This is true, because I love movies like The Notebook, Walk the Line, and Atonement. Carolyn Kalil’s True Colors Personality Quiz has taught me that I am more adventurous and restless than serious and punctual. The Learning Styles Inventory and Learning Styles Descriptions by Solomon and Felder has taught me that I am a reflective, sensing, visual, learner. As a reflective learner, I prefer to learn by myself at first to make sure that I understand the material. It is also extremely hard for me to get through a lecture where all I do is take notes. I am not able to sit and memorize the material, I have to read the information over and over again. I also like being able to get up and do things during class. I am also a sensing learner, which means that I like learning the clear cut facts and solving problems with the best given method. In high school, I was best at history, because it was memorizing facts. There were no theories that would hinder my learning process. I also liked calculus, because I was able to solve the problems with the best given methods and I could do them step by step. The best way for me to learn is to relate the material to the real …show more content…
Visualization is a key tool for being a visual learner. I am able to learn best when I am able to look at a picture or a graph. Unfortunately, many of my college courses so not provide visuals, so in order to succeed I have to find other ways to study. I can help myself by making color-coded notes or even by making boxes around information that I have to know. The Learning Styles Inventory and Learning Styles Descriptions by Solomon and Felder has taught me that I am a reflective, sensing, visual, learner. The Reading/Learning Process in Chapter One of A Brief Guide to Writing from Readings by Stephen Wilhoit has taught me to find a definition and purpose, ask questions, and take notes. I never like to write academic papers, especially if I don not know why I am writing it. If there is at least some sense of a purpose then I might be inclined to do the assignment well. I understand that the purpose of this assignment is to summarize what we have learned about ourselves while we have been here, so I was inclined to write this paper! I have learned that it is good to ask questions. It is encouraged that I ask questions to make sure that I understand the assignment or reading so I can do