Auditory Learners

sandyfeet · Feb 20, 2012

I think so. I don't have time to sit and read everything, so I listen to lectures on my recorder while I drive, clean the house, take the dog out for exercise, etc. I flood myself with the information. Then if I have to look something up, I can focus on the information that enhances what I've heard, instead of starting from scratch.

One tip I have to make reading less boring is to make lists, flowcharts, and draw pictures while I am reading. When I am studying for a test I will do this on a white board so that I can erase and redo from memory quickly. I cannot sit quietly and read a book!

classicdame, MSN, EdD · Feb 20, 2012

Yes! Most men are auditory learners. This is a surprise to their wife as wives think men do not listen to them at all! You can try writing or typing notes and then reading them to yourself. You can find a study partner to talk it out with. If you google "auditory learner" you will get several hits. Many have suggestions for studying. Also, most people are not one single type. We might mix tactile and visual and audial. Good initiative on your part to be prepared!

Despareux · Feb 20, 2012

I just looked up 'auditory learners' and I fit that profile like a twin. Thanks for the suggestions.

llg, PhD, RN · Feb 20, 2012

I was always an auditory learner and I succeeded. Fellow students used to want to borrow my lecture notes -- until they saw them. While other students had page after page of notes with diagrams, etc. I would just have 1 or 2 pages of notes I had jotted down during the lecture. I was too busy listening actively to "break away" from being engaged with the lecture enough to write things down. So I would just jot down topics, conclusions, things to look up later, key points, etc. I would then go back to the books after lecture and highlight/circle/etc. those things that were fundamental to what had been said in class -- because those things were what the professor seem to value most.

Despareux · Feb 20, 2012

I was always an auditory learner and I succeeded. Fellow students used to want to borrow my lecture notes -- until they saw them. While other students had page after page of notes with diagrams, etc. I would just have 1 or 2 pages of notes I had jotted down during the lecture. I was too busy listening actively to "break away" from being engaged with the lecture enough to write things down. So I would just jot down topics, conclusions, things to look up later, key points, etc. I would then go back to the books after lecture and highlight/circle/etc. those things that were fundamental to what had been said in class -- because those things were what the professor seem to value most.

That's what I do, too. In some ways I feel a little guilty for not reading from my books. My grades would probably be a bit higher if I did take the time to read little bits from each chapter, but I average an 87% and to be quite honest, I'm okay with that because I get to spend time with my family and have some what of a life. I'm not a great test taker, but I can rock out a discussion any day or time.

weavers · Feb 21, 2012

herasheis,

I am the same as you. I am an auditory learner. I never read the textbooks, and I am a B+ student. I feelt I could be an A student with if I read. I learn best by lectures, study groups and videos. I am an auditory learning, but I also take alot of notes. A year ago I started taking my laptop to class and typing up my notes. I have bad hand writing and this has been very helpful. I can organize my notes very easily and share notes with classmates. Microsoft Onenote is a fantastic note taking word processor.

Our class just did the

kolb's learning style inventory

I thought it was helpful and you might learn more about yourself and how you learn.

http://casa.colorado.edu/~dduncan/teachingseminar/KolbLearningStyleInventoryInfo.pdf

I never read my text books. I buy them, but never read. I don't feel guilty at all because I still spend a ton of time studying. I don’t have time to feel any guilt. I mostly use online sources. I do alot of HESI and NCLEX questions. I love NCLEX 3500 I try to do 10 q day. Our school uses HESI which has a ton of progressive case study nclex questions. It’s hard. Often times I type a disease process into youtube and watch a few videos on it. Like Spina bifida, it has the 3D animation and I retain the info very well. I want things laid out simply and know the pathophysiology of the disease process.

Main Menu - NCLEX-RN 3500 - Institutional Version

for study groups be sure to study with someone that reads the book before the study group. be a leader start study groups. Have 3 different groups that you meet with 3 times a week. People will cancel on you or get sick, so you gotta be a leader and get people together. It helps me at any rate.

Your school should have some video recoruses. Mine has a ton of them. Mostly old ones form the 80s and 90s, but often times the info is current. We have some newer videos too.

Just be mindful that when you watch videos on youtube or any source that the information may not be correct. Your teachers may want you to learn it a different way

Here is site a medical student made. He does some songs like for cholecystitis and pancreatitis. They are kind of similar diseases and can be easy to mix up, but his video really sorted it out for me.

http://estudiarconlasustanciap.blogspot.com/

Despareux · Feb 22, 2012

I just took that test. I scored mostly AC and the rest was RO. The results are exactly how I think. It's funny, too, because my background consists of research and statistics and those are two things I happen to enjoy as a hobby.

cndn_grl08 · Feb 27, 2012

I'm definitely an auditory learner. I too take my laptop to class because it helps me to see the notes organized on the page, rather than all cramped and messy. I only read the textbook if there are specific things I need to learn. I find studying is easier for me when I read my notes out loud. I even convince my boyfriend to read my notes to me sometimes, which is a nice change. If there are things I'm having trouble with, I use youtube videos instead of the textbook, or patient teaching websites because they are simple and just give the basic information, not so in depth and easier to understand. Then once you understand the basics it's easier to read in the textbook. I also feel I would have better marks if I read the textbook, but I get good marks doing it the way I do it and I'm good with that, rather than stressing out even more over something I don't like doing and am not good at (by that I mean reading a ton of info in the text).