Psychology Exercise 3 Kinesthetic PDF

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For Dr. Neal's class, assignment on Kinesthetic Learning...

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Running head: KINESTHETIC LEARNING

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Kinesthetic Learning and Reflection The Kinesthetic learning style is characterized by its physical necessities when understanding a particular subject. This learning style requires learning by physical action or a direct experience instead of verbally hearing the information or visual reading or writing the material. These types of learners require something such as a physical experience or a relatable example to correlate the desired material to. This is to promote memorization and mastery of the desired concepts. Kinesthetic Learners such as myself use all of the four senses, sight, touch, taste, and smell. This explains why I understand and best respond to hands-on experiences such as field trips or experiments that create memories that I can associate to the material. Trial and error experiences are also extremely helpful for me. Kinesthetic learning is closely related to Benjamin Blooms Taxonony of learning due to its domains that reinforce higher forms of thinking in education by using senses such as mental, physical and emotional senses to learn and understand instead of just memorizing basic information and facts (Clark, 2013; Mojk, 2010). Individuals who are kinesthetic learners are prone to disorganized note taking due to not being able to have concrete or relevant understanding of a topic. In classroom settings where instructors provide materials aurally or visually I like to have and use plenty of examples, illustrations, or photographs used in the lectures to reference back to. For optimal studying and memorization of materials, it is also important for study materials to be consolidated and have them formatted so that they are organized and simple and filled with things to best recall the information. Preparing practice tests and answers are a great method and practical way of studying for kinesthetic learning that I plan on adding to my study routine throughout school.

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Clark, D. (2013, May 01). Bloom's taxonomy of learning domains. Retrieved from http://www.nwlink.com/~donclark/hrd/bloom.html Mojk, D. (2010, January 10). Teaching symmetry using kynesthetic learning. Retrieved from http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/mineralogy/xtlsymmetry/kinesthetics.html...