Am I Really A Visual Learner?

You might consider yourself a visual learner, but is there really a way to categorize different types of students?

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[Hablainfo]

I feel like visual learning is less boring, which makes me able to concentrate on it more and thus learn faster

[dinxro]

For some reason when I close my eyes, I can't see..

[Kaalyn_HOW]

Who are these glorious teachers actually caring about how I learn best?

[tern]

Congratulations on becoming a father Hank!

[ibreakandskate]

I almost failed pre calculus my first year, then I switched teachers, and he showed us how to think about the problems with diagrams and blocks, and I was able to grasp the idea and I ended up with honors three years in a row and didn't even have to study for most of my exams. learning by reading is a whole other story..

[Ngamotu]

You're screwed if you are watching this video but are bad at verbal learning.

[carthius]

I find Visual to be easier b/c when someone gives me directions or i read directions i tend to forget steps... But when im shown all the steps it's almost like having land markers in the sense that i can remember what it's supposed to look like for the next step... not sure if that makes sense... The short of it is i forget what i read and people say to damn easily

[ozdergekko]

That "study" he mentioned around 1:30 isn't only *bad* science, it's *no* science.

[PeanutButterCoffeeBread]

When words or stories get told to me, i usually stare into nothingness and space out because i imagine things while i listen. It's easier to comprehend for me that way

[arhombus]

I feel like the ability to learn better from visual stuff goes back to more primitive times when verbal communication was less of a thing. I'm talking like, before language, or around the time of proto-language, when literally all we could do was show or watch how to do things. The ones that were able to learn well this way were the ones that survived.

[Samzz]

I think it's because our minds associate certain words or notions a lot better with pictures rather than with bland audio.

I mean imagine trying to learn a language without ever seeing its letters. Damn near impossible.

[antitheist]

According to one of my old teachers, I'm part visual and part kinesthetic. And I do learn better with these styles, so that was a pretty helpful thing to learn. Hoo-Rah

[princeofexcess]

I'm so glad this channel is here. So i dont have to explain things to people instead Hank can do it.
:)

[timonix]

I learn the best when I try to explain a concept to someone else. It does at least feel like i know it much better afterwards

[danielalonso]

My hypothesis is that learning styles are actually dependent on the topic rather than the student. Some topics are better taught visually than textually, and others are taught better vice-versa.

[DukenukemX]

You know why I'm on YouTube? Yep, visual learner.

[jordanalejandro]

I found the video interesting, but from personal experience I can see how there are different learning styles.

I'm in high school and was tested on a wide range of things for an IEP and the results were that I had a disconnect for my visuals, but I was especially strong with my audio. I know that I am an audial learner; I pick up way more info from people talking about things and classroom discussion, rather than the basic "Read chapter X and answer these questions".

In terms of actual data, you can see it on my transcripts. Last year I had 2 As, 2 Bs, and 2 Cs, but after switching to a school with classrooms geared towards how I learn, I have straight As.

[NeonsStyleHD]

I'm a process thinker. I learn much easier if what I'm learning has processes to it. Facts I'm ok with, but tell me a process, and its in my head for good.

[RoxanneRichardson]

How I learn best depends on the type of material I'm learning. If I'm learning something completely new, for which I have no context, I need all the help I can get to understand the concept. If I'm learning something new about a topic with which I have a great deal of familiarity, I can build the visuals I need in my head, based on the existing context. For example, I'm terrible with auditory instructions, if I need directions to a place where I have never been. The third instruction to turn left or right, and I'm lost, I can't remember what was said, I need a map, but if the new place is in a neighborhood I'm familiar with, I can drive there in my head as the person tells me where I'll need to turn. If what I am learning is a task that requires me to physically do something, then I have to physically do it to learn it, even if I think I understand what to do by watching someone else. Listening to a lecture, it helps me to physically write what I hear, so that I can see the words, and then retain the information.

[abalrog]

This makes pretty obvious sense. Most, if not all people cannot easily identify the importance of an abstract concept without first drawing a connection between a certain material and the real world. This is what gives the information meaning and more importantly, a purpose for your brain to keep the newly learned information ingrained in your memory.