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'''Visual learning''' is a learning style among the learning styles of [https://skillifyhub.com/learning-styles-learning-types-and-visual-learning/[Neil Fleming]]'s VARK] model in which information is presented to a learner in a visual format. [https://skillifyhub.com/learning-styles-learning-types-and-visual-learning/ Visual learners] can utilize graphs, charts, maps, diagrams, and other forms of visual stimulation to effectively interpret information. The Fleming VARK model also includes Kinesthetic Learning and Auditory learning.<ref>Leite, Walter L.; Svinicki, Marilla; and Shi, Yuying: ''Attempted Validation of the Scores of the VARK: Learning Styles Inventory With Multitrait–Multimethod Confirmatory Factor Analysis Models'', p. 2. Sage Publications, 2009.</ref> There is no evidence that providing visual materials to students identified as having a visual style improves learning.

==Techniques==

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; Retention

: Students remember information better and can better recall it when it is represented and learned both visually and verbally.<ref name = review />

: When information is presented and learned both orally and visually, students retain it better and can recall it more easily:<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-08-18 |title=Complete Guide to Learning Styles and Visual Learning in 2 Best Way |url=https://skillifyhub.com/learning-styles-learning-types-and-visual-learning/ |access-date=2025-08-18 |language=en-US}}</ref>

'''''<u>[https://skillifyhub.com/learning-styles-learning-types-and-visual-learning/ Complete Guide to Learning Styles and Visual Learning in 2 Best Way]</u>'''''

; Reading comprehension

: The use of graphic organizers helps improve reading [[reading comprehension|comprehension]] of students.<ref name = review />

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===Supporting studies===

A study by Haith, Hazan, & Goodman in 1988 showed that babies as young as 3.5 months, are able to create short-term expectations of situations they confront. Expectations in this study refer to the cognitive and perceptual ways in which an infant can forecast a future event. This was tested by showing the infant either a predictable pattern of slides or an irregular pattern of slides and tracking the infant's [[eye movement]]s.<ref>Haith, M. M., Hazan, C., & Goodman, G. S. (1988). "Expectation and Anticipation of Dynamic Visual Events by 3.5 Month Old Babies". ''Child Development'', 59, 467–479.</ref>

A later study by Johnson, Posner, & Rothbart in 1991 showed that by 4 months, infants can develop expectations. This was tested through anticipatory looks and disengagement with stimuli. For example, anticipatory looks portray the infant as being able to predict the next part of a pattern which can then be applied to the real world scenario of breast-feeding. Infants are able to predict a mother's movements and expect feeding so they can latch onto the nipple for feeding. Expectations, anticipatory looks, and disengagement all show that infants can learn visually, even if it is only short term.<ref>Johnson, M. H., Posner, M. I., & Rothbart, M. K. (1991). "Components of Visual Orienting in Early Infancy: Contingency Learning, Anticipatory Looking, and Disengaing". ''Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience'', 335–344</ref>

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==External links==

* [https://skillifyhub.com/learning-styles-learning-types-and-visual-learning/ Complete Guide to Learning Styles and Visual Learning in 2 Best Way]

* [http://www.visuallearningstyles.com Articles and resources about the visual learning style for students and instructors]

* [http://www.studyingstyle.com/visual-learners.html More tips for visual learners]