Tactile Learners Created by Nichole Atkins Problems that

Tactile Learners Created by: Nichole Atkins

Problems that Tactile Learners can Experience in a Classroom • These students are often easily distracted. • These students can become frustrated with auditory teaching strategies. • These students are unable to reach their full learning potential when required to learn in a primarily auditory or visual learning environment.

Characteristics of Tactile Learners • The tactile learner will learn most effectively when the learning process activates the sense of touch. • Has a preference for touching, and/or building. • Memory is stimulated by feeling objects. • Facts, impressions, and concepts are learned and remembered because the brain and senses can associate the new learning with something experienced and this 'feels' right.

Learning Strategies for Tactile Learners: • • • working in a standing position the activity of highlighting while reading, using bright colors decorating work space with visual stimuli such as posters listening to music while studying frequent study breaks to briefly move around drawing or doodling while taking notes in class

Opportunities for Tactile Learners • Car Tracks – Holding the car and moving along the paths engages the child in the learning process. – Available for Reading and Math. http: //www. rub-adub. com/tracks. htm

Opportunities for Tactile Learners: • Tactile strategies in reading: http: //www. courses. dsu. edu/learningtools • Tactile Reading Activity Ideas: http: //www. monroe. k 12. fl. us/ls/Teacher. Innovations/tactileidea s. htm • Math tactile Math Learning Center Ideas: http: //www. pittstate. edu/edsc/curin/gir/math. hml

Opportunities for Tactile Learners: • • use calculators and computers participate in labs and activities use manipulatives and 3 -D objects to learn concepts visit places that you're studying about in your courses experiments collecting rocks, flags and stamps playing games and simulations

Opportunities for Tactile Learners: • • • preparing multimedia projects constructing models art-related activities such as drawing, painting, and sculpting making diagrams, mind maps, webs role-play subject matter build models rather than give oral or written presentations.

Discovering Learning Styles • Learning Styles: This chart helps you to analyze the way you handle different tasks in order to discover you modality. http: //www. chaminade. org/inspire/learnstl. htm • Modality Test: This online test will discover your modality. http: //www. couses. dsu. edu/learningtools