Year 12, Unit 1, Task 6, M3

Evaluation

Throughout this evaluation I will be discussing how different learning skills can aid personal development. I'll be explaining visual learning, verbal learning and aural learning. I will also explain which one I prefer. 

Visual learning is learning through pictures, colours, maps, objects etc. Some people consider to be more easy and effective. Visually being taught new information may be easy for a visual learner as they will have a picture in their head of what has just be taught rather than just being told the information without anything to put it to. Visual learners like to draw and scribble in order to learn new information. The especially use colours as it attracts them in and makes it more attractive.

Verbal learning is learning through written and spoken words. Some people tend to read over and over work/notes in order to get the information into their heads whereas others tend to remember it through just listening. Verbal learners are good listeners as they have to listen to what is being said in order to understand and take in information. This is a tough skill to have as information can be forgotten easily. However, verbal learners like playing on the meaning or sound of words, such as in tongue twisters and rhymes. They know the meaning of many words and most of the time make an effort to find the meaning of new words.

Aural learning is learning through listening. Aural learners must be good at listening as it is important that they gather all the information that is being told to them. A good way in which aural learners learn is through repeating what they have been told. They like to work with music and sound as it can help them to remember a certain topic if they listen to the song they were listening to when learning the topic. Aural learning is a hard skill to do as gathering a lot of information through simply listening makes it difficult to remember everything.

Out of the three learning skills, I prefer using visual learning. It helps me to picture in my head what was on the board or on a PowerPoint/Word document once being shown it. I also used aural learning and verbal, as its helpful being explained something rather than just being demonstrated something. It is good to have a range of learning skills as its helps to understand things more and make things a lot easier.