Know Thyself!
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