The term learning styles refers to the preferred ways in which individuals interact with, take in, and process new stimuli or information. In other words, your preferred learning style is simply how you learn best

Hemispheric Dominance: Processing Preference
A second way of looking at learning styles is to examine the way you prefer to process information in order to determine your hemispheric dominance. Are you more right brained or left brained? We know that the cerebral cortex is the part of the brain that houses rational functions. It is divided into two hemispheres connected by a thick band of nerve fibers (the corpus callosum), which sends messages back and forth between the hemispheres.
Critical thinking
Introduction lesson in this book has given you some concrete things to do until you begin to learn and practice in depth the essential skills you need to be successful in college and, indeed, beyond college. You have begun to be in control of your time. Your primary job as a college student, as the driver of your vehicle, is to process information. In order to do your job well, you need to understand how your brain processes information. It will be necessary for you to take control by gathering information from lectures and making that information yours. You want to grasp what you read and process it so that you own it.
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Setting goals - When you think about the skills you need to be successful in college, you probably think of skills in test taking, note taking, getting the main idea from textbooks, research, writing, memory, concentration, time management, or thinking. However, the driving force behind achieving all these skills is one we seldom think of as a skill at all. It is the skill used to set goals and priorities. We need to know where we want to go and what we need to do to get there
Describe the process of decision making
By thinking critically, you will find that your decisions are not made randomly. Rather, they follow a pattern. You will first determine exactly what the problem is. Second, you will gather any information necessary for you to make an informed decision. The third step is to determine what your options are. A major decision seldom has one solution.