Our ability to take in information is key to our retention and recollection process. The best way to learn is not the same for everyone, and it never has been. There are three major types of learning and they are: Visual, Kinesthetic, and Auditory. The best teachers will be able to teach in all three at the same time.

I remember a teacher in high school, my tenth and eleventh years, that was able to do this. She was able to do this by making each type of learning process part of the grade. It seemed easy enough from what I could tell that she was doing. She would lecture aloud, write all of the notes on the board, and require you to take down the notes. She taught out of a college level history book, so if you didn’t write down the notes on the board, then you didn’t know what was one the test. Your notebook was 25% of your grade. She was a teacher that cared and wanted you to learn. She also made it possible for everyone to learn in her class no matter the learning style. Read More »