Learning Styles and Multiple Intelligences

What does verbal/ linguistic mean?

• reasoned, precise, accurate

• related to words and language

• Physical activity and movement and awareness through sensory perception – hearing, seeing, smelling, feeling

• Mental images, seeing, sight

What does logical/mathematical mean?

• related to words and language

• reasoned, precise, accurate

• Mental images, seeing, sight

• Physical activity and movement and awareness through sensory perception – hearing, seeing, smelling, feeling

What does bodily/kinesthetic mean?

• reasoned, precise, accurate

• related to words and language

• Physical activity and movement and awareness through sensory perception – hearing, seeing, smelling, feeling

• Mental images, seeing, sight

What does visual/spatial mean?

• reasoned, precise, accurate

• related to words and language

• Physical activity and movement and awareness through sensory perception – hearing, seeing, smelling, feeling

• Mental images, seeing, sight

What does musical/rhythmic mean?

• Related to relationships with other people

• Within self

• Sound arranged in patterns, tone, and pitch through music, poetry, color, painting, and photography

What does interpersonal mean?

• Related to relationships with other people

• Within self

• Related to nature and the environment

• Sound arranged in patterns, tone, and pitch through music, poetry, color, painting, and photography

What does intrapersonal mean?

• Related to relationships with other people

• Within self

• Related to nature and the environment

• Sound arranged in patterns, tone, and pitch through music, poetry, color, painting, and photography

What does naturalistic mean?

• Related to relationships with other people

• Within self

• Related to nature and the environment

• Sound arranged in patterns, tone, and pitch through music, poetry, color, painting, and photography

What are the characteristics of a verbal/linguistic learner?

• Likes to conduct experiments. Likes to work with numbers. Likes to explore patterns and relationships. Good at math, problem solving, and reasoning

• Likes to move around, touch, talk, and use body language. Good at sports, dancing, gymnastics, and crafts.

• Likes to read books. Listens to and gives oral presentations. Communicates through written and oral messages. Likes discussions and debates. Likes to explain things.

• 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.

What are the characteristics of a bodily/kinesthetic learner?

• Likes to conduct experiments. Likes to work with numbers. Likes to explore patterns and relationships. Good at math, problem solving, and reasoning.

• Likes to move around, touch, talk, and use body language. Good at sports, dancing, gymnastics, and crafts.

• Likes to read books. Listens to and gives oral presentations. Communicates through written and oral messages. Likes discussions and debates. Likes to explain things.

• 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.