Visual Learner

     Everyone prefers a specific learning style.  A person can choose from over three learning styles when dealing with a subject.  These styles include visual learning, auditory learning, and kinesthetic/tactile learning. In math, I consider myself a visual learner.  I need to see examples and pictures drawn.  This way, I am able to make more connections and have a better chance of remembering the material.  Being a college student, I take many notes from lectures and I prefer those notes to be written by the professor on a blackboard.  I feel more confident by this because when test time comes around, I know I have material ready to be reviewed.   

     All teachers are different and I never know what to expect on the first day of class.  Some teachers prefer to talk the full hour and fifteen minutes while students jot down facts/statements that have been said.  Others make use of power points and blackboards for students to copy from.  In math, visuals are a must.  It's easier to make graphs and draw diagrams to figure out a problem. 

     The following article "Learning Styles" is a good way for someone to figure out which type of style is strongest.  I pretty much answered yes to all of those questions in the visual learner section.  I like to see things written in order to read it as many times as I need to.  Which is why I prefer written instructions as opposed to oral instructions.  I know where to look and don't have to bother asking over and over.  When I study, I rely heavily on notes that I've taken in math class.  I write down everything that's written on the board.  It could be a number of examples and terms, as soon as I see them, I write them down.  Later on, I know exactly where to look and can remember what we did in class. 

     During math lectures, I don't doodle or have my mind elsewhere.  Knowing that math is my weak subject, I focus and am too busy writing as well as looking at the examples.  I give a lot of credit to those who are strong in auditory learning.  In one lecture alone, a lot of material is covered and a ton of information is said.  Those who can listen a great length of time and be able to remember the information, are not simple tasks.  That is just my opinion, like I've said above, I need to write notes in order to remember information.  In a sense, I can see how auditory learning could be helpful in some aspects.  One being, saying words or terms aloud over and over.  That is something I do when I am really struggling to remember something.  It sinks in more this way, but overall I am a visual learner and I will continue with writing notes, using pictures and looking at my math book.