Learning Styles

Learning Style Explanation

The three top scores on my survey were very close.  They were body/kinesthetic learner, naturalistic learner, and logical/mathematical learner.  A body/kinesthetic learner likes to move around, touch and talk and use body language.  They are usually good at crafts and physical activities such as sports, dance, and acting.  Bodily/kinesthetic intelligence is the ability to use one's mental abilities to coordinate one's own bodily movements.  This intelligence challenges the popular belief that mental and physical activity are unrelated.  Those with bodily/kinesthetic intelligence have physical-based skills such as coordination, balance, dexterity, muscle strength, flexibility, speed, and sensitive touching.  A naturalistic learner likes to be outside with animals and geography, interacting with the surroundings.  A naturalistic learner is also good at categorizing, organizing a living area, planning a trip, preservation, and conservation.  They learn best by studying natural phenomenon, in a natural setting, and learning about how things work.  Then there's the logical/mathematical learner who likes to do experiments, figure things out, work with numbers, ask questions and explore patterns and relationships.  They are good at math, reasoning, logic, and problem solving.  The logical/mathematical learner learns best by categorizing, classifying and working with abstract patterns/relationships.  

Sample Lesson

The ideal lesson for a body/kinesthetic learner would be one in which the student could move around, touch things and talk.  It would also include some kind of physical activity where they can use mental abilities to coordinate their body.  For a naturalistic learner, a lesson outside would be best, so they can interact with nature.  It would include some categorizing and organizing.  A good lesson for a logical/mathematical learner would be one with numbers, problem solving, reasoning, and finding patterns and relationships.  An example of a lesson like this would be to have the student explore the mathematical patterns of the natural world and environment, while moving around to do so.

Favorite Lesson

            My favorite lesson was a lesson in Biology last year.   It goes along with my two highest rated learning styles.   Our assignment was to go outside to find several species of animals and answer questions about each one we found.   It was great because we were outside interacting with nature, and we could move around wherever we wanted.