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Our educational system often emphasizes the verbal and logical styles of learning as contained in the three R’s (reading, ‘riting and ‘rithmetic). This makes it difficult for individuals with different learning styles to be recognized for their academic achievements, thus possibly leading to disinterested and disillusioned students. Fortunately, you can adapt your teaching style to their learning styles so as to optimize the educational process.

Visual/Spatial
Your students derive optimal benefits from lessons learned through visual stimulation. Colors, pictures, images and maps are great ways to introduce information, strengthen communication, and reinforce lessons. You may also allow them to take down notes, read through instructions, and use highlighters so as to cater to their acute visual sense. Be warned, however, that they are also easily distracted by visual stimuli, so you must try to limit visual distractions.
Auditory/Musical
Your students like to learn with sounds and music, which means that these aspects must virtually always be present in lessons so as to provide more stimuli for learning. As a teacher, you can deliver class lectures, encourage class discussions, and promote listening amongst aural students. Or you may use musical instruments and loudspeaker systems! On the downside, these students are easily distracted by noises coming from outside the classroom. As such, it is important to provide stronger auditory stimuli so as to hold their attention.
Verbal/Linguistic
As this is the type of learning often emphasized in classroom education, students who learn through the verbal style often will encounter little to no difficulty in class. Take note that this learning style involves both the written and spoken word, so that emphasis must be put on reading and writing. In order to promote better learning, you can introduce more linguistic stimuli through tongue twisters, limericks and rhymes. All of these will challenge the student to stretch his/her capabilities.
Physical/Kinesthetic
In this instance, your student will learn more when hands-on activities are included in the lesson plans. Think of it as allowing your students to learn by actually doing the things discussed in the textbooks—getting their hands dirty, so to speak.
You will observe that these kinds of students often engage in sports and exercise, use large hand gestures, and like to tinker with things. No, they are not the type to sit still listening to long lectures!
Logical/Mathematical
Your students love to work with complex numbers and calculations, work through the classroom discussions in a logical manner, and work with patterns, lists, agendas, and rankings. Therefore, it is important that mathematical stimuli be provided even when the problem at hand is on the artistic side.
As a teacher of a student who learns best through the logical learning style, you must also present your information with logical examples and/or mathematical data. This way, you pique the interest of your student even when the subject at hand is related to words.

Of course, you must acknowledge that most students adapt a combination of two or more learning styles. Your role is to determine how to tap into their unique learning styles to determine a plan of action that will maximize their learning potentials. Admittedly, this can be a difficult job, especially when you have many students in your class, but it is possible when you communicate well with your students!

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