Kinesthetic Learning

Kinesthetic learners are described as best taking in information by interacting with it in hands-on experiences. Your challenge is to take information that is not hands on (e.g. written information in the C105 reference book), reference it to the hands-on experience from the lab, and put it together in a form that you can study from. Here are some examples to help you get on your way:

INTAKE = To take in the information:

• Use all your senses - sight, touch, taste, smell, hearing – in the lab.  Write down in your lab notebook everything that you are experiencing and what caused it.
• Pay attention to real-life examples given in class and in the prelab lectures.
• In your prelab notes, write down the link between the applications and the topic.
• Be an active participant in all hands-on portions of the experiments.
• Use the exhibits, samples, photographs on the web to review the material learned in the lab.
• Make a recipe for solving a problem type using the solutions to in lab quizzes posted online.  Practice the recipe with the sample exam questions.

SWOT - Study without tears = To make a learnable package:

• You will remember the "real" things that happened.  Use this to study the topics.
• Put plenty of examples into your notes.  Use applications to help with principles and abstract concepts.
• Talk about your notes with another "K" person.
• Use pictures and photographs from the webpage that illustrate an idea.
• Go back to the laboratory or your lab manual to study the concepts and topic.
• Recall the experimental procedure and what it corresponded to in the concept.

OUTPUT = To perform well in any test, assignment or examination:

• Practice writing out the answers to the sample exam question.
• Role play the exam situation in your own room.

Modified from http://www.vark-learn.com/english/page.asp?p=helpsheets.