My Thailand Diary

We are finding out what learning style our 10, almost 11 year old daughter has. I’m so glad for the internet, the biggest libary one click away ( No, I’m not doing this alone, we are being advised by a Educational Advisor and others)

Here’s what I found out today about 3 learning styles.

Visual learners learn by watching. They call up images from the past when trying to remember. They picture the way things look in their heads. Forty percent of secondary students fall into this category.

Auditory learners tend to spell phonetically. They can sometimes have trouble reading, because they don’t visualize well. These students learn by listening and remember facts when they are presented in the form of a poem, song or melody.

Kinesthetic learners learn best through movement and manipulation. They like to find out how things work and are often successful in the practical in the arts, such as carpentry or design. These students make up 50 percent of secondary students and have difficulty learning in a traditional setting.

Introductory Activity—Ask yourself and your child what comes to mind when you hear the word dog. Some people see a picture of the animal, hear a bark, while others visualize the animal dog. Those who see a picture of a dog in their minds’s eye or see the letters are probably visual. While those who hear the bark are probably auditory learners. Those who feel the soft fur of a dog are probably kinesthetic.

http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/succeed/01-parental.html