What type of learner are you?

[bkahuna]

When it comes to memorizing information in a textbook, I tend to look at things in categories and place things within them, or, think about new items of information radially, like a mind map or a concept map, but in my head, and instead of individual facts, I can often recall the layout of the page and where the information is kept.

I have this same learning style. I've taken assessments on this back in high school and im nearly 50/50 visual and auditory.

I mostly read rapidly and conceptualize the material, but if i am really interested in a topic or if i focus closely (even if its memorizing straight facts) its locked in, permanently. Also once I get into a topic I will learn it a mile deep and consume every peice of material I can find until I have a solid factual and conceptual base, then I get bored and move on to the next topic.

I don't have the same memory like they recently showed on 60 minutes where people (marilu henner was one) can recall exact dates or be told a date and they can remember what they ate etc, but I can remember nearly everything since I was two.

One of my struggles is lots of folks just don't think one person can master so many subjects or recall things they thought were meaningless in school... take your pick algebra, trig, c++, pascal, biology, plate tectonics, drywall, laying tile... LOL. the whole jack of all trades master of none isn't always reality. I usually have to tone it down until people get to know me.

I love the distance degree program because I can either backfill the theory and vocabulary on what I already know and take an exam, or learn new topics at 1000mph, I absolutely love it!! CLEP and DSST forever!!