{"id":27,"date":"2010-03-21T04:59:38","date_gmt":"2010-03-21T04:59:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nowyouknowabout.com\/blog\/what-kind-of-learner-are-you"},"modified":"2015-09-07T13:59:46","modified_gmt":"2015-09-07T13:59:46","slug":"what-kind-of-learner-are-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nowyouknowabout.com\/?p=27","title":{"rendered":"What kind of learner are you?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When you train to be a teacher, they tell you that people learn in different ways.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Auditory learners &#8211; if you can pick up phrases on a foreign holiday by hearing and copying the sounds of &#8216;<em>Je vous en prie!&#8217; (French: &#8216;You&#8217;re welcome!&#8217;)<\/em> you learn by <strong>hearing.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Visual learners &#8211; if, however, you like to see your information, to write it and to read it, <strong>visual <\/strong>is your thing.<\/li>\n<li>Kinesthetic learners &#8211; this is about movement and touch.\u00a0 You can hug someone and learn &#8216;<em>je t&#8217;aime bien!&#8217; (French: &#8216;I really like you!&#8217;). <\/em>Or you can handle coins and notes and learn percentages and fractions.\u00a0 <strong>Physical space <\/strong>is for you.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Understanding how your children learn is a huge leap forward in enjoying education.<\/p>\n<p>Ten-year-old Jim\u00a0is a great mimic, sings in tune and remembers all lyrics.\u00a0 That\u2019s why songs with dates and facts are a great discovery for him.\u00a0 \u2018<em>In fourteen-hundred-and-ninety-two, Columbus sailed the ocean blue\u2019.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Twelve-year old Amy is a mathematician, a speller and a neatnik.\u00a0 She likes lists and columns and writing things out.\u00a0 So for her, clever comic books are the way forward.\u00a0 Anything by <a title=\"Marcia Williams books\" href=\"http:\/\/www.marciawilliams.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">Marcia Williams<\/a> makes learning a real pleasure.<\/p>\n<p>For physical learners,\u00a0drop your toast and you&#8217;ve got\u00a0gravity in action.\u00a0 If you get steam from your kettle, a glass of water and an icecube, you\u2019ll have a science demo on the three forms of matter (and wet hands).\u00a0Much more fun than a text book!<\/p>\n<p>What kind of learner are you?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When you train to be a teacher, they tell you that people learn in different ways. 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