boondoggle is a scheme intended to fool (i.e. bamboozle, hornswoggle, hoodwink - other words you may have heard which are very similar in meaning) people into believing that all is well, that a dire situation is in fact under control. In this vein, the term government boondoggle is rather redundant.
If you are a visual learner, you learn by reading or seeing pictures. You understand and remember things by sight. You can picture what you are learning in your head, and you learn best by using methods that are primarily visual. You like to see what you are learning.
Types of study skills. 1  Methods based on memorization such as rehearsal and rote learning. 2  Methods based on communication skills e.g. reading and listening. 3  Methods based on cues e.g. flashcard training. 4  Methods based on condensing information, summarising and the use of keywords. 5  Methods based on visual imagery.