How do I learn?

We as a society are starting to realize that everyone learns in a different way. School systems are now starting to accept and adopt new ways of teaching that will help to cater to all types of learners. This is such a big deal for those learners that can't be placed in a perfect box, and often would get left behind.

I feel my learning style is one of the more common types. I learn by example. If I am asked to complete a task, whether it is a math problem or to create a Google Classroom, I will do a much better job if I first have an example to follow. I guess that would make me more of a visual learner. This comes with its downfalls, mostly when the same example doesn't always get you the same answer. I've had to work very hard to learn and adapt when my example doesn't always succeed. I think that's made me a stronger learner but it definitely wasn't an easy road.

In class, we learned about something called flip learning. Flip learning is basically where the learning happens at home. It might be a video lesson or a text to be read that is done at home. Then when the student returns to school, the teacher tests them or has them practice the knowledge that they had learned at home. I believe I would be capable of learning from this method. To be honest, this is probably how I got through most of my large lecture hall classes in college. You always go to class because it's required, but you don't always get a lot out of class time. I think this is mainly because these 101 lecture classes have almost a 1:50 teacher to student ratio. There isn't time for individualized teaching and learning. I would take my notes from the power point, but then I would do more teaching myself at home before doing the homework than learning in the classroom. 

I don't believe this is a particularly good style of teaching for my learning style, but I do believe that it is a feasible one. 

"Visual-spatial thinkers need to see to think." -Bette Fetter