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Key to Academic Success

Aural Learner

This style primarily prefers to learn by hearing the information. The aural leaner may have difficulty in lectures filled with handouts or overhead information. He/she usually is not quiet for great lengths of time and enjoys question/answer sessions.

Study technique tips:

•  Read the chapter and take notes prior to class. Leave room in the notes to add in relevant points the instructor makes during the lecture. This will allow you to listen with fewer distractions.

•  Use other people as a sounding board.

•  Participate in class discussions and debates.

•  Ask questions in class.

•  Participate in "brainstorming" sessions.

•  Discuss the material in a study group, and take notes during the study group.

•  Use verbal analogies and storytelling to demonstrate points, clarify information.

•  Attend the lectures and tutorials.

•  Discuss with the professor and Teaching Assistant.

•  Use a tape recorder (in class and read your notes into it and listen to them later).

•  Read your summarized notes aloud and recite new things several times.

•  Ask others to "listen" to your understanding of the topic.

•  Practice answering old exam questions - speak your answers.

•  In a test, you can't say your answers aloud, so imagine "hearing" your answers in your head.

Adapted from:

Dr. Joyce Bishop, Seven Pathways of Learning 1994.

 

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