Hi perna, thanx for ur advice,
yes its true i am not an auditory learner, i am probly a mixture of visual/tactile/kinesthetic.....and most of all tactile(!)...however the lectures are mainly auditory.....
I have more or less decided not to go to lectures and just read the notes and textbook but i can't seem to learn it this way eitther.....
this is my problem with learning,however I have been able to concentrate on things like sport, life drawing classes, chess, playing musical instruments etc.....just can't seem to concentrate on things like reading lecture notes although its not that I don't find the courses interesting.......
.....i tend to learn by doing............

so my question is how would I use my learning style preferences in learning the material in the lectures I study engineering btw.....so most of the stuff is equations and the like.....