Study Skills and Strategies: Learning Styles, Brain, and Mind Mapping

This assignment delves into the realm of study skills, emphasizing the importance of understanding different learning styles to enhance academic performance. It explores seven distinct learning styles: visual, aural, verbal, physical, logical, social, and solitary, along with the relevance of brain capabilities in academic studies. The assignment analyzes how the human brain functions and its impact on learning, memory, and critical thinking. Furthermore, it investigates the application of mind mapping as a tool for organizing information, aiding in both storage and retrieval. The student's personal experiences with learning styles, brain capabilities, and mind mapping are also discussed, providing real-world insights into the practical application of these study strategies. The assignment concludes by highlighting the significance of these skills in fostering motivation and achieving academic goals.

Study Skills

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
Different learning styles.........................................................................................................3
Capabilities of the brain and its relevance to academic studies.............................................6
How mind-mapping can be used to aid storage and retrieval of information........................7
SUMMARY.....................................................................................................................................8
REFERENCES ...............................................................................................................................9

INTRODUCTION
Study skills are an important array of skills which handle the whole process of organising
and picking new information and knowledge, to retain it and dealing with the assessment. It
includes the mnemonics that helps in retention of knowledge with help of effective reading,
concentration technique and note making. The major study skills that are used in respective
assignment is to transform the secondary education to the higher education. Respective kind of
skills proved potential for students to be autonomous in nature that are one of challenging task
for them. In higher education some kind of potential skills are required that are composition and
documentation, problem solving and critical thinking, communication and leadership skills that
are very much potential for an individual to remain always competitive in the marketplace. To
develop respective kinds of skills it is very much potential to opt one of best learning style that
helps to give one of best results (Cottrell, 2017. ). To develop skills and capabilities it is very
crucial to evolve brain capabilities and store it for long time to gain potential outcomes in near
future. To store the knowledge and information mind mapping used to gain potential outcomes.
So it is very much crucial in competitive edge to develop and prosper in area of study skills as it
keeps motivation high and enables to achieve goals and objectives in effective manner to gain
growth in career.
Different learning styles.
In the competitive world it is very much potential to develop own learning style after
accessing capabilities of oneself (Wibrowski, Matthews and Kitsantas, 2017.). Each individual
prefers different learning style and techniques some mix them to gain desirable outcomes. There
are majorly seven kinds of learning styles existed that are as follows:
Identify the learning style:
 Visual (Spatial)
 Aural ( Auditory- Musical)
 Verbal (Linguistic)
 Physical (Kinaesthetic)
 Logical (Mathematical)
 Social (interpersonal)
 Solitary (Intra personal)

learning is very much important and experience for all age group people, in ancient time there
was an assumption that every one learned new material in same style. But in modern world there
are various styles of learning as per the suitability of an learner.
Explain the learning style:
After identification of learning styles it is very much necessary to elaborate in proper
manner to gain through understanding about learning styles that are as follows:
Visual (Spatial):
Visual learning style in which an individual learn in best manner when they have an
image and cue to across information. They also needed to map out all activities and thoughts to
bring process into thinking. Visual learning style proved beneficial for an student to learn with
the help of images and it occupy frequently in comparison to other styles.
Aural ( Auditory- Musical):
Aural learning is an unique kind of learning style and it is most suitable for individuals
who primarily respond to sounds (Understanding The 7 Types Of Learning Styles, 2019). Mostly
musicians are aural learners, this is learning style that are not often addressed in schools as it is
hard to teach students out of music class. For students to become scholar it is very much
potential to learn from various sources such as by listening audio a student can learn various
aspects in positive manner.
Verbal (Linguistic):
Verbal learners learn from the both the instructions and writing as they are excel in both
respective aspects. The people who acquired respective learning style are public speakers, writers
and journalist and debaters to communication the proper knowledge and information to others.
Respective learning style proved beneficial for a student as in schools or colleges various kinds
of programmes should be organised in which students have to participate in debates and journals
to enhance their knowledge level.
Physical (Kinaesthetic):
Physical learners are extremely animated in nature and always moves from one place to
another and they best learn by the motions of what they are learning (Cottrell, 2019.). They learn
from the textures and enjoys sports and physical activities to enhance their level of knowledge.
Respective kind of learning style majorly contribute in child development for that various sports

activities should be organised in schools and by others to enhance the mental capabilities of an
individual.
Logical (Mathematical):
Most logical thinkers are engineers, mathematicians and opt the science subject as they
use logical thinking to gain potential outcomes as they use unique way of learning. The
individuals who majorly focus on the reason behind something happened and content by
enjoying games such as chess and brainy activities. Logical learning style proved beneficial for
an individual in order to apply things or attributes in practical way so there mental ability should
be increased with fast pace in order to gain competitive edge.
Social (interpersonal):
Social kind of learners that are natural group workers, these individual majorly
participate in the extra curriculum activities. For adults they engaged themselves to be engaged
with others and work in collaborative manner and take feedbacks to improve their level of
performance. Social learning style is one of most important aspect to mingle with others and
satisfy their needs and wants as human being is a social animal so they have to live with society
so respective kind of style proved beneficial for them to compete in environment.
Solitary (Intra personal):
solitary individuals mostly time spend on self analysis that are preferable way to keep
continues learning (Nisbet and Shucksmith, 2017.). They are socially introverted people but
sometime extroverts in social circumstances to gain potential outcomes. Respective kind of
learning style is crucial for individual in respect of academics that it develops in continuous
development skills.
So from the above learning styles it has been summarised that each and every individual gain
potential knowledge by opting learning styles from which they gain maximum outcomes.
Personal experience of the learning style:
My personal experience of learning style as I am learn from various activities as per the
place where I am present. As I learn from the physical activities and by visual images, aural way
all are very much important to gain potential knowledge and skills from various sources. As
human being is a social animal which connected with the society so all learning styles significant
and I use all kinds of styles.

Capabilities of the brain and its relevance to academic studies
The human brain is very much unique in nature, its remarkable cognitive capacity which
allowed to invent the wheel, fire and pyramids. There are some important attributes that makes a
human brain special and distinctive from others as human brain have more neurons and energy
that are expected from its size ( Quinlan and et.al ., 2019. ). There are some amazing kinds of
facts that shows the capabilities of brain that if an individual fast asleep but unconscious mind is
still listening. Without any kind of alarm clock a person get out of bed as mind hits on the head.
Mind capable to learn lot of things and attributes simultaneously while engaging in other
activity. It can easily calculate, imaginative and verbally communication possible with the help
of brain. It operates the whole activities and body parts of the brain. It helps in learning new
language with help of memory, verbal usage and pattern detection, helps to develop the imagery
and sexual fantasy in an individual to gain potential outcomes.
The relevance to academic studies is determine healthy brain and its capabilities are very
much important for an individual to remain competitive in every sphere of life. When an
individual have healthy brain able to study and memorize the learnings for long time. In
academic studies critical thinking skills are very much potential and it can be only possible by
brain capabilities. With the help of capable brain an individual can be able to evaluate each and
every aspect in proper manner to examine each and every aspect in proper manner (Walliman,
2017. ). Analytical thinking and debating power could be only possible by the capable and
healthy brain that proved beneficial in individuals academic studies to gain potential out comes.
It helps to learn new language that directly enhance mind capabilities and understanding power
of an individual to become the versatile personality.
Personal experience of the capability of the brain and its relevance to your learning.
Capabilities of the brain proved very much beneficial for an individual as some people learn and
pay lot of time in their studies on other hand some individuals devote very less time in
educational activities and become scholars. The difference in their capabilities arise due to the
brain and its learning capabilities and critical thinking skills that proved very important role. As
per my experience an individual have to concentrate in their work and pay attention on one task
at a time also have to devote time and efforts in mind exercise. So it is very much essential to
give some space and relax time to mind so that it never get exhaust and helps to achieve one of
best and desirable outcomes. As per the experience not all people are think and use the brain in

same way and all individuals have distinctive capabilities of mind. So it is very much potential
for an individual to involve themselves in brainstorming activities to remain competitive in
marketplace.
How mind-mapping can be used to aid storage and retrieval of information
Mind mapping is the one of most important tool that helps to capture the thinking which
goes inside the mind. It helps to an individual to think thoroughly, accumulate knowledge and
recognise and create ideas to remain always competitive in the market. The example of mind
mapping the image come into mind of colourful bunch of balloons while thinking of birthday. In
against the traditional way of note taking or linear text, mind mapping helps to an individual to
structured information in a systematic way that give information more closely about working of
brain (What is Mind Mapping? (and How to Get Started Immediately), 2019). It is an activity
both in analytical and artistic that helps to engage the brain in which an individual engaged. It
avoids the dullness and linear thinking and bring creativity in the mind to remain always
enthusiastic to remain competitive in the world. There are some specified activities by which
mind work actively which encourages mind mapping that are note taking, brainstorming, critical
thinking, studying and memorization and presenting information to others in structured format
helps to active all time.
Mind mapping aids storage and retrieval of information as Memory defined as an
important concept which related to the process by which people able to acquire, accumulate and
retrieve immense amount of knowledge in various forms such as in picture, sounds and words.
Mind mapping which helps to mind retrieve information and store it for the long time and if
someone not able to store information for long time there are various kinds of improvement
techniques existed to improve the memory skills. Mind to retrieve information uses three
structured steps that are encoding, storage and retrieve. Firstly mind mapping encode the new
information an individual acquire from various sources and put it into the memory to give
possibility to learn new things (How does mind mapping help in memorizing?, 2019). Storage
which is the second stage that helps to preserve the encoded information in memory for a
specified time period. As storage divided into the sensory memory, short and long term. So the
memory come in specified categories rely on the capabilities of individual. The last phrase
which is retrieval that helps to accessing the encoded and stored information to remain always
competitive in real world.

Personal experience of mind mapping and how it helped you in storing and retrieving
information. Mind mapping helps to me to store and retrieve information from various sources
and stored it for long time in order to remain competitive in the marketplace. My personal
experience regards to the mind mapping that it proved beneficial for me to acknowledge various
sources of knowledge and store in the mind to gain potential outcomes. With the help of various
activities that enhance capabilities of mind helps to enhance capabilities of mind in positive
manner. My personal experience in regards the mind mapping that it is very much tiresome
activity that takes too much time and efforts in order to attain desirable outcomes.
SUMMARY
From the above report it has been summarised that study skills are very much important
for an individual to gain the best outcomes of the efforts put by them. There are some crucial
factors which contribute towards achieving desirable outcomes such as capabilities of mind,
effectively usage of mind mapping tools and area of interest to learn things in positive manner.
By using various kinds of learning tools an individual can be able to share various attributes
simultaneously that helps in their career enhancement and to become scholar.

REFERENCES
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Cottrell, S., 2017. Critical thinking skills: Effective analysis, argument and reflection. Macmillan
International Higher Education.
Cottrell, S., 2019. The study skills handbook. Macmillan International Higher Education.
Nisbet, J. and Shucksmith, J., 2017. Learning strategies. Routledge.
Quinlan, C. and et.al ., 2019. Business research methods. South Western Cengage.
Walliman, N., 2017. Research methods: The basics. Routledge.
Wibrowski, C.R., Matthews, W.K. and Kitsantas, A., 2017. The role of a skills learning support
program on first-generation college students’ self-regulation, motivation, and academic
achievement: A longitudinal study. Journal of College Student Retention: Research,
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