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Reading
Styles
& Strategies
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VISUAL |
Students with this
strength can easily:
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Enjoy/learn best by:
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Learn to read best
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Recall what they see
Follow written or drawn instructions
Learn by observing |
Using computer
graphics;
performing visual puzzles;
looking at or designing
maps, charts, graphs |
Sight methods,
dissimilar
words, silent reading,
words accompanied by pictures, slides or videos |
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AUDITORY
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Students with this
strength can easily:
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Enjoy/learn best by:
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Learn to read best
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Recall what they hear
Follow spoken instructions
Learn by listening and
speaking |
Talking,
interviewing,
debating, participating
on a panel, asking and
answering questions,
memorizing, making oral reports |
Phonics, choral
reading,
by listening to stories
and recordings of
books, discussing stories,
reading orally |
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TACTILE
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Students with this
strength can easily:
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Enjoy/learn best by:
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Learn to read best
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Recall what they
touch
Follow instructions they
write or touch
Learn by touching or
manipulating objects |
Doodling, sketching,
playing
board games, building
models, constructing
dioramas and relief maps
writing, tracing |
Writing/tracing
methods,
playing games or reading
instructions, then making something |
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KINESTHETIC
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Students with this
strength can easily:
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Enjoy/learn best by:
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Learn to read best
with: |
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Recall their
experiences
Follow instructions that
they perform or rehearse
Learn by touching or
manipulating objects |
Playing floor games,
assembling objects,
building models, participating
in fairs, setting up experiments,
acting, role-playing, scavenger
hunts |
Pantomiming, acting
in plays,
riding a stationary bike
while listening to a book,
recording and reading,
reading instructions and
then building/doing
something |
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GLOBAL
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Students with this
strength can easily:
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Enjoy/learn best by:
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Learn to read best
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Make decisions based
on
emotions/intuition
Are spontaneous
Focus on creativity
Care less about tidiness |
Information presented
in
an interesting or humorous
story, examples, interesting
materials, group work,
and activities |
Holistic reading
methods,
such as recorded books,
story writing, choral
reading with books, computer
software, audiovisual materials, projects
and games |
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ANALYTIC
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Students with this
strength can easily:
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Enjoy/learn best by:
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Learn to read best
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Make decisions based
on
logic/common sense
Plan and organize well
Focus on details and facts
Like a tidy environment |
Information presented
in
sequential steps, with rules
and examples, structure
materials, teacher-directed
lessons, clear goals and
requirements |
Phonics (if
auditory),
programmed materials, puzzles,
some worksheets-reinforced
by strategies appropriate for
global learners |
Thanks: Creative Classroom
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