Learning Styles and Multiple Intelligences

What is visual?

• learns through doing; likes doing things with their hands; hands-on

• learns through seeing and reading; prefers written directions

• learns through listening and talking; remembers what they hear

• All of the above

They can be taught through independent study and introspection.

• Interpersonal

• Intrapersonal

• Visual Spatial

• Bodily Kinesthetic

What is body kinesthetic?

• enjoys photography, drawing, and painting

• Likes to read, do crossword puzzles, and write stories

• enjoys sports, hands-on activities, and other physical activity

• likes to take care of pets, is good with plants, likes to study earth

A creative person is mostly likely

• Left Brained dominant

• Right Brained dominant

• using both sides of their brain

• have 2 brains

Which of these is a characteristic of visual learners?

• excellent experimenters

• like story telling

• can easily visualize objects

Which of these is a characteristic of auditory learners?

• excellent organizers

• like acting out

• like participating vocally in class

Which of these is a characteristic of kinaesthetic learners?

• like studying alone

• prefer oral exams

• are good at sports, art and drama

Auditory learners....

• study while standing or moving

• read assignments out loud

• can easily visualize objects

Kinaesthetic learners...

• prefer to get information by listening

• have difficulty with spoken directions

• learn better when physical activity is involved

Visual learners...

• prefer hands-on learning

• need to see it to know it

• prefer to get information by listening