Oct 2, 2008

Initial Notes

Visual-Spatial Learners:
- think in pictures
- learn all at once
- do not learn by repetition
- learn the big picture first and then the details
- are non-sequential
- are system thinkers: understand large amounts of information but may miss the details

Two kinds of learners:
Visual-spatial learners and auditory-sequential

At least one third of students are VSL (Visual-Spatial Learners)

Note-taking:
- they use acronyms and symbols
- they often use drawings to understand (which most teachers consider doodling and not paying attention in class)

They often can't explain how they got to an answer because they can just see it

They are also very likely to develop their own systems of doing things

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