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Multiple Intelligences & Learning Styles

Multiple Intelligences

How are you intelligent?

Multiple Intelligences

Learning Styles

What Learning Style are you?

Visual, Auditory & Kinesthetic

  visual auditorykinesthetic/physical/tactile

operate new equipment

read instructions listen to explanation have a go

travel directions look at a mapask for spoken directions

follow your nose and maybe use a compass

cook a new dish follow a recipecall a friend for explanation

follow your instinct, tasting as you cook

teach someone something

write instructions explain verballydemonstrate and let them have a go

you'd say.. I see what you meanI hear what you are saying

I know how you feel

you'd say.. show me  tell me let me try

you'd say.. watch how I do it listen to me explain you have a go

faulty goods write a letter phonesend or take it back to the store

leisuremuseums and galleries

music and conversation

playing sport or DIY

buying gifts books music tools and gadgets 

shopping look and imagine discuss with shop staff 

try on and test

choose a holiday read the brochureslisten to recommendations

imagine the experience 

choose a new car read the reviews discuss with friendstest-drive what you fancy

Take numerous detailed notes

Tend to sit in the front

Are usually neat and clean

Often close their eyes to visualize or

remember something

Find something to watch if they are bored

Visual Learners

Like to see what they are learning

Benefit from illustrations and presentations that use color

Are attracted to written or spoken language rich in imagery

Prefer stimuli to be isolated from auditory and kinesthetic distraction

Find passive surroundings ideal

STRATEGIES:

Diagrams, sketches, schematics, photographs, flow charts, or any other visual

representation of course material

Prepare a concept map by listing key points, enclosing them in boxes or circles, and

drawing lines with arrows between concepts to show connections.

Color-code your notes with a highlighter so that everything relating to one topic is the

same color.

Visual Learners

Sit where they can hear but needn't pay attention to what is

happening in front

Repeat what they hear or read and explain in their own words

to solidify understanding

Hum or talk to themselves or others when bored

Acquire knowledge by reading aloud

Remembers by verbalizing lessons to themselves (if they

don't they have difficulty reading maps or diagrams or

handling conceptual assignments like mathematics).

Auditory Learners

STRATEGIES Write summaries or outlines of course material

in your own words. Working in groups can be particularly

effective: you gain understanding of material by hearing classmates' explanations and you learn even more when you do the explaining.

Auditory Learners

Need to be active and take frequent breaks

Speak with their hands and with gestures

Remember what was done, but have difficulty

recalling what was said or seen

Find reasons to tinker or move when bored

Rely on what they can directly experience or

perform

Kinesthetic Learners

Activities such as cooking, construction, engineering and art help

them perceive and learn

Enjoy field trips and tasks that involve manipulating materials

Sit near the door or someplace else where they can easily get up

and move around

Are uncomfortable in classrooms where they lack opportunities for

hands-on experience

Communicate by touching and appreciate physically expressed

encouragement, such as a pat on the back

Kinesthetic Learners

STRATEGIES: If you are an active learner in a class that allows

little or no class time for discussion or problem-solving activities, you should try to compensate for these lacks when you study.

Study in a group in which the members take turns explaining different topics to each other.

Work with others to guess what you will be asked on the next test and figure out how you will answer.

You will always retain information better if you find ways to do something with it.

Kinesthetic Learners

Look at materials for

descriptions of:

Innovative Learner

Analytic Learner

ACTIVE and REFLECTIVE Learners

SENSING and INTUITIVE Learners

Common Sense Learner

Dynamic Learner

VISUAL and VERBAL Learners

SEQUENTIAL and GLOBAL Learners

Learning Style Paragraph Outline due Tuesday Complete questionnaires, read, research and reflect on

what you learn. The more you research and reflect the more you will get out of this, enjoy!

Think about yourself in different learning environments: learning an instrument, a new language, learning math, a new sport, learning English composition…how do you learn best in those different environments?

Give these examples in your paragraph. How can you use your strengths to support your

weaknesses? Write no less than 8 sentences, no more than 2 pages.

Let’s discover more about you

Topic Sentence: Kinesthetic, Active, Intuitive, Auditory, Musical are all ways to describe my intelligence and learning strengths.

Major/Minor Details:

Kinesthetic/Active Learner

1. Learn best by doing, being active, discussing with a group and creating solutions2. Pushed to failure, I come back stronger. WW Raft guide training, mountaineering, OB3. Strategies for success: Make what I am learning relevant to life, teach and learn from classmates

Intuitive Learner

4. Creative, innovative thinker- founding member of organizations and WC5. Strategy for success: Relevance with material that seems boring, build solutions in group projects.

Auditory/Musical

6. I remember what I hear- teacher’s words about “How do we know what we know?”7. I like to discuss new concepts- pause movie to talk when mind is blown8. I remember songs, love music, moves me…dance, emotion, etc. want to write songs.9. Strategies for success: write songs when I need to memorize, talk about new concepts I am learning, book clubs, study

groups that are dedicated and hard working

Concluding/Transitional Sentence: I can use my Auditory/Musical strengths to assist with my logical sensing and reflective weakness by using music to memorize facts and talk with a group member that is strong in those thinking and learning types. Group work will be good for my Kinesthetic strengths because I can perform tasks that will help me to learn; as well, my Intuitive strengths can be utilized when solving problems or giving of service with my group.

Outline Example