Visual or spatial learners like to perceive, analyze, and understand all the visual information in the world around them.
Spatial learners think in pictures rather than in words. They are good at seeing the whole picture right away but tend to miss details.
Visual-spatial learners have vivid imaginations and are fun to have in the classroom because they often come up with unusual or unexpected ways to solve problems
Areas that Visual-Spatial Learners May Struggle in the Classroom are:
- the sequence of steps
- disorganization and lost papers
- spelling and handwriting.
Students who are visual-spatial learners[1]:
- tend to do better with whole-word recognition rather than phonics
- benefit from using manipulatives and story problems in math instead of performing equations
- do better at learning geometry
- enjoy puzzles, mazes, maps, and building blocks
Speaking, writing, reading, and languages are all keys to engaging and teaching the verbal-linguistic learner. If you live in the Queen Creek, Arizona area and want to learn more about how Rockwood Preparatory Academy in Queen Creek, Arizona helps students with divergent learning styles, send an email to marci@rockwoodprep.com
- Safranj J, Zivlak J. Spatial-visual intelligence in teaching students of engineering. Research in Pedagogy. 2018;8(1):71-83. doi:10.17810/2015.72
