Are You a Kinesthetic Learner?

In the Exchange CD book, Engaging Adult Learners Using Multiple Intelligences: The Toolkit of Adult Education Instructional Strategies, Constant Hine offers this guidance:

"People with strong body/kinesthetic intelligence process information and express themselves through their bodies, muscles, movements, or senses. Their bodies are avenues to learning and understanding any content or subject. These people are sensitive and attentive to environmental comfort such as temperature, lighting, and body comfort; these elements greatly impact their ability to focus and learn.

"If this is one of your strong intelligences, then you teach from your strong intelligence using body/kinesthetic strategies. For example, you are mindful when setting up the learning environment to consider body comfort, making sure there is adequate space for each person at tables, and frequently provide ‘body breaks’ by having people stretch, get up, and do standing group activities, such as discussions and recording on flip charts on the wall, rather than staying seated. You provide ‘toys’ and manipulatives for participants to use independently during your sessions, with the purpose of providing something for them to do with their hands, helping them focus and stay engaged."

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