Visual learners learn best through visual means like watching demonstrations, paying attention to details, and using visual displays like diagrams, illustrations, videos, and more. They tend to learn by linking concepts to mental images and remembering physical characteristics rather than names. Effective teaching strategies for visual learners include using colorful materials, remaining stationary when speaking, allowing silent reading, and minimizing distractions. Visual learners are also encouraged to take notes, write ideas down, visualize problems, and make pictures when spelling or doing math.
3. Definition
• The visual learner is characteristic for using the sight as a
learning method. Watching demonstrations or paying
attention on the details are the most helpful ways for
settling down concepts.
• Body language is very important for visual learners. When
they are in class they prefer to see what the teacher does in
order to understand perfectly what he explains.
Furthermore they usually take notes during a lecture or a
discussion.
• They tend to learn better with visual displays as for
example diagrams, illustrated text books, videos, etc.
• Linking concepts with diagrams and mental images is the
best way for them to retain concepts.
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4. Characteristics
• She is often quiet and careful, watching what is going on around her.
• She won't always be able to remember the name of a friend; but she'll be
able to describe that friends appearance with accuracy, often identifying
physical characteristics.
• She tends to be neat. She appreciates tidiness and order because she is
easily distracted by visual disorder or movement.
• She may use words clumsily when describing something new, but that
doesn't mean she doesn't understand it.
• She uses phrases like "Do you see?" or " Show me!" and "Look at this!“
and often draws pictures to show what she means.
• She picks up on facial expressions and body language, rather than verbal
communication.
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5. • Prefers to show or demonstrate rather than to tell or explain.
• Can locate words quickly in the dictionary if he knows the spelling.
• Visual-spatial skills such as sizes, shapes, textures, angles, and three-
dimensional depths are strong.
• Visual learners have a keen awareness of the aesthetics, the beauty of the
physical environment, visual media, or art.
• Visual learners have a keen awareness of the aesthetics, the beauty of the
physical environment, visual media, or art.
• Daydreams; a word, sound, or smell causes recall and mental wandering
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6. Teaching Strategies
• Use visual materials because the student's eyes are his key to
learning. He must look at what he has to learn. He needs assistance
in changing what he hears into visual images so he can learn.
• Use color coding on worksheets and when using the blackboard or
overhead.
• During the class, it is recommended for the teacher always to face
the students in order to let them read your lips and body language.
• Allow the student to read silently more often than orally.
• Teach the student how to take notes.
• Noise may disturb the student while he is working so seat him away
from distractions, try to eliminate excess noise in the room.
• Remain stationary when talking to the student because movement
disturbs his focus.
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7. Student Tips
• Reading
Use sight words. Do not try to sound out words; instead, try to figure if the new work has words
you already know in it. For example: the word "systematic" has the words "system," "stem," and
"mat" within it.
• Writing
Write down ideas as they form in you mind.
To do writing, use a computer or word processor whenever possible.
Make a rough draft (skipping lines to allow room for corrections and additions) and recopy.
On an essay test, make quick outlines on scratch paper on in the margin of the test before writing
your answer.
• Spelling
Close your eyes and see the word.
Make a picture of the letters and then read from your picture.
Write the word -- match your picture.
Check immediately.
• Math
Visualize the problem
Make pictures or tallies of the problem on scratch paper.
Write the problem.
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