Poll: How do you learn?

[Guitar Gamer]

For a language: Aural learner mostly and a bit of visual, I need a mixture of both to get a full comprehension of the language I am learning.

As for the rest visual.

 

[Plurralbles]

I learn best by doing. I have to talk through it as well. I can't unlearn things easily s I need someone there hovering over me on some difficult subjects to instantly give me feedback.

This almost never happens though. No wonder my grades areshit.

 

[manythings]

Laser guided knowledge missiles.

 

[Spaghetti]

Mostly sight, but I always like to do hands on learning...which is a problem when you study history and politics. Quick! Feel up a politician!
But yea, it's predominantly visual for me. Reading, writing and watching documentaries is how I learn for the most part.

 

[ghostrider409895]

I can read something and I can hear you explain something to kind of understand what is going on. There types of learning help me grasp information and facts. They are useful if I need to understand what is going on as far as purpose is concerned.

If I really want to grasp it though, I have to see a visual. By that I mean I need to see something preformed or something other than words on a page. If it is some concept I have to learn, getting at least some type of picture helps me understand it a lot. If it is how to perform a type of action, like with sports or something I don?t know how to do, I at least have to see someone else do it once before I can even have a chance of being good at it. I have even found if I just watch something, I can usually repeat it, even without something visual or audio. I won?t understand certain mechanics or what exactly I did, but I can repeat it.

Also, in school, I can learn facts, but it helps so much to see pictures of that time or watch movies about that period, because it just helps the endless information sink in.

Also, participating in things helps me memorize things, because I get to be a part of it rather than a spectator or student learning facts. You get to have experience with these things, which can make all the difference when it comes to you actually learning the content and understanding it, rather than you knowing for a week then forgetting it.

I know this post was a bit long so in short:
If I want to really grasp something I need to see visuals ? other than words on paper ? and it helps if I participate in something related to it.
If I want to understand the mechanics or purpose, facts on paper and lectures do okay, but they really don?t let the information sink in, or help me really ?learn? it.

 

[Thk13421]

For some stuff, just seeing and reading it is enough.

But some things, like my instrument (I play bass, stand up.) I just need massive amounts of repetition, until I don't need to think about it anymore.

 

[Banana Phone Man]

Spoiler: Although mind maps (a type of Visual learning)

By Odin's beard! Those look terrible! Do they actually use those?

Scary.

They asume you can actually draw before they tell you to make one. I only got a level 2c (out of 8, which is the best level) in my art. The artist in me died a long time ago.

Yes we do have to draw and use those, although some of them can be quite good most of them end up looking like that. Some small ones can look good. The real problem I have with them is reading them. Try looking for the information you need in one of those you will be searching for hours.

 

[Dr. wonderful]

I have no idea.

I mean...I was asked that last year...

 

[CNKFan]

The man's way. Eating the flesh of my fallen foes.

 

[Jharry5]

I'm usually a visual learner, but it depends on what I'm trying to learn.
If it was a practical subject, hearing or reading about it wouldn't help - I'd have to do. Anything else though, reading or writing usually did it...

 

[Loves2spooge]

This is a rather redundant question, it's dependant on what you're learning, and the vast majority of the time you don't actually realise how you're taking things in. Like with learning a song on guitar, it's part sight (reading music) listening (to the original source) AND touch, because you're applying your own dexterous technique.

In other words, everyone learns everything through all senses, but learn certain things through selective senses required to take in information... this question's waaay too open.

 

[rampantcreature]

Once I see someone do something and then do it for myself, I can and probably have grasped the concept.

 

[ma55ter_fett]

A mixture of fear and last minute desperation.

 

[tklivory]

This is a rather redundant question, it's dependant on what you're learning, and the vast majority of the time you don't actually realise how you're taking things in. Like with learning a song on guitar, it's part sight (reading music) listening (to the original source) AND touch, because you're applying your own dexterous technique.

In other words, everyone learns everything through all senses, but learn certain things through selective senses required to take in information... this question's waaay too open.

I asked this question because although everyone has, to a degree, the ability to intake knowledge via all the senses (unless one is disabled in some way), the learning aspect varies greatly from person to person. For example, when I learned to play a musical instrument, I found that listening to another person play the same song on the same instrument meant nothing to me - nothing. Even now, when I play at a professional level, I listen to other people's performances for pleasure, but never for emulation or learning. I have to listen to a song frequently just to discern the words, and can only really know those words if I sing them myself (i.e., experience them directly with my own sense of touch). That part of me (ironic, i know) just doesn't learn through the sound. I learn by playing the notes on the page until they feel right. Once the notes are memorized, my tactile sense takes over competely, dominating far more than even the sound. On the other hand, my sister learned only through sound, and never really developed the ability to sight-read music well.

In slightly different words, everyone assimilates data through multiple senses, but that data isn't necessarily meaningful to them in all senses and cannot necessarily be recalled accurately and well. Some people need a particular method of exposure to data to enable a long-term, meaningful retention of that data (i.e., learning). Some people can use all senses at an equal or near equal level, of course, but I was curious if anyone else was, as I am, skewed strongly one way or another.

 

[DustyDrB]

Tactile. I don't learn how to do something until I attempt it myself and learn from mistakes. I don't learn concepts and formulas until I write them down, reinterpret them, create problems on them and solve problems on them.

It takes me forever to study. I rewrite all my freaking notes, rewording them and rearranging them so they make sense to me.

 

[ace_of_something]

2) Sound - Aural Learner. This person learns by hearing something. In school that translates to learning best when the teacher lectures, or by listening to the textbook on CD.

I've taken tests for these about 100 times and always land on this. It's pretty obvious why, I'm dyslexic so my ability to read a fact and visualize things is generally lowered. I found in college I did much better by taking very few notes than writing down many things. This really irritates some professors. It has come in very handy for my occupation as I'm able to repeat things word for word back at trial. Not the gist, not most of it, word for word. A lot of that is learning to memorize.
For example I'll read on say, wikiqoute a line from an episode of the simpsons and someone will put 'This has purple stuff inside. Purple's a fruit.' I go in and correct it because I know the line is 'This has purple stuff inside. Purple is a fruit.' I'm that nitpicky.

My twin brother (who is also dyslexic) is exactly the same way. This facisinates the ever loving fuck out of psychology professors.
Tip in general: never tell a psych prof if you have an identical twin they will be sure to ask you how you and your twin do something on EVERY SINGLE topic.

 

[GreyEarth]

I tend to look and listen carefully, then write stuff down.
I never forget stuff after I've written it down, even if I never use that piece of paper as reference again.
I guess the 'writing it down' helps to organise my thoughts on a subject and makes it easier to recall.

Apart from that, I'm very 'hands-on'.