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Visual-Spatial Learners Alexandra Shires Golon

Visual-Spatial Learners By Alexandra Shires Golon

Visual-Spatial Learners by Alexandra Shires Golon


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Are you looking for ways to differentiate your instruction to meet the needs of gifted visual-spatial learners? The techniques outlined within these pages help all learners succeed-regardless of preferred learning style. Based on the most current understanding of the brain's hemispheric functions, the author provides a number of strategies and les

Visual-Spatial Learners Summary

Visual-Spatial Learners: Understanding the Learning Style Preference of Bright But Disengaged Students by Alexandra Shires Golon

Are you looking for ways to differentiate your instruction to meet the needs of gifted visual-spatial learners? You've found it in Visual-Spatial Learners: Understanding the Learning Style Preference of Bright But Disengaged Students (2nd ed.). Visual-spatial learners are students who show advanced abilities with computers, maps, construction toys, and puzzles. The techniques outlined within these pages help all learners succeed-regardless of preferred learning style. Based on the most current understanding of the brain's hemispheric functions, the author provides a number of strategies and lesson plan ideas to help make your classroom a successful learning environment for all learners. These strategies address preparing students to succeed on timed tests; easing the pain of handwriting; teaching spelling using imagery; incorporating mnemonics, rhyme, and other tricks that engage the right hemisphere of the brain; helping students stay focused and on track; getting-and keeping-students organized; and much more!

Visual-Spatial Learners Reviews

This easy-to-read book includes many examples and strategies based on the most current research regarding the brain's hemispheric functions. The author offers tried and true approaches for preparing students for timed tests, developing handwriting skills, teaching spelling through imagery, helping students improve organizational skills, and much more.,Gifted Child Today, 9/17/17
[The] book explains and defines visual-spatial learners and how their brains work, and offers tons of ideas for ways to differentiate to meet their needs. The author highlights both strengths and weaknesses of the visual-spatial students while also giving us ideas to further their development of skills. ,Joanne Bell,MiddleWeb, 12/20/18

About Alexandra Shires Golon

Alexandra Allie Shires Golon is a Master Teacher at Rocky Mountain School for the Gifted and Creative in Boulder, CO. As a teacher and parent of gifted visual-spatial learners, Golon brings a wealth of experience to her books, Raising Topsy-Turvy Kids: Successfully Parenting Your Visual-Spatial Child and If You Could See the Way I Think: A Handbook for Visual-Spatial Kids.

Table of Contents

Introduction Chapter 1 Learning Styles Differentiation: Auditory-Sequential and Visual-Spatial Chapter 2 Finding the Visual-Spatial Kids in Your Classroom Chapter 3 Are Boys More Visual-Spatial Than Girls?: Why Gender Matters in Every Classroom Chapter 4 Reading Chapter 5 Creative Writing Chapter 6 The Art of Handwriting Versus the Act of Keyboarding Chapter 7 Helping Students Ace Their Spelling Tests Chapter 8 Taking Notes in Pictures Chapter 9 Teaching Math Facts Chapter 10 Social Studies: A Natural Environment for Strategies Friendly to Visual-Spatial Learners Chapter 11 Using Visual-Spatial Strengths to Learn New Material Chapter 12 Organizational Skills Chapter 13 Helping Your Students Stay Focused Chapter 14 The Dreaded Timed Test Chapter 15 Creating a Visual-Spatial Classroom Additional Resources References About the Author

Additional information

NLS9781618216588
9781618216588
1618216589
Visual-Spatial Learners: Understanding the Learning Style Preference of Bright But Disengaged Students by Alexandra Shires Golon
New
Paperback
Prufrock Press
2017-07-01
220
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