Learning styles part II: Auditory learners

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For some, listening is better than seeing.
For some, listening is better than seeing.
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Although it seems most children need to be told something a thousand times until it clicks, it may not be so with auditory learners.  Around 30% of people are considered auditory learners.  In other words, one in three children learn better by listening than by reading or doing.  Louisville does offer resources for auditory learners, so how do you identify your child's learning style and devise a plan to help them learn by listening?


Characteristics of an auditory learner:


  • Remember what's heard better than what's read/seen


  • Talks/whispers while writing


  • Needs phonics


  • Remembers names, not faces


  • Eyes move down and to the right when listening to others


  • Distracted by noise, games, and pictures


  • Recognizes variations in a person's tone of voice


  • Reads slowly


  • Hums/sings often


  • Likes riddles or jokes better than cartoons


  • Might make math mistakes because he/she doesn't  notice math signs


  • Dislikes copying material from board/book


  • Does poorly on matching test questions


  • Leaves words out when writing


Teaching and studying tips


Have student:


  • Use audio books


  • Explain material to a partner


  • Read explanations aloud


  • Create songs for different subjects


  • When problem solving, state the problem out loud and reason through it out loud.


  • Make up rhymes to remember facts


  • Use mnemonics


  • Read aloud, even when reading independently


  • Answer orally


  • Repeat facts with his/her eyes closed


  • Take a test with questions read aloud or recorded and then played back to the student.


  • Search for free lesson plans on Custom Homeschool Curriculum


Audio book resources:


Speekaboos on the Louisville Free Public Library website


Tumble books on the Charlestown-Clark County Library website


Works Cited 


Hutton, Shannon.  Helping Auditory Learners Succeed.  Education.com. n.d. Web. 29 April 2010.


Mikola, Joanne.  Learning to Learn: The Auditory Way.  Lessontutor.com. 24 Feb. 2001.  Web. 29 Apr. 2010.


Auditory Learners. Three Rivers Community College.  9 March 2010. Web. 29 Apr. 2010.


 


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Jennifer Martens is a homeschool graduate with a English Master's Degree from the University of Louisville. She currently works as an adjunct composition instructor at Indiana University Southeast, tutors, and substitute teaches at an area charter school. She is married and has homeschooled both...

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