Learning Styles and Mnemonics

1. How Can I Learn Better?
A college readiness skill

2. We All Learn Differently!
• We all have different styles of
learning.
• There are some strategies you can use
to make the learning process easier.
• In this presentation, you will learn:
• Three Learning Styles
• Memorization Techniques
• As a result of this presentation, you
will be able to learn better!

3. Learning Styles

4. VAK
• We all have different styles of
learning.
• In fact, there are three types of
learning styles:
• V - Visual
• A - Auditory
• K - Kinesthetic

5. Which is your learning style?
• You are a visual learner, if you learn best by seeing
information. Strategies usually used: power points,
whiteboard visuals, videos, highlighters, notes, color-
coding, diagrams, charts, maps, timelines, etc.
• You are an auditory learner, if you learn best by hearing
information. Strategies usually used: listening to lectures,
engaging in discussions, music, read aloud, orally
summarizing information, retell, etc.
• You are kinesthetic (aka tactile) learner, if you learn best by
incorporating physical movement into learning. Strategies
usually used: getting up to move periodically when
studying, wiggling foot, tapping fingers, manipulating
objects, building, assembling, labs, etc.

6. Use Your Learning Style More Often
• Now that you know your learning
style, try to do that more often so that
you can learn better.

7. Memorization Techniques

8. Memorization Methods
• One excellent way we can learn better
is by using memorization strategies.
• The following memorization tools will
help jog your memory and help you
study:
• Lists
• Flashcards
• M.N.E.M.O.N.I.C.S.

9. Lists
• When memorizing
dates, formulas, etc., some find it useful to
use a two column list. By reading the list
over several times and then covering up
pieces of information so that you are forced
to remember them can help you learn it
more quickly.

10. Flashcards
• Flashcards work much like a list, but
instead of putting the information on
two columns, you put them on index
cards using both sides. It is easier to
quiz yourself with but requires time
in making them. However,
when writing it out you
are also learning the
information.

11. M.N.E.M.O.N.I.C.S.
• Mnemonics are techniques that help
you memorize information more
quickly.
• Types of mnemonic devices:
• Acronyms
• Acrostics
• Rhyme/Song

12. Acronyms
• Acronyms is where you use the first
letter of the word to create a different
word.
• Ex.) HOMES – name of the Great Lakes
• Huron
• Ontario
• Michigan
• Erie
• Superior

13. Acrostics
• Acrostics are similar to an acronym except that
instead of creating a word one can create a
sentence.
• Ex. PEMDAS – Order of Operations
• Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally
• Parenthesis
• Exponents
• Multiplication
• Division
• Addition
• Subtraction

14. Rhyme/Song
• Rhyme and song mnemonics put
information in the form of a
poem, rap, or song.
• “Twinkle, twinkle little
star, circumference equals 2 pi r.”

15. Do It On Your Own
• Now that you know the different
memorization strategies that you
can use, try using them while
studying for your next test. You
will see that they will help you
learn and memorize information
more quickly so you can pass
your tests!