Visual-Spatial Learners: Understanding the Learning Style Preference of Bright But Disengaged Students
Are you looking for ways to differentiate your instruction to meet the needs of gifted visual-spatial learners? You've found it in Visual-Spatial Learners: Understanding the Learning Style Preference of Bright But Disengaged Students (2nd ed.). Visual-spatial learners are students who show advanced abilities with computers, maps, construction toys, and puzzles. The techniques outlined within these pages help all learners succeed—regardless of preferred learning style. Based on the most current understanding of the brain's hemispheric functions, the author provides a number of strategies and lesson plan ideas to help make your classroom a successful learning environment for all learners. These strategies address preparing students to succeed on timed tests; easing the pain of handwriting; teaching spelling using imagery; incorporating mnemonics, rhyme, and other tricks that engage the right hemisphere of the brain; helping students stay focused and on track; getting—and keeping—students organized; and much more!
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Visual-Spatial Learners: Understanding the Learning Style Preference of Bright But Disengaged Students
Are you looking for ways to differentiate your instruction to meet the needs of gifted visual-spatial learners? You've found it in Visual-Spatial Learners: Understanding the Learning Style Preference of Bright But Disengaged Students (2nd ed.). Visual-spatial learners are students who show advanced abilities with computers, maps, construction toys, and puzzles. The techniques outlined within these pages help all learners succeed—regardless of preferred learning style. Based on the most current understanding of the brain's hemispheric functions, the author provides a number of strategies and lesson plan ideas to help make your classroom a successful learning environment for all learners. These strategies address preparing students to succeed on timed tests; easing the pain of handwriting; teaching spelling using imagery; incorporating mnemonics, rhyme, and other tricks that engage the right hemisphere of the brain; helping students stay focused and on track; getting—and keeping—students organized; and much more!
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Visual-Spatial Learners: Understanding the Learning Style Preference of Bright But Disengaged Students

Visual-Spatial Learners: Understanding the Learning Style Preference of Bright But Disengaged Students

by Alexandra Shires Golon
Visual-Spatial Learners: Understanding the Learning Style Preference of Bright But Disengaged Students

Visual-Spatial Learners: Understanding the Learning Style Preference of Bright But Disengaged Students

by Alexandra Shires Golon

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Are you looking for ways to differentiate your instruction to meet the needs of gifted visual-spatial learners? You've found it in Visual-Spatial Learners: Understanding the Learning Style Preference of Bright But Disengaged Students (2nd ed.). Visual-spatial learners are students who show advanced abilities with computers, maps, construction toys, and puzzles. The techniques outlined within these pages help all learners succeed—regardless of preferred learning style. Based on the most current understanding of the brain's hemispheric functions, the author provides a number of strategies and lesson plan ideas to help make your classroom a successful learning environment for all learners. These strategies address preparing students to succeed on timed tests; easing the pain of handwriting; teaching spelling using imagery; incorporating mnemonics, rhyme, and other tricks that engage the right hemisphere of the brain; helping students stay focused and on track; getting—and keeping—students organized; and much more!

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781618216588
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Publication date: 06/01/2017
Edition description: Revised
Pages: 220
Product dimensions: 5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Alexandra "Allie" Shires Golon is a Master Teacher at Rocky Mountain School for the Gifted and Creative in Boulder, CO. As a teacher and parent of gifted visual-spatial learners, Golon brings a wealth of experience to her books, Raising Topsy-Turvy Kids: Successfully Parenting Your Visual-Spatial Child and If You Could See the Way I Think: A Handbook for Visual-Spatial Kids.

Table of Contents

Introduction vii

Chapter 1 Learning Styles Differentiation: Auditory-Sequential and Visual-Spatial 1

Chapter 2 Finding the Visual-Spatial Kids in Your Classroom 19

Chapter 3 Are Boys More Visual-Spatial Than Girls?: Why Gender Matters in Every Classroom 47

Chapter 4 Reading 53

Chapter 5 Creative Writing 63

Chapter 6 The Art of Handwriting Versus the Act of Keyboarding 79

Chapter 7 Helping Students Ace Their Spelling Tests 85

Chapter 8 Taking Notes in Pictures 99

Chapter 9 Teaching Math Facts 107

Chapter 10 Social Studies: A Natural Environment for Strategies Friendly to Visual-Spatial Learners 135

Chapter 11 Using Visual-Spatial Strengths to Learn New Material 145

Chapter 12 Organizational Skills 157

Chapter 13 Helping Your Students Stay Focused 165

Chapter 14 The Dreaded Timed Test 179

Chapter 15 Creating a Visual-Spatial Classroom 183

Additional Resources 195

References 201

About the Author 205

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