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Visual |
Auditory |
Kinesthetic |
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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Visual |
Auditory |
Kinesthetic |
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 |