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| Learning Style | Learns by seeing; watching demonstrations | Learns through verbal instructions from others or self | Learns by doing; direct involvement |
| Reading | Likes description, sometimes stops reading to stare into space and imagine scene; intense concentration | Enjoys dialogue, plays; avoids lengthy description, unaware of illustrations; moves lips or subvocalizes | Prefers stories where actions occurs early; fidgets when reading, handles books; not an avid reader |
| Spelling | Recognizes words by sight, relies on configuration of words | Uses a phonics approach; has auditory word attack skills | Often is a poor speller; writes words to determine if they "feel" right |
| Handwriting | Tends to be good; particularly when young; spacing and size are ood; appearance is important | Has more difficulty learning in initial stages; tends to write lightly; says strokes when writing | Good initially, deteriorates when space becomes smaller; pushes harder on writing instrument |
| Memory | Remembers faces, forgets names; writes things down; takes notes | Remembers names, forgets faces; remembers by auditory repetition | Remembers best when was done, not what was seen or talked about |
| Imagery | Vivid imagination; thinks in pictures, visualizes in detail | Subvocalizes, thinks in sounds; details less important | Imagery not important, images that do occur are accompanied by movement |
| Distractibility | Generally unaware of sounds; distracted by visual disorder or movement | Easily distracted by sounds | Not attentive to visual, auditory presentation so seems distractible |
| Problem Solving | Deliberates; plans in advance organizes thoughts by writing them; lists problems | Talks problems out, tries solutions verbally, subvocally; talks self through problems | Attacks problems physically; impulsive; often selects solution involving greatest activity |
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| Response to Periods of Inactivity | Stares; doodles; finds something to watch | Hums; talks to self or to others | Fidgets; finds reasons to move; holds up hand |
| Response to New Situations | Looks around; examines structure | Talks about situation pros and cons, what to do | Tries things out; touches, feels, manipulates |
| Emotionality | Somewhat repressed; stares when angry; cries easily, beams when happy; facial expression os a good index of emotion | Shouts with joy or anger; blows up verbally but soon calms down; expresses emotion verbally and through changes in tone, volume, pitch of voice | Jumps for joy; hugs, tugs, and pulls when happy; stamps, jumps and pounds when angry stomps off; general body tone is a good index of emotion |
| Communication | Quiet; does not talk at length; becomes impatient when extensive listening is required; may use words clumsily; describes without embellishment; uses words such as see, look, etc. | Enjoys listening but cannot wait to talk; descriptions are long but repetitive; likes hearing others and self talk; uses words such as listen, hear, etc. | Gestures when speaking does not listen well; stands close when speaking or listening quickly loses interest in detailed verbal discourse; uses words such as get, take, etc. |
| General Appearance | Neat, meticulous likes order; may choose not to vary appearance | Matching clothes not so important, can explain choices of clothes | Neat but soon becomes wrinkled through activity |
| Response to the Arts | Not particularly responsive to music; prefers the visual arts; tends not to voice appreciation of art of any kind, but can be deeply affected by visual displays; focuses on details and components rather than the work as a whole | Favors music; finds less appeal in visual art, but is readily able to discuss it; misses significant detail, but appreciates the work as a whole; is able to develop a verbal association for all art forms; spends more time talking about pieces than looking at them | Responds to music by physical movement; prefers sculpture; touches statues and paintings; at exhibits stops only at those in which he or she can become physically involved; comments very little on any art form |