Visual-Spatial Learner

Oh my! Been looking up specifically visual-spatial thinking, and was shocked to find, in the descriptions I was reading, so much of not only my daughter but myself. I got these ‘aha’ moments, these moments of  - ’so that’s what it was all about’, ‘it all comes together now’. 

The Visual-Spatial Learner in School, by Betty Maxwell: http://www.deleonpub.com/pdf/AppendixA.pdf

Checklist by Linda Silverman, from her book “Upside-Down Brilliance: The Visual-Spatial Learner”: http://www.deleonpub.com/pdf/VSL-Quiz.pdf

Love the ending, where it says (Hint: Start with the last chapter.) Finally, someone who understands. 

I’m thinking of buying a copy not only for myself, but for the staff at my daughter’s school as well. But I’m afraid people at her school are going to take it the wrong way. They’re so quick to judge. Just want the people at her school to better understand different learning styles. 

I need to do much more reading from different sources, but I get the impression that there’s at least 2 types of visual learner. In my case, asthma in childhood and frequent ear infections.  Not to mention changing my handedness in childhood because I was afraid to be left-handed and stand out. Think in my case, it’s acquired. Had to rely more on visual thinking and learning.

In my daughter’s case, I think it’s inherited. She and her father can both see objects in their mind’s eye in 3D and from different perspectives. When they call visual-spatial learning ’upside-down brilliance’, or dyslexia a ‘gift’, I believe that’s what they’re referring to.

Here is that checklist: 

Upside-Down Brilliance: The Visual-Spatial Learner 

Please complete the following quiz to find out more about your learning style. 

1.  Do you think mainly in pictures instead of in words?
 
2.  Do you know things without being able to explain how or why?
 
3.  Do you solve problems in unusual ways?
 
4.  Do you have a vivid imagination?
 
5.  Do you remember what you see and forget what you hear?
 
6.  Are you terrible at spelling?
 
7.  Can you visualize objects from different perspectives?
 
8.  Are you organizationally impaired?
 
9.  Do you often lose track of time?
 
10.  Would you rather read a map than follow verbal directions?
 
11.  Do you remember how to get to places you visited only once?
 
12.  Is your handwriting slow and difficult for others to read?
 
13.  Can you feel what others are feeling?
 
14.  Are you musically, artistically, or mechanically inclined?
 
15.  Do you know more than others think you know?
 
16.  Do you hate speaking in front of a group?
 
17.  Did you feel smarter as you got older?
 
18.  Are you addicted to your computer?
 

If you answered yes to 10 of the above questions, you are very likely to be a visual-spatial learner.  

This book was written for you!

(Hint: Start with the last chapter.)

From Silverman, L. K. (2002).Upside-Down Brilliance: The Visual-Spatial Learner. Denver: DeLeon Publishing.