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Modality
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Descriptors
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Learn Best Through the Use of ...
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Visual
Learners (input)
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Learn by observation
Can recall what they have seen
Can follow written or drawn instructions
Like to read
Use written notes
Benefit by visualizing, watching
TV/video/films
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Charts, graphs, diagrams, and flow charts
Sight words
Flashcards
Visual similarities and differences
Pictures and graphics
Maps
Silent reading
Written instructions
Computer assisted learning
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Auditory
Learners (input)
Verbal-Linguistic Intelligence
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Prefer listening and taking notes
Listen for patterns
Consult peers to ascertain that they have
the correct details
Can recall what they have heard
Can follow oral directions
Repeat words aloud for memorization
Use oral language effectively
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Discussion, dialog, debate
Memorization
Phonics
Oral reading
Hearing anecdotes or stories
Listening to tapes or CDs
Cooperative learning groups
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Kinesthetic
Learners (input)
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Are often physically adept
Learn through experience and physical
activity
Benefit from demonstration
Learn from teaching others what they know
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Playing games
Role playing
Read body language/gestures
Mime
Drama
Learn or memorize while moving (pacing,
stationary bike, finger or whole body games)
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Tactile
Learners (input)
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Learn by touching and manipulating objects
Often learn inductively rather than
deductively
Tend toward psychomotor over abstract
thinking
Prefer personal connections to topics
Follow directions they have written
themselves / that they have rehearsed
Benefit from demonstrations
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Learning by doing
"Hands-on"
Creating maps
Building models
Art projects
Using manipulatives
Drawing, designing things
Writing / tracing
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Active
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Can be impulsive
Risk-takers
Do not prefer lectures
Prefer group work
Tend to be interpersonal
Not inclined to too much note-taking
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Prefer "doing, discussion,
explaining" vs. listening and watching
Prefer active experimentation
Likes acting and role playing
Likes team competition
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Reflective
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Prefer to think about concepts quietly
before any action
Learn by thinking
Like writing
Tend to be intrapersonal and introspective
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Tend toward deductive learning
Prefer reflective observation
Intrapersonal skills valued
Journals
Learning logs
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Global
Understanding
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Make decisions based on intuition
Spontaneous and creative; "idea"
person
Often a risk-taker
Tend to reach conclusions quickly
Intake information in large chunks rather
than details
Nonlinear thinkers
"See the forest before they see the
trees."
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Interpersonal connection important to them
Stories and anecdotes
Seeing the "whole" rather than in
parts
Highly interesting project and materials
Functional games and activities
Think-pair-share; Praise-question-polish
Teacher feedback; person-to-person
communication
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Analytical
Understanding
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Sequential, linear learners
Prefer information in small chunks, steps
Can follow the rules for mathematic
equations
Prefer a logical progression
"See the trees before they see the
forest."
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Intrapersonal skills valued
Journals
Learning logs
Sequentially organized material, timelines,
diagrams
Moving from "part" to the
"whole"
Puzzles, logic games
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