Learning Styles

When people would ask me questions about my learning style I would give many vague answers.

"I like to take notes, but I don't study them."
"I pay attention in class to what the teacher says, but more so to what they do and write."
"I don't like to just listen without seeing something."
"I enjoy hands-on practice because it sharpens my understanding and skills."

So I guess I am a visual learner. But does that really sum up all that I can learn? No. The audio helps me learn also. So do hands on activities. I learn well reading, but also watching. I need the audio to explain the details of demonstrations and the reading supplements that with even more detail. I don't buy into the fact that people have only one learning style and can't learn with other styles. Sure, people can learn "better" with some delivery methods then others, but I can't believe it is all or nothing. I think I could learn from an audio tape, but I would learn even more if I had a book to accompany it and a class or group to discuss it with.

It isn't about what learning style a student has. It should be about using multiple delivery styles and techniques to enhance and support the different ways in which we can learn. It is like driving a car. I can read about it. I can hear about it. I can watch it. I can get in and try. But to be the best driver I can be I need to do all of those things.