Different Learning Styles - Visual learning style

Running head: DIFFERENT LEARNING STYLES
DIFFERENT LEARNING STYLES
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1DIFFERENT LEARNING STYLES
Visual learning style:
There are eight types of learning styles mentioned in the Howard Gardner’s Theory of
Multiple Intelligences and visual spatial learning style is one of them. This learning style refers
to the ability of a person in terms of perceiving, analyzing and understanding visual information
available in the world that surrounds them. People who learn with this style of learning style tend
to think visually and are very good at perceiving the “big picture” however sometimes they tend
to ignore the details (Owens et al., 2016). Psychologist Linda Kreger Silverman was the first
person to coin this term; the learners of visual- spatial category learn best when they are taught
through written methods, or any modeled and diagrammed instruction and also through the help
of visual media.
When it comes to learning from auditory- sequential learning like lectures, or recitation,
drill and repetition, these learners tend to perform poorly. This is why people who prefer Visual
learning tend to be poor in handwriting and spellings but they do have a mind for the puzzles,
maps, mazes and more. Learners who have strong visual learning style enjoy some specific
activities in schools like art and craft, geometry, drafting, computer-assisted designs and
computer graphics (Aisami, 2015). Their strong sense of visual spatial intelligence may help the
students to do well in careers like photography, artistry, video related works, construction and
more such. Hence to help such learner to move ahead with their education, pictures, tablet
games, graphics and videos might be an effective way since the traditional educational settings
might not be of much help.