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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:
Introduction
Chapter 1 Learning Styles Differentiation: Auditory-Sequential and Visual-Spatial
Chapter 2 Finding the Visual-Spatial Kids in your Classroom
Chapter 3 Are Boys More Visual-Spatial Than Girls? Why Gender Matters in Every Classroom
Chapter 4 Reading
Chapter 5 Creative Writing
Chapter 6 The Art of Handwriting Versus the Act of Keyboarding
Chapter 7 Helping Students Ace Their Spelling Tests
Chapter 8 Taking Notes in Pictures
Chapter 9 Teaching Math Facts
Chapter 10 Social Studies: A Natural Environment for Strategies Friendly to Visual-Spatial Learners
Chapter 11 Using Visual-Spatial Strengths to Learn New Material
Chapter 12 Organisational Skills
Chapter 13 Helping Your Students Stay Focused
Chapter 14 The Dreaded Timed Test
Chapter 15 Creating a Visual-Spatial Classroom
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About The Author
"This easy-to-read book includes many examples and strategies based on the most current research regarding the brain's hemispheric functions. The author offers tried and true approaches for preparing students for timed tests, developing handwriting skills, teaching spelling through imagery, helping students improve organizational skills, and much more."
- Gifted Child Today
"[The] book explains and defines visual-spatial learners and how their brains work, and offers tons of ideas for ways to differentiate to meet their needs. The author highlights both strengths and weaknesses of the visual-spatial students while also giving us ideas to further their development of skills."
- Joanne Bell, MiddleWeb
