Learning Styles: Two for the Price of One! Who doesnt love getting two for the price of one? Studying about learning styles in preparation for the PHR and SPHR exams is a two-for-one deal. First, you learn what you need to know about learning styles for the exam, and second, you identify your own learning style and how to better use your exam preparation time. There are three basic kinds of learners: visual learners, auditory learners, and kinesthetic learners. Of course, people can (and must) learn in all three ways, but most individuals have one type of learning that works better for them. The following is taken from the HRCP Program, Unit 3 Human Resource Development. Visual Learners: learn best through seeing • Overhead transparencies • Videos • Diagrams Auditory Learners: learn best through hearing • Lectures • Discussions • Audio tapes Kinesthetic Learners: learn best through touching • Handling objects • Constructing models If you are primarily a visual learner, it may help you to study charts, diagrams, tables, and models. You may want to create your own summaries sheets or outlines of the concepts you are studying. If you are an auditory learning, you would probably benefit from attending a class or participating in a study group. Hearing explanations and participating in discussions will help you understand and remember the material. If you are primarily a kinesthetic learner, employing your preferred learning style into exam preparation is more difficult. Kinesthetic learners prefer to get their hands on things, to move around, to touch and manipulate objects. You might want to schedule frequent breaks into your study routine to take walks or engage in other satisfying physical activity.
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