something that I don’t think the studyblr/academia communities talk about nearly enough is learning styles, even though they can be super useful in finding the best ways to study and learn new information. I’m going to add my two bits to the conversation in the hopes that it helps some of you!

Disclaimer: straight off the bat, let me tell you all- please don’t sort yourselves into a learning style like they’re houses in the boywizard magic school books. You won’t necessarily just fall into one category- I’m a mix of all three fairly evenly. More on that later, but I wanted to make that clear up front!

Anyways, there are a few versions of this concept, but the one I’m most familiar with talks about three different categories of learning: visual, kinesthetic, and auditory.

So in teaching college I learned about learning styles about how important it is to incorporate all types of learning styles in your lesson. Visual, auditory, kinesthetic, etc. As a kid either they didn't know about this shit or my teachers never bothered with it. Because for so many classes I was completely disengaged and often wasn't learning except to regurgitate info at test time only to forget it when I didn't need it anymore. Because they only taught with books or lecture.

*However* when i got to college and learned about the different learning styles, I was SHOOK when I realized I was 100% a kinesthetic learner. AKA I learned by doing things hands-on. Someone shows me how to do something in front of me and then they watch me do it and correct me as I'm going if I mess up. If we can do it step by step together it's even better. This is why I was SO successful in art classes, that was their primary mode of teaching. The fact that I didn't realize I wasn't retaining or caring about information was because they weren't teaching it in a way I could grasp blew my mind. And it explained a lot of reasons why learning new tasks at work was difficult for me, because my manager at the time would tell me and give me a job aid—a packet with written instructions. When I realized I was a fully kinesthetic learner I told him that, told him what that meant, and asked if he could modify the way he teaches me things. Because he was baller he DID and just GUESS who became one of his best and most efficient managers within a couple of weeks? Yeah. Rather than constantly asking him to repeat things he's told me a million times all he had to do was give me a quick 10-20 minute hands on situation and I would know it perfectly. Sure it took more time in the moment but it paid off and saved time reteaching in the end.

Another thing is that while I LOVE learning new things, I am horrible at teaching myself new things. Classes—hands on classes—are almost a must. Learning new languages is something I love doing but I cannot teach myself very well. I need to be in a physical space with other learners in order for anything to stick. Same with a lot of other things. I can remember random interesting facts, but I cannot teach myself something completely new without being in a classroom. Idk if it’s because they completely neglected teaching kids how to be independent in learning or if it’s just how my brain is wired, but it is frustrating to say the least.

My main gripe/rant is that I fucking wish they would teach kids learning styles earlier. If I had known I needed to be hands on in everything I did I would have likely actually enjoyed school and obtained way more information. Another reason why I was also good at science because in science you do labs, which is doing stuff with your hands and observing it. If I could have told teachers in classes I struggled in that I cannot learn via lecture and worksheets alone and they actually accommodated for that I think school would have been so different for me. Not to mention how it affected my work life. If people could tell someone “hey, I learn better by doing it as you teach.” Or “I learn if you physically show me and I do it right after as you watch.” It would make a big difference. Instead so many workers just watch training videos or reading job aid packets and are expected to know pretty advanced stuff depending on the job. I feel like life in general would be better if learning styles was acknowledged in every aspect of life and taught to everyone early on, not just teachers in teaching college who learn about it and then never fucking use it in practice because it’s too much work. (Not hating on teachers here, really, it is so much work and teachers are chronically overworked and underpaid. Schools dgaf if students retain information outside of school, they only care about test scores, so teachers “teach to the test” as they call it and pray students know it well enough to score well so they don’t lose their fucking job.) I think if schools weren’t so heavily test-focused, ESPECIALLY standardized testing, things would just be better as a whole.

For some individuals, the term 'diverse learners' conjures the image of scholars who have a learning disability. However, for a teacher, this image is an outmoded mentality. Ecole Globale, one of the top boarding schools in India, believes that each student has strengths and weaknesses. Each student has her own way of learning. Most significantly, each student has her own way of best expressing what she has learned.

At first, differentiating instruction to have interaction with each student feels like an impossible task. However, there are small changes each teacher will build to help students become successful learners. This article is a recommendation, and examples lecturers of all subjects and grade levels will use.

Engage All Learning styles in each lesson

Before discussing an example, allow us to review the three main learning designs.

Auditory: Auditory learners grab best through listening and/or language. Visual: Auditory learners grab best through reading, writing, and/or visual aids. Kinesthetic: kinesthetic learners grab best whereas moving and/or touching a stimulus concerning the lesson.

Now allow us to explore a sample lesson that engages all three learning designs. The goal of this lesson is to show students regarding what immigrants experienced arriving at Ellis Island.

The teacher provides a quick oral introduction to the day's lesson: students can find out about immigrants' Ellis Island experience by browsing a simulation of Ellis Island. (The oral presentation engages auditory learners.)

Students receive an immigrant card and have many minutes to be told their name, age, wherever they're from, if they're traveling alone or with a 'family member' within the class, and if they need any diseases. (Holding the cardboard engages proprioception learners, whereas reading engages visual learners.)

The students go into the hall, where stations are set up. Different lecturers (or parent volunteers) act as the customs agent and medical doctor. The agent asks the immigrants queries while the doctor checks the mouth, the eyes, and hair for signs of disease. (The conversation engages auditory learners. The physical set up of the activity includes visual learners. Finally, the movement engages kinesthetic learners.)

Based on their replies and/or diseases, children are sent to medical quarantine or a room for the boat ride to New York City. while sitting, they compose a quick essay/reflection on their experience. (Writing engages visual learners.)

Finally, the class returns to the schoolroom wherever there's a discussion regarding the activity. (Students sharing their reflections aloud reinforces the educational for auditory learners, whereas standing up to talk will an equivalent for kinesthetic learners.)

In summary, as long as a lesson includes a visual component, and sensory system component, and a kinesthetic component, an educator is probably going to have interaction with a larger proportion of her students than by merely lecturing.

Scaffolding Instruction & Activities 

All children, even high-achieving ones, have roadblocks between them and educational success. typically these roadblocks are things that an educator will do very little about. (Example: A student has a poor home life.) however, once it involves most students' roadblocks, an educator has several tools to assist in convincing students that educational success is possible.

One tool is scaffolding instruction, activities for the entire class. In a very nutshell, scaffolding is giving students just a little bit of hidden facilitate to show them each the material and educational skills.

Imagine a motivated student who is aware of nothing regarding taking good notes. She is going to likely write down everything the teacher says, however, won't be able to determine the importance of what she has written down. The notes can have no organization to assist her study later.

Sent June 24, 2019

First things first, check to see if the podcasts in question have transcripts. A number of podcasters provide these for people who want the content but can’t listen.

I’m not great with listening to things either, but if I’m occupied doing something that’s more physical, like driving or doing the dishes, an audiobook or podcast is great. I also find it helpful to either take notes or play a game that doesn’t require reading (I like sudoku, or something like Candy Crush is good for this).

Followers, what are your best tips for this?

Visually: Aries, Libra, Capricorn, Aquarius

Auditorily: Cancer, Leo, Virgo

Sent June 30, 2019

Stimming with your hands can help somewhat; I like to knit or do logic puzzles. Lately I’ve been colouring pictures of butterflies (I really like butterflies).

Followers, how do you handle something like this?

THE 4 LEARNING STYLE

1). VISUAL LEARNING : this learning style help you to absorb information by using image , diagram , charts and videos.

2). AUDITORY LEARNING : this learning style will also help you to understand better by listening to your recorded discussion

3). KINESTHETIC LEARNING : this learning style you will learn how to retain information thru the hands on activities then you will prefer to engage physically .

Daily writing promptWhat podcasts are you listening to?View all responses When it comes to podcasts, many people naturally assume that I must be immersed in the latest shows, using them as a source of knowledge or entertainment. But surprisingly, I don’t listen to podcasts—nor have I ever truly learned anything by listening alone. This is not an unconscious choice but an acknowledgement of a…