January 25, 2018 - 00:42
Multiple modes of learning
Here’s a list drawn from our initial brainstorming, including some ideas that were written on index cards. We can add to this and also circle back to it.
Visual learning: writing reactions and thoughts, notetaking, drawing, using visual art and images
Nonvisual learning: audio transcripts, audio/verbal description of visual images
Social learning: conversation in pairs and small groups
Learning through repetition, reiteration, and practice
Kinetic learning: moving around the room, physical barometer, forming different groups
Hearing all voices in the classroom, balancing speaking and listening, responding directly to others and building on others’ ideas
Providing questions, themes, roadmaps to guide reading
Making space to think, write, and reflect silently
Incorporating class bonding to create a comfortable, safe space
Applied learning: activities that promote processing of material
Interdisciplinary learning: learning through multiple lenses and perspectives
“Rough draft:” thinking out loud, sharing ideas that are not yet fully formed
Learning in the classroom reinforced by learning through experience
Challenging one another gently, with forgiveness; leaving room for mistakes
Continuing to discuss ideas and collaborate with peers outside of class
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Multiple modes of learning-Spatial Learning
Submitted by Jaya (not verified) on March 28, 2018 - 10:16 Permalink
An idea for this list: using movement in geometric forms to facilitate proprioceptive and spatial awareness. For those of us highly non-spatial folks, this can be helpful, e.g. sitting or standing inside a giant cube; building a tetrahedron with sticks; moving (whole body movement or just a hand or a toe or an eyeball) in set patterns, such as circles, ovals, figure 8s, etc; and, making shapes with our bodies or body parts. This can help some of us understand geometric concepts more clearly and relate the concepts to our own bodies and to everyday life.