Learning Styles

After taking the learning styles assessment, I learned that I have a very strong preference for kinesthetic learning.  This means that I learn better by interacting and by doing hand on thins in order to remember. Before taking the assessment I was leaning more towards the idea that I am a kinesthetic learner. ON the assessment I scored an 11 on the kinesthetic column and 4s on the rest of the categories. Being a kinesthetic learner I rely on my senses such as sight, tough, taste, smell, and hearing to learn. Through out my past years at school I have always loved going on field trips, laboratories, and hands on learning. I learn more from experiencing things rather then in a classroom. For example, for AP environmental science we went to Yosemite we would go out on day hikes and bring our notebooks outside and interact with the wildlife and make observation about our surroundings. After, we would sit in small circles and relate what we just did to science and how the environment actually formed many years ago.  However, this year a lot of my classes are more lecture based so I think in order to learn better from the information I am given i need to incorporate examples in my notes and picture them and how it works. I can draw out pictures and diagrams to help me understand how processes work. Also, by attending supplement classes for certain courses I can interact with other people that might be kinesthetic learners and that way we can both put in our input and possibly come with way and examples for us to remember what we learn. This year, chemistry will be my harder class, so by me taking the extra help class I have the opportunity to work in smaller groups and work out the problems myself on the board and get input from the other students. As a learner I think by attending Humboldt State I have plenty of opportunities to get involved with hands on learning and other kinesthetic learners to help me along the way.