Suggested Aids for Learning Modalities

(Use these aids to sharpen your particular dominant

learning modality or to strengthen a weaker one.)

• VISUAL (Learn best by seeing) Use guided imager Form pictures in your mind Take notes See parts of words Use “cue” words Use notebooks Use color codes Use study cards Use pictures Watch film, movie, etc. Use charts, graphs, and maps Demonstrate Draw/ use drawings Use exhibits Watch lips move in front of a mirror Use mnemonics

  AUDITORY (Learn best by hearing) Use tapes Watch TV Listen to music Speak/ listen to speakers Make up rhymes/ poems Read aloud Talk to yourself Repeat things orally Use rhythmic sounds Have discussions Listen carefully   Use oral directions Sound out words   Use theater Say words in syllables Use mnemonics

  KINESTHETIC (Learn best by touching, doing, moving) Pace/ walk as you study Physically  “do it” Practice by repeated motion Breathe slowly   Role play   Exercise   Dance Write   Write on surfaces with finger   Take notes   Associate feelings with concept/ information Write lists repeatedly   Stretch/ move in chair  Watch lips move in front of mirror   Use mnemonics

    Copied with permission from: Learning to Learn, ©1990 by Incentive Publications, Inc., Nashville, TN.

If you are a student of The University of Texas at Tyler and would like to participate in the Learning Strategies Program, you may take the LASSI on-line. It takes approximately 20 minutes to complete the LASSI assessment. Please call or come by the Student Counseling Office at (903) 566-7274 (UC 274) to obtain a password and to set up an appointment with a counselor to create your individualized program.

• Take the LASSI on line
• LASSI learning modules

Additional Resources:

ADHD Checklist