Post on 16-Dec-2015
Auditory Learners
• Auditory learning is a learning style in which a person learns through listening. • An auditory learner depends on hearing and speaking as a
main way of learning.
Learning Strengths: Remember what they hear and say Enjoy class discussions Can remember oral instructions
Teaching Strategies: Structure classroom to minimize
noise/distractions Repeat key points and summarize lessons Write down key words to avoid confusion due
to pronunciation
Teaching with Technology: Incorporate multimedia applications utilizing sounds, music, or speech. Have students use sound or voice recorders on the computer.
Visual Learners
• Visual learning is a teaching and learning style in which ideas, concepts, data, and other information are associated with images and techniques.
Learning Strengths: Remember what they see Enjoy visual projects and presentations Can remember diagrams, charts, maps
Teaching Strategies: Provide interesting visuals to look at Make sure visual presentations (notes, etc.) are
organized Make sure handouts are clearly readable
Teaching with Technology: Incorporate multimedia applications utilizing videos, images, or diagrams. Have students take digital images or videos for use on the computer.
Tactile Learners
• Kinesthetic Learning (also known as Tactile Learning) is a learning style in which learning takes place by the student carrying out a physical activity, rather than listening to a lecture or watching a demonstration.
Learning Strengths: Remember what they experience with their
hands or bodies (movement) Enjoy using tools or active lessons Can remember procedures after having done
them
Teaching Strategies: Incorporate creative or out-of-seat activities
into lessons Encourage students to take their own notes Incorporate computers into student lessons
Teaching with Technology: Incorporate interactive multimedia applications, such as simulations. Have students create their own multimedia presentations.
Learning Preferences/Multiple Intelligences• Verbal-Linguistic• Logical-Mathematical• Visual-Spatial• Bodily-Kinesthetic• Musical• Interpersonal• Intrapersonal• Naturalist
Verbal-Linguistic
• Verbal-Linguistic: This intelligence relates to language, spoken and written.
Suitable Careers: Author Journalist Lawyer Public Speaker
Behaviors: writes/tells stories enjoys word games effective speaker
Famous Linguists: Abraham Lincoln, 5th U.S.
President Tom Clancy, novelist
Ways to improve this intelligence: read...a lot! practice speaking in public write a poem or story
Logical-Mathematical
• Logical-Mathematical: This intelligence relates to numbers, patterns, and inductive and deductive thinking.
Suitable Careers: Accountant Computer Programmer Engineer Scientist
Behaviors: often asks questions enjoys number/logic games organizes
Famous Logicians: Albert Einstein, physicist and
mathematician John Maynard Keynes, economist
Ways to improve this intelligence: predict the ending to movies/stories play games involving patterns practice math word problems
Visual-Spatial
• Visual-Spatial: This intelligence relates to sight and visualization, and internal mental images.
Suitable Careers: Illustrator Artist Architect Craftsman
Behaviors: draws or builds models enjoys picture puzzles is able to visualize things easily
Famous Visualists: Frank Lloyd Wright, architect Gary Larson, cartoonist
Ways to improve this intelligence: draw a picture of something from
memory illustrate a story build a model of someplace
Bodily-Kinesthetic
• Bodily-Kinesthetic: This intelligence relates to knowledge and awareness of the body and its movement and abilities.
Suitable Careers: Dancer Actor Sculptor Athlete/Coach
Behaviors: plays sports enjoys physical games uses hands or body while talking
Famous Kinesthetists: Michael Jordan, professional
basketball player Alvin Ailey, choreographer
Ways to improve this intelligence: take a dance class play a sport exercise
Musical
• Musical: This intelligence relates to recognizing sound and rhythm patterns.
Suitable Careers: Composer Orchestral Performer Singer Music Critic
Behaviors: can sing or play an instrument enjoys musical or rhythmic games appreciates classical music and
music of other culturesFamous Musicians: Eric Clapton, guitarist John Williams, orchestral
composer and director
Ways to improve this intelligence: listen for the rhythm of natural
sounds practice playing an instrument sing along with the radio
Interpersonal
• Interpersonal: This intelligence relates to communication and relation to other people.
Suitable Careers: Politician Teacher Psychologist Evangelist
Behaviors: makes friends easily enjoys interaction games shows leadership
Famous Interpersonalists: Sigmund Freud, psychologist John F. Kennedy, U.S. president
Ways to improve this intelligence: concentrate on people's body
language play role-playing games
Intrapersonal
• Intrapersonal: This intelligence relates to inner reflection and awareness, and metacognition.
Suitable Careers: Counselor Social Worker Religious Leader
Behaviors: follows hunches or instincts enjoys individual games expresses confidence in self
Famous Intrapersonalists: Mother Teresa, missionary Martin Luther King, Jr., minister
and human rights activist
Ways to improve this intelligence: start a diary concentrate on your feelings during
the day
Naturalist
• Naturalist: This intelligence relates to recognition of order and patterns in nature, such as in plants and animals.
Suitable Careers: Zoologist Conservationist Park Ranger
Behaviors: likes animals enjoys outdoor games likes being outside
Famous Naturalists: Charles Darwin, biologist Diane Fossey, primate researcher
Ways to improve this intelligence: start a collection of bugs or leaves go camping or hiking for a
weekend get a pet