8 Learning Styles

1.02 Understand personality and learning styles. Verbal/Linguistic Definition Verbal/Linguistic – related to words and language Characteristics Likes to read books Listens to and gives oral presentations Communicates through written and oral messages Likes discussions and debates Likes to explain things How does this person learn best? Saying, hearing, and seeing words 1.02 Understand personality and learning styles.

Logical/Mathematical Definition Logical/Mathematical – reasoned, precise, accurate Characteristics Likes to conduct experiments Likes to work with numbers Likes to explore patterns and relationships Good at math, problem solving, and reasoning How does this person learn best? Categorizing, classifying, and working with patterns and relationships 1.02 Understand personality and learning styles.

1.02 Understand personality and learning styles. Bodily/Kinesthetic Definition Physical activity and movement and awareness through sensory perception – hearing, seeing, smelling, feeling Characteristics Likes to move around, touch, talk, and use body language Good at sports, dancing, gymnastics, and crafts How does this person learn best? By touching, moving, interacting with space and processing knowledge through bodily sensations 1.02 Understand personality and learning styles.

1.02 Understand personality and learning styles. Visual/Spatial Definition Mental images, seeing, sight Characteristics Likes to draw, build, design, and create Daydreamer and imaginative Watches movies and plays computer games Good at sensing changes Good at puzzles and mazes and reading charts and graphs How does this person learn best? By visualizing, dreaming, and using colors and pictures 1.02 Understand personality and learning styles.

1.02 Understand personality and learning styles. Musical/Rhythmic Definition Sound arranged in patterns, tone, and pitch through music, poetry, color, painting, and photography Characteristics Likes to sing, hum tunes, listen to music, play an instrument Good at picking up sounds, remembering melodies, noticing pitch, rhythm, and patterns Good at keeping time How does this person learn best? Through rhythm, melody, and music 1.02 Understand personality and learning styles.

1.02 Understand personality and learning styles. Interpersonal Definition Related to relationships with other people Characteristics Has lots of friends, likes to talk and join groups Good at understanding people Good at communicating Good at mediation (resolving conflict) How does this person learn best? Sharing with others, collaborative groups, and teaching others 1.02 Understand personality and learning styles.

1.02 Understand personality and learning styles. Intrapersonal Definition Within self Characteristics Likes to work alone Reflective and self-aware Instinctual Original How does this person learn best? Working alone, individualized projects, and self-paced instruction 1.02 Understand personality and learning styles.

1.02 Understand personality and learning styles. Naturalistic Definition Related to nature and the environment Characteristics Likes to work outside Enjoys geography, weather, learning about the environment Good at categorizing, organizing, planning, Interested in preservation and conservation Likes to work with animals How does this person learn best? By studying nature’s patterns, such as erosion and climate, learning how things work, and cause and effect relationships 1.02 Understand personality and learning styles.