Intuitive students prefer discovering possibilities and relationships. They are better at grasping new concepts and ideas. Sensors tend to be practical and intuitors tend to be innovative. Visual learners remember better when they see pictures, diagrams, flow charts, films or videos and demonstrations. Verbal learners get more out of written and spoken words and explanations.
Sequential learners tend to gain knowledge in sequential, linear steps, or in a logical progression.
Sequential learners tend to gain understanding in linear steps, with each step following logically from the previous one. Often there is a profound mismatch between the student preferred learning styles and the teacher's teaching styles. In most cases both students and teachers are ignorant of differences in learning and teaching styles. This is a learning style inventory based on cognitive research started in the 1960s. The Gregorc Style Delineator is unique in having shown good reliability and validity.