W4 LEARNING STYLES

• VISUAL

  PREFERRED LEARNING STYLE:

  • Learns by seeing or watching demonstrations
• AUDITORY

  PREFERRED LEARNING STYLE:

  • Learns through verbal instructions from self or others
• KINESTHETIC (Hands-on)

  PREFERRED LEARNING STYLE:

  • Learns by doing and direct involvement
• VISUAL

  SPELLING:

  • Recognizes words by sight; relies on configurations of words
• AUDITORY

  SPELLING:

  • Uses a phonics approach and has auditory word attack skills
• KINESTHETIC(Hands-on)

  SPELLING:

  • Often is a poor speller; writes words to determine if they “feel” right
• VISUAL

  READING:

  • Likes description; sometimes stops reading to stare into space and imagine a scene; intense concentration
• AUDITORY

  READING:

  • Enjoys dialogues and plays; avoids lengthy descriptions; unaware of illustrations; moves lips or sub-vocalizes
• KINESTHETIC (Hands-on)

  READING:

  • Prefers stories where action occurs early; fidgets while reading; not an avid reader
• VISUAL

  HANDWRITING:

  • Tends to be good, particularly when young; spacing and size are good; appearance is important
• AUDITORY

  HANDWRITING:

  • Has more difficulty learning in initial stages; tends to write lightly
• KINESTHETIC(Hands-on)

  HANDWRITING:

  • Good initially, but deteriorates when space becomes smaller; pushes harder on writing instrument
• VISUAL

  MEMORY:

  • Remember faces, but forgets names; writes things down; takes notes
• AUDITORY

  MEMORY:

  • Remembers names, but forgets faces; remembers by auditory repetition
• KINESTHETIC (Hands-on)

  MEMORY:

  • Remembers best what was done, but not what was seen or talked about.
• KINESTHETIC (Hands-on)

  IMAGERY:

  • Imagery not important; images that do occur are accompanied by movement
• AUDITORY

  IMAGERY:

  • Sub-vocalizes; imagines things in sounds; details are less important
• VISUAL

  IMAGERY:

  • Vivid imagination; thinks in pictures; visualizes in detail
• VISUAL

  DISTRACTABILITY:

  • Unaware of sounds; distracted by movement
• AUDITORY

  DISTRACTABILITY:

  • Easily distracted by sounds
• KINESTHETIC (Hands-on)

  DISTRACTABILITY:

  • Not attentive to visual or auditory presentation so may seem distracted
• KINESTHETIC (Hands-on)

  PROBLEM SOLVING:

  • Attacks problems physically; impulsive; often selects solutions involving greatest activity
• AUDITORY

  PROBLEM SOLVING:

  • Talks problems out; tries solutions verbally or sub-vocally; talks self through problems
• VISUAL

  PROBLEM SOLVING:

  • Deliberate; plans in advance; organizes thoughts by writing them; lists problems
• VISUAL

  RESPONSE TO PERIODS OF INACTIVITY:

  • Stares or doodles; finds something
• AUDITORY

  RESPONSE TO PERIODS OF INACTIVITY:

  • Hums, talks to self, or talks to others
• KINESTHETIC (Hands-on)

  RESPONSE TO PERIODS OF INACTIVITY:

  • Fidgets or finds reasons to move
• KINESTHETIC (Hands-on)

  RESPONSE TO NEW SITUATIONS:

  • Tries things out; touches, feels or manipulates
• AUDITORY

  RESPONSE TO NEW SITUATIONS:

  • Talks about situation; discusses pros and cons of what to do
• VISUAL

  RESPONSE TO NEW SITUATIONS:

  • Looks around or examines structure