These ideas are taken from the Greenfield School website
Visual Style
· Recopy notes in colours
· Visually organise or reorganise notes using columns, categories, outline forms, etc.
· Remember where information was located in visual field
· Create timelines, models, charts, grids, etc.
· Write/rewrite facts, formulas, notes on wall-hanging, bedsheet, poster for visual review at any time
· Facts, formulas, notes on index cards arranged/rearranged on wall, pin-board, floor, bed
· Use of colour-coded markers or cards for previous two above
· Use of visual mnemonics
· TV/video supplements important for understanding or remembering
· Use of "background" visual activity helps you to concentrate
· Use of highlighters
· Near memorisation of chapter/notes
Auditory Style
· Need to discuss concepts/facts/aspects with friend immediately after new learning
· Frequently does homework with friend(s) via telephone - seems to understand better and retain more
· Tape records lesson or notes for re-listening later
· Must say facts/formulas/information over and over to retain
· Simultaneous talking-walking studying
· Set information to rhyme, rhythm, or music to aid retention
· Aural Mnemonics
· Remember where information was located in auditory field (e.g. tagged to "who said that?")
· Use of different voices to study (like creating a script, or acting out a play)
· TV/video/radio supplements useful for obtaining information
· Prefer to listen without taking notes
· Prefer group discussion and/or study groups
· Use of background music helps you to concentrate
· Prefer quiet study environment
Kinaesthetic Style
· Copy notes over and over, apparently to make them neat or organised
· Make charts, grids, timelines, diagrams (usually several times)
· Trace key words with finger, marker, hand
· Re-enact situations while studying
· Constructs things while studying (house of cards, blocks, etc.)
· Prefers learning by doing
· Frequently takes things apart, or "tinkers with things" for understanding
· Prefers on-site visits for understanding