Types of Learners – what type of learner are you?
There are different types of learners and finding out what type of learner your student is can be very beneficial to helping your student in the classroom. Whether you’re a parent trying to help your child in the classroom, or a teacher trying to reach all of your students, meeting the different learning styles of your students is very important to their success. The objective is to present all material in a way that all students will be able to access the curriculum.
Visual Learners
• Visual Learners learn through seeing
• They will learn through written word
• They benefit from handouts or copying down material.
Auditory Learners
• Auditory Learners Learn through listening
• They listen carefully to everything that is being said
• They enjoy talking about material rather than writing
Tactile/Kinesthetic Learners
• These students will learn by doing
• These students learn through practicing what is being taught
• They enjoy learning through imitation and practice
How to teach to each type of learner:
Visual Learners
• Present material and exercises in writing
• Ask students to write a response to lesson
• Have this student be the recorder in small group discussions
• Use visuals and graphics
Auditory Learners
• Read/State information
• Provide time for small discussion groups
• Use audiovisuals and CD material
• Have student repeat information presented
Tactile/Kinesthetic Learners
• Offer hands on activities
• Encourage students to use highlighting or not-taking techniques
• Involve students with physical activities
Learning how to reach all of your students will improve their classroom experience. As a parent, understanding how your child learns allows you to work with the teacher to make sure your students learning is being maximized. |
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Characteristics of Learning Styles |
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Three of your five senses are primarily used in learning, storing, remembering and recalling information. Your eyes ears and sense of touch play essential roles in the way you communicate, perceive reality, and relate to others. Because you learn from and communicate best with someone who shares your dominant modality, it is a great advantage for you to know the characteristics of visual, auditory and kinesthetic learning styles and to be able to identify them in others. VISUAL
• Observes rather than talks
or acts
• mind sometimes strays
during verbal activities
• likes to read
• usually a good speller
• memorizes by seeing
graphics and pictures
• finds verbal instructions
difficult
• remembers faces
• has good handwriting
• uses advanced planning
• doodles
• quiet by nature
• meticulous, neat in
appearance
• notices details | AUDITORY
• talks to self aloud
• enjoys talking
• has more difficulty with
written direction
• likes to be read to
• memorizes with steps in
a sequence
• enjoys music
• whispers to self while
reading
• remembers faces
• easily distracted by noises
• hums or sings
• outgoing by nature
• enjoys listening activities | KINESTHETIC
• likes physical rewards
• in motion most of the time
• likes to touch people when
talking to them
• taps pencil or foot when
studying
• enjoys doing activities
• reading is not a priority
• poor speller
• likes to solve problems by
physically working through them
• will try new things
• outgoing by nature
• expresses emotions through
physical means
• uses hands while talking
• dresses for comfort
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*Students who have equal modality preferences are more flexible learners and are already using many studying techniques rather than just a few. |
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Suggested Aids for Learning Styles |
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Use the aids to sharpen your particular dominant learning style or to strengthen a weaker one. Try to be aware of be different activities you do daily to help all three of your learning styles. VISUAL
~ use guided imagery
~ form pictures in your mind
~ take notes
~ see parts of words
~ use “cue” words
~ use notebooks
~ use study cards
~ use color cards
~ use photographic pictures
~ watch TV
~ watch filmstrips
~ watch movies
~ use charts and graphs
~ use maps
~ demonstrate
~ draw/use drawings
~ use exibits
~ use mnemonics | AUDITORY
~ use CD’s/tapes
~ watch TV
~ listen to music
~ listen to speakers
~ make up rhymes/poems
~ read aloud
~ repeat things orally
~ talk to yourself
~ use rhythmic sounds
~ have discussions
~ listen carefully
~ use oral directions
~ sound out words
~ enjoy theater
~ say words in syllables
~ use mnemonics | KINESTHETIC
~ pace/ walk as you study
~ physically “do it”
~ practice by repeated motion
~ breathe slowly
~ role play
~ exercise
~ dance
~ write
~ write on surfaces with finger
~ take notes
~ associate feelings with info.
~ write list repeatedly
~ stretch/move in chair
~ use mnemonics |
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As teachers and parents we must remember to provide encouragement to our children. Here are some simple ways to recognize and encourage them.
Encouragement Stresses…
~ Recognition of effort rather than accomplishment
~ Placing value on the child as he/she is, not as he/she could be
~ Showing appreciation for contributions – indicating he/she can be useful
~ Faith in the child as a capable human being
Words that Encourage….
~ Knowing you, I’m sure you’ll do fine
~ You’re the kind who can make it
~ You’ll make it
~ I have faith in you
~ Thanks that helped a lot
~ You’re doing better
~ I appreciate what you did
~ It looks like you really worked hard on that
~ I like the way you tackle a problem
~ I like the way you did that
~ I’m glad you enjoy learning
~ Look at the progress you have made
~ You’ll figure it out
~ It looks like you enjoyed doing that
~ I’m sure you’ll do fine
~ Thanks a lot; I really appreciate…..
~ I like your – smile, dress, shirt, etc…
~ Its looks like you really thought that out
~ It looks like you did some thinking/planning on that
~ That’s a rough one, but I am sure you’ll work it out
Encouragement is ……
~ liking yourself and other people
~ noticing improvement
~ not putting people down
~ noticing the amount of time it takes someone to do something
~ trusting other people
~ helping people improve themselves rather than comparing them to others
~ being positive
~ recognizing a good part of an assignment even when the entire assignment isn’t perfect or even completed
Key to Success with Children by G.D. McKay |
I love this saying by Henry Ford. As a former teacher and director of Special Education, working together was always very important. Henry Ford said it perfectly. For me, I related this to each and every student I wrote an IEP for. Gathering information from each of the teachers, working closely with them to make sure the students goal were being implemented and then working with the IEP team including parents and student to make their school experience a successful one was always my goal. Remember there is no “I” in team!
TEAMWORK
Coming together is a beginning;
Keeping together is progress;
Working together is success
~Henry Ford |
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