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Visual Learning

Visual Learning
Visual learning is a type of learning style in which students prefer to use images, graphics, colors and maps to communicate ideas and thoughts. Visual learners must see information in order to learn it. These learners are likely to have a photographic memory and may use color, tone and brightness to recall information. In class, visual learners will benefit from seeing diagrams drawn out, for example, on a chalkboard and in slideshows.

Visual learning refers to a mode of learning where students rely on graphic aids to remember and learn material. Visual learners can easily visualize objects, have a great sense of balance and alignment, are very color-oriented and can effortlessly envision imagery. Visual learners learn best by color-coding their notes, making to-do lists and using concept maps to organize their thoughts.

What is Visual Learning Style?
Visual Learning is one of the three different learning styles popularized by Neil D. Fleming in his VAK model of learning. The visual learning style means that people need to see information to learn it, and this "seeing" takes many forms from spatial awareness, photographic memory, color/tone, brightness/contrast, and other visual information. Naturally, a classroom is a very good place for a visual learner to learn. Teachers use overheads, the chalkboard, pictures, graphs, maps, and many other visual items to entice a visual learner into knowledge.

Strengths of Visual Learners
Visual learners typically do well in a modern classroom setting. After all, there are just so many visuals in classrooms — whiteboards, handouts, photos, and so on. These students have many strengths that can boost their performances in school.

Here are just a few of the strengths of this learning type:
Instinctively follows directions
Easily visualizes objects
Has a great sense of balance and alignment
Is an excellent organizer
Has a strong sense of color, and is very color-oriented
Can see the passage from a page in a book in his or her mind
Notices minute similarities and differences between objects and people easily
Can envision imagery easily


Visual Learning Strategies for Students
If you are a visual learner, you may find these things helpful when sitting in class or studying for a test. Visual learners need things in front of them to help solidify them in their brains, so don't try to go it alone when listening to lectures or studying for your next midterm. Be sure to integrate these tips


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https://www.twinkl.com/teaching-wiki/visual-learning
https://tophat.com/glossary/v/visual-learning/
https://www.thoughtco.com/visual-learning-style-3212062