The Different Styles of Learning and Thinking

According to an article called Learning and Thinking Styles, Hoagies’ Gifted Education there is a estimated 127 different factors that contribute to an individual’s learning style. This article further explains how the concept of an individual’s learning style can be misunderstood.

A learning style is a way that a person “prefers” to learn. This does not mean that an individual cannot gain knowledge through an alternate route. This idea is applied to thinking styles as well. Thinking styles consist of verbal and imagery, while learning styles are listed as audio, visual, tactile, and kinesthetic.

This article really made me look at what type of learning and thinking styles that I most prefer. I took an online learning style quiz and I found that I am very much a tactile learner. I like to learn with a “hand-on approach. With this type of learning I can easily remember how things are done, but I have difficulty remembering what I saw and heard in the process. I found this article to provide a lot of interesting information, however I enjoyed taking the online quiz more, go figure.