here's Jonathan studying for a test and
studying and studying and studying and
here he is getting his test results all
that studying and he still got an F why
the thing is there's no one right way to
study some methods might work great for
one person and not at all for others
everybody learns differently in order to
find a study method that's best for you
it's important to know your learning
style the four most popular learning
styles are visual auditory reading
writing and kinesthetic or hands-on for
most people one of these methods will
work best but it's also possible for a
combination of different styles to be
effective to discover your learning
style you can complete an online
assessment there's a wide variety of
them available consisting of
multiple-choice questions
however you can also observe yourself
and your previous learning experiences
to get an idea of how you learn best
let's circle back to Jonathan when he's
in class and his teacher is lecturing he
gets distracted pretty easily words tend
to go in one ear and out the other but
when his teacher starts using visuals
Jonathan finds it easier to focus and
understand the material so he might be a
visual learner now think about your
history how have you enjoyed learning in
the past
do you prefer watching over listening do
you enjoy reading instead or maybe you
learn best by doing with hands-on
experience if none of these seem to grab
you give them each a try and see which
one you tend to drift towards each
learning style has its own study methods
that work best with it let's take a look
at how Jonathan and a few of his
classmates study as a visual learner
Jonathan finds it helpful to color code
his notes he finds it helps him to
organize information and internalize it
better he also creates diagrams while
studying finding that they help him to
better understand certain structures and
ideas Jonathan watches videos to finding
them helpful for extra information
ruby is more of an auditory learner she
likes to study in a group and discuss
the material with others sometimes
she'll read her notes out loud because
it helps her to hear what she's studying
in some classes Ruby will record the
lecture with her teachers permission of
course so that she can go back and
listen to it later Tyrell finds that he
learns best by reading and writing
he takes substantial notes during class
and reads over them often when he's
trying to memorize something he'll often
write it out he also makes sure to read
and reread any materials his teacher has
assigned the class Raya is a kinesthetic
learner she's got a lot of energy and
likes doing things labs and hands-on
activities helped her to understand
certain ideas and topics sometimes
she'll review her material while she's
walking around she also likes to take
breaks in order to release some of her
energy allowing her to focus when she
returns to studying all four of these
students are studying the same material
but they're doing so in different ways
now this doesn't guarantee that they'll
all get the same grades but by
determining their learning style and
finding study methods that work for them
they just might find themselves getting
better results GCF global creating
opportunities for a better life