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Study Skills - Year 11 |
The following resources are now available to help Year 11 students to develop self-learning study skills. An understanding of Study Skills will support students in attaining higher personal goals and examination success through:
All the resources are now available on both Foylenet and the C2k networks.
Find Out Your Preferred Learning Style
A learning style is a way of learning. YOUR preferred learning style is the way in which YOU learn best.
Three learning styles that are often identified in students are:
1. the Auditory Learning Style
2. the Visual Learning Style
3. the Tactile / Kinesthetic Learning Style
Read about each of these learning styles to identify YOUR preferred learning style.
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Are you an Auditory Learner? |
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Auditory Learners learn best when information is presented in an auditory language format. |
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Do you seem to learn best in classes that emphasize teacher lectures and class discussions? |
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Does listening to audio tapes help you learn better? |
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Do you find yourself reading aloud or talking things out to gain better understanding? |
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Are you a Visual Learner? |
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Visual Learners learn best when information is presented in a written language format or in another visual format such as pictures or diagrams. |
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Do you do best in classes in which teachers do a lot of writing at the chalkboard |
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Do you do best in classes in which teachers provide clear handouts, and make extensive use of an overhead projector? |
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Do you try to remember information by creating pictures in your mind? |
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Do you take detailed written notes from your textbooks and in class? |
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If YES, you are probably a Visual Learner. |
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Are you a Tactile/Kinesthetic Learner? |
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Tactile/Kinesthetic Learners learn best in hands-on learning settings in which they can physically manipulate something in order to learn about it. |
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Do you learn best when you can move about and handle things? |
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Do you do well in classes in which there is a lab component? |
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Do you learn better if you have an actual object in your hands rather than a picture of the object or a verbal or written description of it? |
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If YES, you are probably a 'hands-on' Tactile / Kinesthetic Learner.
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NOTE! Your learning style is your strength. Go with it whenever you can when studying in class or at home. |
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Click on one of these links to take an online test to find out your learning style - |