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Hi Donna,
There is some overlap on all of them so it is not uncommon for a learner to be comfortable working in a number of the different intelligence areas. In my research I have found through an assessment I developed I have been able to identify the three dominant intelligences but that does not exclude the other intelligences it just gives us a starting point in planning instructional delivery for our students. This helps in planning for delivery options and content selection.
Gary
I agree, I am a visual learner, actually when I looked at the categories Gardner has I fit more than three, and utilize all of them. Perhaps visual and written word learners overlap a lot.
Hi Craig,
Human brains operate in different ways and so each person has a unique way of taking in and processing information. Some see objects others prefer to read material about the content. That is why instructors need to offer a variety of different deliveries so they can keep the students interested in the content plus absorbing it in their own preferred way.
Gary
I take it as someone who learns by seeing it work rather than reading about how it works.
Hi Vincent,
Good discussion in the forum about the different learning preferences. Over the years and based upon the research I have done in the area of multiple intelligences in relation to learning and mental processing I feel that individuals have learning preferences more so than just a learning style. I'm not sure what a style is related to mental processing but I am clear on what an intelligence is such as verbal, math logic, or musical. Thus, the categories that are listed having four categories. The research by the Dunn's, Calvin and Rita put the learning styles into the three major learning style categories. Since much of the knowledge content we acquire is through the written or printed word I have found that it is good know if my students have a preference for this form of knowledge intake as well as knowing that other students prefer other intakes modes. This information allows me to plan my delivery accordingly.
Gary
As someone who had obtained a Master's in Education fairly recently (a couple years ago), I share Kim's initial conception. From the material and sources included in my Master's courses, I had also gathered that, in regard to general preferences, there tended to be three primary categories of learner styles or preferences -- visual, audio, and tactile/kinesthetic. According to many of the definitions and descriptions I had encountered, the visual style tended to incorporate some focus on written material as well, considering this would be visually apprehended or perceived.
In this current course I observed that this focus on the written word was presented as a separate category, and based on the explanations I suppose this may make sense. The definition seems to emphasize the actual process of reading in which the words seem to trigger a kind of visualization within the learner's mind, so there is clearly an element of visual style on a cognitive level. But I think I see the point of this presentation in that the description of the visual style seems to emphasize more a matter of visual or graphical elements beyond printed words, such as color, shapes, and ultimately more obvious media such as pictures and diagrams. So I think I can accept such a justification of categorizations.
Hi Kim,
A visual learner is one that likes to see pictures or objects. They can internalize new knowledge through the spatial or pictorial method. They most often like to combine the objects or pictures they see with hands on or tactile activities so there is a combination of learning preferences working for them.
Gary