Books on audial, visual, and kinesthetic learners
Key point: the learning modes are not exclusive; you can be high in one but not the other or high in both. One does not determine the other they are separate.
How Your Child Learns
Best: Brain-Friendly Strategies You Can Use to Ignite Your Child's Learning and
Increase School Success
by Judy Willis
This book is full of
practical strategies for audial and visual learners. I have it and used it in
Graduate School, it is not just for kids.
http://www.amazon.com/Your-Child-Learns-Best-Brain-Friendly/dp/1402213468/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1391479094&sr=8-1&keywords=how+your+child+learns+best
Righting the Educational Conveyor Belt
by Michael Grinder
This book is old but incredibly useful for
real-life examples of how audial, visual, and tactile-kinesthetic learning play
out in real situations.
http://www.amazon.com/Righting-Educational-Conveyor-Belt-Series/dp/1555520367/ref=sr_1_sc_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1391478897&sr=8-1-spell&keywords=righting+the+educatinoal+converyor+belot
This second book by Grinder has some crucial insights:
-He discusses the problem of translation -- missing information in class while your brain is converting one mode to the other. This is one of the biggest causes of failure in school.
-He notes that as children develop they go through different stages which each have a dominant mode:
elementary = kinesthetic and tactile age
middle school = audial mode
high school = visual mode
These development-stage modes exist apart from the child's own personal preference of modes.
He also notes that teachers at these ages tend to be dominant or at least high in the corresponding mode: middle school teachers tend to be audial, high school teachers more visual, and elementary teachers tactile-kinesthetic.
The
secret to success: learning how to translate information into you mode, even if
it takes extra time. If you can do this, then the mode of learning
can no longer stand in your way.
