Kinesthetic learners
- 1. KINESTHETIC LEARNERSMadalina PireaDúnia PérezAsenat Baena
- 2. DEFINITIONKinesthetic learners are those who learn better if they can involve the movement of their bodies during the study. These people are called commonly “hands-on learners” or “doers”. If you are a kinesthetic learner you should be more comfortable if you are doing physically activities instead of sitting and listening instructions.
- 3. CHARACTERISTICSThe kinesthetic people like to be prepared for exams, and there is no better way to do it than making a short summary of the class notes.
- 4. CHARACTERISTICSWriting what you want to remember is a good alternative to increase the kinesthetic’s memory.
- 5. CHARACTERISTICSOne characteristic of the kinesthetics is that they are always moving about or doing things, hence they prefer a game with movements rather one without it. CHARACTERISTICSThey are kind of hyperactive so they enjoy physical activities or sports, they have an innate dedication to physical exercises. CHARACTERISTICSSome kinesthetic people use to write things over and over in order to memorize it, because if they don’t write the things many times they can forget it.
- 6. CHARACTERISTICSThe majority of kinesthetic learners use to doodle or draw on any available paper because it helps them to concentrate better. And also they feel more comfortable if they are doing something with their hands.
- 7. CHARACTERISTICSSome hands-on learners love touching things with their hands. This make them feel more confident about their own knowledge of the real things.
- 8. CHARACTERISTICSThey enjoy doing things with his hands. It means that this type of people is attracted to do activities such as painting, sculpture, cook…
- 9. CHARACTERISTICSKinesthetic people enjoy dancing a song that they like because they can feel the rhythm of the music in their bodies. That is the reason why they start automatically to dance.
- 10. CHARACTERISTICSKinesthetic learners enjoy planning their activities every week by making a list. As a consequence they become more organized and also they can remember perfectly what they have to do at every hour of the day.