I learn better by reading. Page 2

Started by Meganium November 13th, 2012 11:25 PM
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Shining Raichu

Expect me like you expect Jesus.

Age 32
Male
Australia
Seen October 17th, 2020
Posted December 21st, 2017
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12.3 Years
Solitary, Logical, and most of all Verbal.

I work alone. I hate group work and I find it really difficult to work with others on projects because I don't trust anybody but myself with work that I'm going to put my name on. As for how I learn, it's through logic and words. I'm not really a visual learner, I prefer using repetitive reading.
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Seen September 18th, 2020
Posted February 18th, 2018
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16.6 Years
I wouldn't call myself kinesthetic but I know doing something is the only real way to learn it, because... well, nothing else involves actually doing it.
Still, for the learning of things that I will never apply in life, I like to be told and shown by someone else, but not as part of a group.

Mr Cat Dog

Frasier says it best

Age 32
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Seen September 29th, 2017
Posted July 12th, 2017
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19.1 Years
Out of the options provided by Megan, I tend to like aural and verbal best. Unlike most of my friends, at university I tended to get more out of listening to lecturers speak about topics rather than reading their handouts. It felt as if someone was physically explaining things to me, rather than me having to read and figure things out for myself, which was kinda comforting, in its own way. If I don't understand something, I'd much rather have someone tell me what the answer is (or at least point me in the right direction) than have to read about it. And that goes hand-in-hand with music. I recently tried to learn all of the US State capitals (for no real reason apart from to give me something to do). When I was just looking them up on Wikipedia, nothing was really going in; when I listened to the Animaniacs song listing them all, they all came in instantly, and you can test me on them, if you want! :P So music and speech are a big thing with me and learning.

Meganium

memento mori

she/her
Houston, TX
Seen February 1st, 2023
Posted February 1st, 2023
Suppose I should answer my own topic finally!

I am visual and physical. I learn a lot better by looking at pictures from (for example) a cookbook, or figures in an instructional booklet. I tend to ignore the words that explain *how* to do it, but rather tend to follow the picture figures a lot better. Without pictures, I'll end up confused and tend to ask "can you explain that better please?"

Physical-wise, I've been a physical learner for as long as I can remember. I can literally grasp other people doing things like doing cartwheels, or fixing a car...and later on I find myself doing the same thing and doing them pretty well. My mom says that I tend to have very good memory when it comes to learning, because I'm good at taking pictures of things in my mind and reuse them to learn them myself. So if any of you do some trick, or dance...chances are I might learn it quickly. :P

Her

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Verbal (linguistic): You prefer using words, both in speech and writing.

DEFINITELY THIS
Although I may come off as stupid on the internet, I happen to be quite good at writing essays and whatever, simply because I love writing and I love putting myself into my writing. Not so much of myself that I fail the assignment, but enough to give it flair. Same goes for verbal things; I happen to be great at giving speeches, not to toot my own horn (but I'm doing it anyway), because I love giving them. I like the attention, lol. Using plenty of hand actions and peppy words, always bordering on the edge of sarcasm is how I roll, unless I'm giving a speech on something serious. Of course, I haven't had to really test myself on this stuff in a year due to me not being in any form of college or what not, but my job relies on me being a very verbal person, so I think that my style of learning is still present in my life.