As teachers, after spending a few hours with your class, it’s easy for you to tell which teaching method works best for your students – whether it’s auditory, kinesthetic, or visual. Perhaps the most difficult students to work with, however, are active (kinesthetic) learners. They’re the ones shaking their legs, tapping their pencils on the desk when everyone's reading and fidgeting. At first, they might appear to be disruptive but the reality is, they simply learn by movement not by sitting. In other words, their body’s need to be in motion in order for them to understand what’s being taught. The good news is that once you find a way to connect with those students, the class will likely be more engaged in the material being presented.
It doesn’t have to be a lot of work on your part to get these students involved. They just need to know that you care and you’re making an effort to include them in the curriculum. So how can you help your kinesthetic learners inside the classroom? Well, let’s find out.
Allows Students to Work In An Alternative Space: When most people think of the word “Education,” they typically envision a classroom environment where students are sitting at a
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So rather than reading off the facts to students and hoping it stays in their head, teachers give students the resources or clues they need and watch them work their magic. Throughout this learning method, of course, mistakes are allowed and even encouraged by students as long as they use it as a learning tool to recognize and address the problem as a group. The result: Students will become better active learners and engage themselves in the material being presented by the instructor. They’ll also develop important workplace skills as they work on becoming more efficient in planning, flexibility, and