In this book, Gardner describes activities such as dancing and performing surgeries as requiring great kinesthetic intelligence: using the body to create (or do) something.
Neil Fleming, a New Zealand teacher and educational theorist, designed the VARK model (visual, aural or auditory, read/write and kinesthetic).
They excel in concrete learning such as on-the-job training, work experience, internships, simulations and so forth (Kte'pi, 2016).
Skill memories are difficult to convey except by direct demonstration, may be acquired without awareness, and require several repetitions.
She defined kinesthetic learning as the process that results in new knowledge (or understanding) with the involvement of the learner's body movement.
Kinesthetic learning is at its best, BenZion found, when the learner uses language (their own words) in order to define, explain, resolve and sort out how their body's movement reflects the concept explored.
Perceptual depicts the auditory, visual, tactual and kinesthetic styles whereby learners learn more effectively.
[7] Tactile learning utilizes students' sense of touch to explore and understand their surroundings, emphasizing sensory experiences for cognitive growth, allowing direct interaction and manipulation.
This kind of learning leads to a long-term memory since it is associated with emotions such as excitement, curiosity, anger, disappointment and success.
A ballerina learns a specific set of moves and doesn't stray from the exact routine, which is why it is called a closed skill; there is one option.
Through a strength-based and learner-centered approach, educators should engage kinesthetic students in activities that require movements because they learn by doing.
Activities could include role-plays, drama, dance, races and competitions, field trips and projects.
For example, "game boards such as Tic-Tac-Toe affixed to the classroom floor and hopscotch template painted on the playground tarmac or sidewalks around the school" (p. 32).
[1] Reese & Dunn (2007) in their research of college freshmen learning styles provided recommended that "to ensure success for kinesthetic learners, classes should provide active experiences for planning or carrying out objectives, such as visits, project, role playing, simulations and floor or wall games" (p. 108).
[1] Dena Lister highlights the improvements that were found in classroom performance of sixth-grade learning-support students.
You regularly kick a soccer ball, or toss a baseball, or spin a basketball on your finger while having a conversation.
The basal ganglia, cerebral cortex, and the cerebellum all play equally important roles in the ability to learn new skills and master them.
[4] The basal ganglia receive information from other parts of the brain such as the hippocampus and cortical areas that send messages about the outside world.
The basal ganglia then interpret this information and sends it on a path to the thalamus and the brain stem which both play large factors in physical movement.
Functional and structural studies of the brain have revealed a vast interconnectivity between diverse regions of the cerebral cortex.
For example, large numbers of axons interconnect the posterior sensory areas serving vision, audition, and touch with anterior motor regions.
However, it is important to remember that unless a person is actively practicing, these parts of the brain won't help them get to their full potential.