After reading Dr. Baggio's book "The Visual Connection" I was interested to take the learning style quiz at the end of the book to see how I learned myself. I know I have taken these quizzes in the past, but honestly couldn't remember what type of learner I was. Upon completion of the test I discovered that I was primarily a visual learner. This majority was expected, however the next learning style I was was auditory. This was interesting to me as I always thought I was more of a kinesthetic learner.
This really makes me think about my teaching practices and how truly important it is to hit all these different learning styles. Every student is unique in their own way, and it is simply unfair to continuously teach to one type of learning modality. I found a chart that was interesting and really summed up the importance of using visuals in the classroom:
Visuals Make Learning More Permanent:
Typically in 3 days we will remember:
10% of all we hear
35% of all we see
65% of all we see and hear at the same time
This really makes me think about my teaching practices and how truly important it is to hit all these different learning styles. Every student is unique in their own way, and it is simply unfair to continuously teach to one type of learning modality. I found a chart that was interesting and really summed up the importance of using visuals in the classroom:
Visuals Make Learning More Permanent:
Typically in 3 days we will remember:
10% of all we hear
35% of all we see
65% of all we see and hear at the same time
In my classroom, the methodology requires a lot of auditory input so students are able to hear the language used in context. Any vocabulary structures we focus on during a week are written on the board with the english definition in a different color below. This visual I think is very helpful for students. We also come up with a gesture to every single structure as well. This is a tool for all those kinesthetic learners! Although we have a gesture and the word written on the board, I think I could go further with my visuals! Why not include an image to go with the word as well? I think this would only help students improve!