Tips for Studying
for Auditory Learners

1. Join a study group to assist in learning course material or work with a "study buddy" on an ongoing basis to review key information and prepare for exams.

2. When studying alone, talk out loud to aid recall. Get in a room where no one will be bothering anyone and read the notes and textbook out loud.

3. Tape-record lectures (with professor's permission). Use the 'pause' button to avoid taping irrelevant information. Use a tape recorder equipped with a 3-digit counter. At the beginning of each lecture, set the counter to '000.' If a concept discussed during lecture seems particularly confusing, glance at the counter number and jot it down in the notes. Later, fast forward to that number to review the material that was confusing during the lecture. Making use of a counter and pause button while tape recording allows one to avoid the tedious task of having to listen to hours and hours of lecture tape.

4. Use audio tapes, such as commercial books on tape to aid recall,    or create audio tapes by reading notes and textbook information into a tape recorder. When preparing for an exam, review the tapes on the car tape player or on a "Walkman" player whenever possible.

5. When learning mathematical or technical information, "talk through” the new information. State the problem in one’s own words. Reason through solutions to problems by talking out loud or with a study partner. To learn a sequence of steps, write them out in sentence form and read them out loud.

6. VERBALIZE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE!!!