METHODS OF LEARNING

VERBAL LEARNERS

• Have a sensitivity to the meaning, sounds and rhythms of words.
• Enjoy storytelling and creative writing.
• Love reading, poetry, humor and find pleasure in working puzzles and solving riddles.

LOGICAL LEARNERS

• Enjoy problem solving and experimenting.
• Have strong reasoning skills and ask questions in a logical manner.
• Like order and step-by-step directions.

VISUAL LEARNERS

• Enjoy creating visual patterns and need visual stimulation.
• Are daydreamers.
• Have a talent for art.

MUSICAL LEARNERS

• Enjoy playing instruments, singing songs, drumming.
• Like the sounds of the human voice, environmental sounds and instrumental sounds.
• Learn easier if things are set to music or to a beat.

PHYSICAL LEARNERS

• Are athletic and active.
• Enjoy creative dramatics, role-playing, dancing and expressing themselves with movement and bodily actions.
• Learn through physical movement and from touching and feeling.
• Use movement, gestures and physical expression to learn and solve problems.
• May touch while talking.

EXTROVERT LEARNERS

• Are very social
• Can "read" the feelings and behaviors of others.
• Are excellent leaders and enjoy being part of a group.
• Can help peers and work cooperatively with others.

INTROVERT LEARNERS

• Like to work independently.
• Are very self-motivated and prefer solitary activities.
• March to a different drummer.
• Have the ability to understand their own feelings, motivations and moods.

Source: http://www.udel.edu/bateman/acei/index.html

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