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Information about
learning styles and Multiple Intelligence (MI) is helpful for everyone
especially for people with learning disabilities and Attention Deficit
Disorder. Knowing your learning style will help you develop coping
strategies to compensate for your weaknesses and capitalize on your
strengths. This page provides an explanation of what learning styles
and multiple intelligence are all about, an interactive assessment of
your learning style/MI, and practical tips to make your learning style
work for you.
For ease of use, the
page has been divided into six categories:
Learning
Styles Explained
Please Pick a topic:
What are learning Styles?
What are the types of
learning styles?
Visual Learners
Auditory Learners
Kinesthetic Learners
What
are learning styles?
Learning
styles are simply different approaches or ways
of learning.
What are the types
of learning styles?
Visual
Learners:
learn
through seeing...
.
These learners need to
see the teacher's body language and facial
expression to fully understand the content of a lesson. They tend to
prefer sitting at the
front of the classroom to avoid visual obstructions (e.g. people's
heads). The y may think
in pictures and learn best from visual displays including:
diagrams, illustrated text
books, overhead transparencies, videos, flipcharts and
hand-outs. During a lecture
or classroom discussion, visual learners often prefer to take detailed
notes to absorb the
information.
Auditory Learners:
learn
through listening...
They learn best through
verbal lectures, discussions, talking things
through and listening to what others have to say. Auditory learners
interpret the
underlying meanings of speech through listening to tone of voice,
pitch, speed and other
nuances. Written information may have little meaning until it is heard.
These learners
often benefit from reading text aloud and using a tape recorder.
Tactile/Kinesthetic
Learners:
learn
through , moving, doing and touching...
Tactile/Kinesthetic
persons learn best through a hands-on approach,
actively exploring the physical world around them. They may find it
hard to sit still for
long periods and may become distracted by their need for activity and
exploration.
Multiple
Intelligence Explained
What is Multiple
Intelligence?
What are the types
of Multiple Intelligence?
Visual/Spatial Intelligence
Verbal/Linguistic
Intelligence
Logical/Mathematical
Intelligence
Bodily/Kinesthetic
Intelligence
Musical/Rhythmic
Intelligence
Interpersonal Intelligence
Intrapersonal Intelligence
What is
Multiple Intelligence?
Conceived by Howard
Gardner, Multiple Intelligences are seven different ways to demonstrate
intellectual ability.
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Ability to perceive the visual. These learners tend to think in pictures and need to create vivid mental images to retain information. They enjoy looking at maps, charts, pictures, videos, and movies.
Their skills include:
Puzzle building, reading, writing, understanding charts and graphs, a good sense of direction, sketching, painting, creating visual metaphors and analogies (perhaps through the visual arts), manipulating images, constructing, fixing, designing practical objects, interpreting visual images.
Possible career interests:
Navigators, sculptors, visual artists, inventors, architects, interior designers, mechanics, engineers
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Ability to use words and language. These learners have highly developed auditory skills and are generally elegant speakers. They think in words rather than pictures.
Their skills include:
Listening, speaking, writing, story telling, explaining, teaching, using humor, understanding the syntax and meaning of words, remembering information, convincing someone of their point of view, analyzing language usage.
Possible career interests:
Poet, journalist, writer, teacher, lawyer, politician, translator
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Ability to use reason, logic and numbers. These learners think conceptually in logical and numerical patterns making connections between pieces of information. Always curious about the world around them, these learner ask lots of questions and like to do experiments.
Their skills include:
Problem solving, classifying and categorizing information, working with abstract concepts to figure out the relationship of each to the other, handling long chains of reason to make local progressions, doing controlled experiments, questioning and wondering about natural events, performing complex mathematical calculations, working with geometric shapes
Possible career paths:
Scientists, engineers, computer programmers, researchers, accountants, mathematicians
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Ability to control body movements and handle objects skillfully. These learners express themselves through movement. They have a good sense of balance and eye-hand co-ordination. (e.g. ball play, balancing beams). Through interacting with the space around them, they are able to remember and process information.
Their skills include:
Dancing, physical co-ordination, sports, hands on experimentation, using body language, crafts, acting, miming, using their hands to create or build, expressing emotions through the body
Possible career paths:
Athletes, physical education teachers, dancers, actors, firefighters, artisans.
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Ability to relate and understand others. These learners try to see things from other people's point of view in order to understand how they think and feel. They often have an uncanny ability to sense feelings, intentions and motivations. They are great organizers, although they sometimes resort to manipulation. Generally they try to maintain peace in group settings and encourage co-operation.They use both verbal (e.g. speaking) and non-verbal language (e.g. eye contact, body language) to open communication channels with others.
Their skills include:
Seeing things from other perspectives (dual-perspective), listening, using empathy, understanding other people's moods and feelings, counseling, co-operating with groups, noticing people's moods, motivations and intentions, communicating both verbally and non-verbally, building trust, peaceful conflict resolution, establishing positive relations with other people.
Possible Career Paths:
Counselor, salesperson, politician, business person
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Ability to self-reflect and be aware of one's inner state of being. These learners try to understand their inner feelings, dreams, relationships with others, and strengths and weaknesses.
Their Skills include:
Recognizing their own strengths and weaknesses, reflecting and analyzing themselves, awareness of their inner feelings, desires and dreams, evaluating their thinking patterns, reasoning with themselves, understanding their role in relationship to others
Possible Career Paths:
Researchers, theorists, philosophers