Auditory Learners
(hearing)
30% of learners

Remember what they hear.

Talk while they write.

Need phonics.

May be a sophisticated speaker.

Remember names,  but forgets faces.

Eyes move down and to your right when they are listening to others.

Distracted by noise.

Games and pictures are annoying and distracting.

Write lightly and not always legibly

Often, information written down will have little meaning until it has also been heard.

May seem to be listening to something inside themselves, rather than to the person they are communicating with.

Read explanations out loud.  Be sure to go over all important facts out loud.

Make up songs to go along with subject matter. The crazier the better.

Record lectures and review these tapes while you drive.

When learning new information, state the problem out loud. Reason through solutions out loud.

Say words in syllables.

Find audio tapes that review the information you are trying to learn.

Join or create a study group, or get a study partner.

To learn a sequence of steps, write them out in sentence form, then read them out loud.

Use mnemonics and word links.

Use the MM Study Skills CD-ROM in the LRC to increase your study skills.