Understanding Your Learning Style: Understanding Kinesthetic Learners

Through myriad lectures, I am finding that I learn best kinesthetically. Hands-on activities provide kinesthetic learners with a deeper understanding of material that they do not receive with lectures alone. Simply reading a textbook or following a power-point is great for note-taking, but I have found that notes are not enough for me. By actually doing, I benefit from practice, and the content is better stored in memory. Even with simple flashcards for memorizing vocabulary or historical dates, I will excel further than by skimming over a sheet of paper or by listening to the information repeatedly read aloud. If I achieve my goal of becoming a crime scene technician, my learning style will take me far because the job will require me to collect

When I took the learning preference quiz I had the highest score in tactile or kinesthetic learning. I had a 14 in tactile learning and 13 in both visual and auditory learning. I was not surprised by the top result from the quiz. I learn best hands on and prefer not to just read information. I was sort of surprised when it had visual and auditory tied for second. I would much rather listen to something being read rather than read it. I am dyslexic and when I must read information alone, I have a hard time comprehending. I think overall, because the quiz said I had a kinesthetic learning preference, that it was accurate. When listening to a lecture or reading information I often take notes to remember. I do not look back at the notes often,

After completing the questionnaire, it was determined that I am a strong kinesthetic learner. The results are not that surprising to me because I know that I learn the best by using examples to guide me and to use trial and error on certain problems. For example, in organic chemistry, I would use trial and error for the synthesis problems and I would heavily follow examples in class for drawing out mechanisms. Following given examples allow me to methodize how to do every type of problem using the examples. This strategy of methodizing helped me immensely in drawing out complicated reaction mechanisms. Instead of memorizing exactly what happens in each type of reaction, I simply looked at a few examples and noticed

Whether you believe learning styles are a myth or fact they still can help you learn the material for class. Just because you take this test online and it says that you are one hundred percent auditory learner doesn’t mean you can’t learn other ways. Learning styles can help you discover more creative ways for you to remember a topic or specific details. How Amy made a poster it helped her present her topic but also helped her learn and remember her topic. By writing it down and being creative you will remember the topic a lot better. I’m not a firm believer in learning styles but I do think that they can help. I am an auditory learner so listening helps me learn although it isn’t the only way I can learn. One of the ken talks we had watched

I am a great learner as a student, I love to sometimes see if I can be moving around to learn better. I'm a kinesthetic learner and I love to move I'm a left side brain person I love to be careful and pay attention I'm deadline driven I always pay attention to all The details.Just to have a great grade with my teachers I love to make sure that I'm getting notes down. So I can study I love to have a great teacher that knows how to make a school. I'm red ,because I’m super aggressive. I do well in aggressive areas and, I Need to be paying attention ,because I need to be highly aggressive . the best that I can have great grades and succeed in the next grade, because I want to succeed in the world. To go into college, I Want go to C.U where

Results of the VARK self-assessment quiz indicated that I have a strong preference for kinesthetic and weak preference for Read-Write learning style. Second quiz for intelligence shows I have high percentage for Visual-Spatial and low for Rhythmic-Musical. Being a strong kinesthetic learner and with high Visual-Spatial intelligence, I will likely to teach by demonstration and less on reading and writing. Furthermore, I will have more hands-on and role-play and arts and crafts activities and less on reading and writing assignments. Create projects and activities in which all five senses (sight, touch, taste, smell, and hearing) will be used. This style of teaching will benefit the kinesthetic learners with Visual-Spatial and Bodily-Kinesthetic

“Just as students have different personalities, they also have different ways of learing (Slavin, 107).” Learning styles are another important factor to incorporate when implementing the best learning environment. Learning styles are defined as an individual's mode of gaining knowledge. The most common learning styles addressed are auditory, visual, and kinesthetic. Auditory leaners understand information through hearing. Visual learners need more visual aids in the learning process, such as diagrams, webs, or pictures. Kinesthetic learners learn better by using manipulatives or by being physically involved in the learning process. Learning styles is a piece of the “backbone” of differentiated learning. Both are used to individualize instruction to help students achieve the most success.

Learning is so very important in every aspect of life. In this week's lesson, we found out that there are many ways of learning. In one of the tests, after answering the questions honestly, I learned I was a kinesthetic learner (Bethel University, 2013). Being a kinesthetic learner works extremely well in my career where all matters are hands on and one has to actively participate in learning new skills within a state penitentiary. My supervisor at work would be happy knowing I am a kinesthetic learner since he always questions why I excel in my job performance each and every year.

As a learner, the category that fits me the most is Kinesthetic. I need to move around to learn, and it just helps my brain function. I usually tap my foot or moving around in my seat, or, when I’m able to, moving around the classroom. I don’t know why moving around helps me, It just keeps me focused on whoever is talking or if somebody is presenting something, and if I’m sitting down, I will fidget a bit. Sitting down too long will result in my getting very antsy and needing to move around.

Sonya, I am a visual and kinesthetic learner, which means that I have to see something done and then physically do it with my hands to fully understand the concept. In high school, I had trouble reading something off of the computer and being able to remember it. But if I had actual copy of a textbook in my hand, I was able to pick up and remember the information quickly and easily. It is so cool that we have a few of the same learning styles.

For so many years, I thought I was a visual learner. Once I read the different learning styles and took the Learning Styles Characteristics Quiz, I learned that I am a Tactical/Kinesthetic learner. Tactical/Kinesthetic learners learn through touch, movement and space, get restless during long lectures, tend to collect things, enjoy feeling, discovery and action, like to move around, enjoy working with tools, and learn the best through hands-on approach. Some of the learning strategies for this learning style are, sitting in a comfortable chair, study while listening to music, squeezing a stress ball instead of fidgeting, color grounding, try to hear words in their head, and when learning new information, makes flash cards to help process the information. Tactical/Kinesthetic learner’s strengths are that they enjoy using tools or lesions that involve active participation, have good memory, and have good motor communication. Amongst the three learning styles in this activity, Tactical/Kinesthetic learning appears to be the most hands on learning style.

As a visual learner they would try to take notes during the lecture, would color code their notes, and pay attention to any visual aids that were being used. Where a kinesthetic learner would ask questions and participate in discussions, take a laptop for notes so that they are doing something actively with their hands during lectures, consider taking a three hour class versus one three hour class, Student Development Centre (2009). As a multimodal learner, it is easier to learn when doing more than just reading a textbook as it harder to understand than when doing something that is interactive.

Kinesthetic learning involves the need for a student to touch and feel in their surroundings in order to retain information. People who are kinesthetic learning often become distracted and cannot focus due to their needs for more instruction and get their hands on items relating to the material. Kinesthetic learning is also known as tactile learning.

Kinaesthetic : This involved in the learning process and learn best through hands-on activities and movements.

Bodily Kinesthetic- This means that Jimmy is very aware of his body and that he learns well by touching things, or by activities that allow him to move. When Jimmy filled out his learning survey all of the things that he was found of were things that involved in him moving. His favorite sport was soccer, and we talked about him liking to read sports books. I think that this is very accurate in being his strongest learning strategy. I would incorporate as much movement in to his learning as possible. These type of activities will touch on the bodily kinesthetic learning style meaning Jimmy is at the maximum potential of learning the content.