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Learning Styles
Dec. 3rd, 2019 04:36 pmI'm not really sure what my learning style is, if we're referring to the nine such as visual or kinesthetic (and I've misplaced the link to check it), but that isn't really my main point anyway.
Some people learn by doing, some people learn by watching, some people want a detailed run down of all the steps and theories before they try something themselves. Today at work, I had to set up a machine that I wasn't overly familiar with, and the learning style was way out of whack for me. Is there anyone here who learns best by being thrown into something with just a quick explanation and a "It's all yours, figure it out"? Because that is definitely NOT me, and that's what happened today.
I prefer someone showing me the steps as we go, explaining why things are being done, and showing me how to do it before doing it myself. I find if I get just the instructions or just the demo, it doesn't work as well, and I need a little bit of patience while I get over the instinctive "But I don't get iiiittttt" that my brain does anytime it's learning something new and gets frustrated. Today, I pretty much had to guess as I went and I consequently spent most of the day feeling like I was in about 6 feet over my head and ended up stressed and overwhelmed.
After a shower, I feel much better now, and I know the set up will be easier next time, because I can learn by being thrown in, but it's much more stressful than my preferred style, and I think it stresses me out more than it does most people. Possibly because it's so far from my normal.
How do you learn best? Do you ever get stuck having to make do with a sub-par method? How do you handle it if/when that happens?
Some people learn by doing, some people learn by watching, some people want a detailed run down of all the steps and theories before they try something themselves. Today at work, I had to set up a machine that I wasn't overly familiar with, and the learning style was way out of whack for me. Is there anyone here who learns best by being thrown into something with just a quick explanation and a "It's all yours, figure it out"? Because that is definitely NOT me, and that's what happened today.
I prefer someone showing me the steps as we go, explaining why things are being done, and showing me how to do it before doing it myself. I find if I get just the instructions or just the demo, it doesn't work as well, and I need a little bit of patience while I get over the instinctive "But I don't get iiiittttt" that my brain does anytime it's learning something new and gets frustrated. Today, I pretty much had to guess as I went and I consequently spent most of the day feeling like I was in about 6 feet over my head and ended up stressed and overwhelmed.
After a shower, I feel much better now, and I know the set up will be easier next time, because I can learn by being thrown in, but it's much more stressful than my preferred style, and I think it stresses me out more than it does most people. Possibly because it's so far from my normal.
How do you learn best? Do you ever get stuck having to make do with a sub-par method? How do you handle it if/when that happens?
