Sensory Preference & Study Strategies
Study strategies frequently suggested for students with different
sensory preferences include the following:
 Visual learners
- Read chapters, highlighting or underlining important information.
- Write a study outline.
- Take notes during lectures.
- Develop concept maps.
- Watch videotapes.
- Study by making flash cards or drawing graphs, pictures, or
charts.
- Write down all oral directions and read them.
- Choose written rather than oral reports.
- Study alone with no visual distractions.
Several websites suggest study strategies for visual learners. Check out
the ones below:
http://www.tld.jcu.edu.au/netshare/learn/mindmap/howto.html
http://www.coun.uvic.ca/learn/program/hndouts/map_ho.html
http://www.mindtools.com/mindmaps.html
 Auditory learners
- Listen carefully to lectures.
- Read your notes aloud to yourself.
- Dictate your notes into a tape recorder and listen to the tape.
- Have a friend ask you study questions aloud.
- Listen to audiotapes and videotapes.
- Study in groups.
- Memorize by using songs or jingles.
- Ask for oral directions if written ones are unclear.
- Give oral presentations rather than written reports.
- Study in a quiet place.
Strategies for Auditory Learners
http://www.uoguelph.ca/csrc/learning/lectures.htm#2
 Tactile/Kinesthetic
learners
- Role play subject matter.
- Build models rather than give oral or written presentations.
- Visit places that you're studying about.
- Use calculators or computers.
- Participate in labs and relevant activities.
- Use manipulatives and 3-D objects to learn concepts.
- Study alone for short periods of time in an organized place where
you can move around.
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