What types of learning styles are best suited for business? What are "learning styles"? The topic of learning styles has been debated throughout academia for several years, but do we really understand how it affects the way students learn? From public school to higher education, different learning styles can be found everywhere. The three main types of learning styles are visual, auditory, and tactile/kinesthetic (hands-on). Each style reflects the core skill of how the individual learns best. Visual learners need to see the speaker and observe facial expressions to understand the material. They learn best from visualizations and often prefer to take detailed notes during lectures. According to researchers, visual learning improves students' performance in critical thinking, memorization, comprehension and organization. Auditory learning is a learning style in which a person learns more effectively by listening to information. They learn best through verbal lessons and verbal discussions. It is very difficult for this type of student to understand written information. Tactile/Kinesthetic learners are practical people. They must be actively involved in the process by physically touching or moving the work. Without movement of some kind they are easily distracted and may have difficulty maintaining attention. Regarding teaching styles, many professors lecture during the first part of the class and have interactive discussions during the last part. This is an example of an audio/visual teaching style. Another common method of teaching is to provide students with a certain set of instructions and allow them to work on their own. In this method, students have little assistance but are able to work......middle of the paper......would have been if we had a different pool rather than the sample pool we used for this experiment. If we had more time, we could compare these results with those of other business classes to determine if there would be any changes. We would also consider enlarging the video pool to complement the size of the paper handout pool. The training video can be found at: http://arapaho.nsuok.edu/~rosener/learningStyles/chart/chart.htmlThe entire Word practice document can be found at: http://arapaho. nsuok.edu/%7Erosener/learningStyles/visual-instructions.doc References: 1 Learning Styles: http://www.ldpride.net/learningstyles.MI.htm #Learning%20Styles%20Explained2 Graphic Organizers: A Review of the Research Scientifically based, The Institute for the Advancement of Research in Education http://www.inspiration.com/vlearning/research/index.cfm