Others claim the VAK model: visual learners have a preference for seeing (think in pictures; visual aids such as overhead slides, diagrams, handouts, etc.)
Auditory learners best learn through listening (lectures, discussions, tapes, etc.) Tactile / kinesthetic learners prefer to learn via experience — moving, touching, and experiencing.
Not exact matches
The
best - known is probably that which divides the population very broadly into three groups: visual
learners,
auditory learners, and kinaesthetic
learners.
The right tutor will adapt lessons to cater to your child's strengths whether he is an
auditory learner (learns
best by listening), visual
learner (learns
best through sight) or a kinesthetic
learner (learns
best through experience).
Auditory learners understand new ideas and concepts
best when they hear the information.
The
auditory learner is said to learn
best by listening.
Audio narrations are ideal for
auditory learners, as
well as those who are visually impaired.
As 65 % of people are thought to be visual
learners and 30 % learn
better through
auditory methods, almost the entire student population is covered by this basic methodology.
If the learning style hypothesis is correct, then, for example, visual
learners should learn
better with the visual method, whereas
auditory learners should learn
better with the
auditory method.
The Big Idea behind learning styles is that kids vary in how they learn: Some learn
best by looking (visual
learners), some by listening (
auditory learners), and some by manipulating things (kinesthetic
learners).
For instance,
auditory learners may do
well with lectures, while kinesthetic
learners would have trouble staying focused.
In other words, if your student is an
auditory learner, their understanding of the material will be reflected
better through an
auditory method.
Auditory learners do
well with verbal explanations and will benefit from repeating what they have heard in their own words.
If you are a visual or
auditory learner, you may find that courses are your
best way to add that skill you are chasing.
Auditory learners learn
best through listening.
Auditory learners tend to be
good communicators.