My Visual Learning Style, S03
Characteristics
Good handwriting
Good memory for faces but forget names
Plan ahead
Remember better by seeing charts, diagrams, etc.
Observant but may miss some of what is said
Well organized
Thoughts wander during lectures
Learning Tools
Use “clue” words for recalling
Use maps, charts, diagrams, and lists
Take notes
Take photographs
Use mind pictures or mind maps
Use notebooks
Use study cards or flashcards
Use colored highlighters to color code texts and notes
Write down directions
Visual Teaching Preference
Picture Teaching Preference
To place important words on the board or overhead
Lists of points and things in vertical and left-aligned arrangements
Texts that are dense with text, summaries, and abstracts
Using written text to explain things
To give handouts and expect the class to have read widely and well
Important words and ideas to be placed on the board so that they are spatially interesting rather than left-aligned arrangements.
Their students to visualize and see the point
Diagrams, slides, charts, graphs, arrows, circles and boxes
Videos
Using visuals to explain things
Web pages that have strong graphics, hot boxes, etc.
Engage Visual Learning
Give students the opportunity to write notes during class
Provide written summary of lesson at the end of notes/lecture presentation
Organize information using color codes; keep color codes consistent
Think, Pair, Share
Use visuals when teaching lessons, such as pictures, charts, diagrams, maps and outlines