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Kinesthetic Learning Style Analysis

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I believe that children learn best through movement and believe that the learning style that has proven to be the most effective based on assessment results is the kinesthetic learning method or teaching style.

According to Sprenger(2002):

“Every lesson should contain movement. Take that movement and repeat if often enough and it becomes a permanent memory. Along with that movement, the learning associated with it become permanent.” Sprenger (p.17)

As a special education teacher, it’s important that I use and apply various teaching techniques, strategies, learning styles, methods, and the latest innovative practices to make certain my students’ meet the yearly goals I’ve set for them and the goals they have according to their IEP’s. These …show more content…

It has been proven that biologically, students can’t attend to a task or assignment for a long period of time and will often create problems in the classroom.

I often observe students in grade K through 3rd who are expected to sit for 30 minutes or longer and, unfortunately for them, end up being reprimanded for talking or creating some type of disturbance. Teachers have to be aware that students who are expected to sit in a chair or on the floor in a group for more than 10 minute intervals are likely to exhibit negative effects whether it’s emotional or physical, it will generally occur.

When I do plan my lessons, I focus first on my student’s interests, readiness skills, and learning profile and take into consideration that their interests, readiness and learning profile follows in the content that I teach. I then apply my teaching lessons with various activities to keep their brains active and engaged in the learning …show more content…

For example, when I recently taught a lesson on coin amounts I had my students count out ‘real’ money of various coins rather than the teacher directed worksheet. They were all engaged in this activity. Then, they counted their coins and recorded the amounts on their paper. They worked in groups to do this activity in my classroom. Another example, of course, is using various manipulatives to teach my lessons. Whether they’re counting out objects such as the mini gourds for math, or the recent Halloween boxes of various shapes, or the shaving cream to write names, numbers, letters or words, my students are learning by doing and that’s what counts. They are learning and the evidence is proving just that through teacher assessment and observations. I also believe in using Brain Gym activities and brain breaks to help improve academic performance. They also enjoy the online programs such as “Gonoodle” activities

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