Visual Learning

Characteristics

Mind sometimes strays during verbal act

Memorizes by seeing pictures

Finds verbal instruction difficult

Good Handwriting

Remembers faces

Uses advanced planning

Doodles

Quiet by nature

Neat in appearance

Notices details

General

Make lists as you listen to directions

Carefully check instructions written on chalkboard and handouts

Take Notes, make pictures, and charts. Use flashcards and highlight key details

Imagine pictures of the information you are suppose to remember

Use color coding as cues to important information

Maintain class notes and outlines of information to study

Reading

You are a "look-and-say" learner. Look at a word carefully; then say it

Writing

Jot down ideas as they form in your mind

Outline your ideas

Make quick outlines on scratch paper or in the margin of the test before writing your answer

Spelling

See the word

Write the word

Check your work

Not too distractible

click to edit

Mathmatics

Visualize the problem

Make pictures or tallies of the problem on scratch paper

Write the problem