Final Project for The Curious Incident…

We discussed briefly how people learn in three major ways: kinesthetically (by touch), auditorily (by hearing), and visually (by seeing). Your task is to teach someone who can only process things using one of these learning styles. After picking a learning style out of a hat, you can choose one of the items below to teach to someone else or can come up with something yourself as long as you run it by me. Below that list, you’ll find some helpful hints on how to teach to these particular learning styles.

Some things to teach…

-A recipe

-What perimeter is in mathematics

-The state flowers, state birds, and state trees

-How to assemble a piece of furniture (any kind you want)

-How to lace your shoes and then tie your laces

-How to write an argumentative essay

-About the racism and classism in To Kill a Mockingbird

-How to set up a desktop computer

-How to use PowerPoint

-How to start a campfire

-About the economic conditions of migrant workers during the Great Depression

-What metaphoric language is (straight metaphor, simile, allusion)

-Whatever else you want (provided you run it by me first)

Things to Remember:

Kinesthetic Learner : The hands on activity may include bringing in the object you are going to teach the person about; your learner does not have strong reading skills; your learner absorbs information well if they repeat directions over and over again

Visual Learner : This learner is not a strong reader, but they do process pictures easily; They may also learn somewhat well by touch, but they learn best with the use of visual aids.

Auditory Learner : This learner is also not a strong reader, and they don’t learn well by touching things/with hands-on experience. If you’re teaching an auditory learner about metaphor, for example, you might want to bring in a song with a lot of metaphors in it and vocally point them out, as the instructor.