It is important to establish what type of learner you are so that you can structure your revision to enable you to take in the most amount of information and maintain your interest. The main purpose of understanding what type of learner you are is to work to your strengths, however it is still important to consider other ways of revising that are not within your learning style to compliment those within your own learning style.

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The Characteristics of the Three Learning Styles:

Auditory (click here for ways of revising)

• They are more likely to remember information more accurately when it has been explained to them orally.
• Remember quite accurately details and information they hear during conversations and lectures.
• Strong language skills, which include a well developed vocabulary.
• They can articulate their ideas well.
• Find learning a foreign language to be relatively easy.
• They often have musical talents and can hear tones and rhythms and individual notes.

Visual (click here for ways of revising)

• They learn best by seeing information.
• Information presented in pictures, charts, or diagrams is easily remembered.
• They have strong visualisation skills. They can "see" the information invisibly written or drawn.
• They can make "movies in their minds" of information they are reading.
• Visual-spatial skills such as sizes, shapes, textures, angles, and three-dimensional depths are strong.
• Often pay close attention to the body language of others (facial expressions, eyes, stance etc.)
• Can have a keen awareness of the aesthetics, the beauty of the physical environment, visual media or art.

Kinesthetic (click here for ways of revising)

• They learn best by moving their bodies, activating their large or small muscles as they learn. These are the "hands-on learners" or the "doers" who actually concentrate better and learn more easily when movement is involved.
• They often wiggle, tap their feet, or move their legs when they sit.
• Because they learn through movement, kinesthetic learners often do well as performers: athletes, actors or dancers.
• They may be good at repairing work, sculpting, art or working with various tools.
• They are often well coordinated and have a strong sense of timing and body movement.