Chomp!

You are a girl of action. Forget the eyes and ears stuff--you want to get your paws dirty and learn about the world around you by actively participating in it. Unfortunately, your style can be the hardest one to accommodate for in the classroom, so kinesthetic learning often comes into play after school, when you are working on your own. Chances are you have a special interest in subjects like science or the arts, where you can get involved and learn by doing. Have you thought about pursuing a career in either of these areas?

S U G G E S T I O N S:

As mentioned before, just because you prefer one style of learning doesn't mean you can't use any of the others, so here is a list of suggestions for all students who want to improve or practice learning styles:

• If your grade is in suffering a particular subject, try to talk to your teacher about an extra-credit or in-class assignment that would allow you to use your favorite learning style. Many teachers would be glad to help their students, and you might even be helping out classmates who are also having a hard time, but don't know why.
• Keep a learning chart or learning journal, where you keep track of what style you tend to use for each individual subject. That way, you'll have a better idea of how to study for a test or approach really difficult problems.
• Experiment with other styles. For instance, if you study Spanish by reading the textbook and doing the exercises, try watching a movie or listening to a tape in Spanish, and see what happens.
• Talk with your friends about their own learning styles--they might have some advice or tricks that could come in handy someday.
• Combine styles. Try memorizing your math notes by making up a song to go along with it. You'd be quite a hit singing, "Once, twice, three times is cubed" to something like "My Heart Will Go On."

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