visual learning

(noun)

Visual learning is a learning style in which ideas, concepts, data and other information are associated with images and techniques.

Related Terms

  • method
  • auditory learning
  • teaching strategy
  • learning style
  • kinesthetic learning

Examples of visual learning in the following topics:

  • Effective Teaching Strategies

    • One conceptualization of different styles of learning identifies three main modalities: visual learning, auditory learning, and kinesthetic learning.
    • Visual learning is a learning style in which ideas, concepts, data and other information are associated with images and techniques.
    • Graphic organizers are visual representations of knowledge, concepts, thoughts, or ideas.
    • Lecturing is often accompanied by visual aids to help students visualize an object or problem.
    • A demonstration may be used to prove a fact through a combination of visual evidence and associated reasoning.
  • Learning Styles

    • The four most common learning styles are visual, aural, reading/writing, and kinesthetic/tactile.
    • Visual learners process information most effectively when the information is seen.
    • Most people are classified as visual learners.
    • Jessica is a visual learner.
    • Her suggestions focus on the use of visual aids to increase information processing.
  • Examples of Cognitive Apprenticeship in the Real World

    • One example is from a K-12 setting; another is from an adult learning venue.
    • CoVis is an integrated learning environment of visualization and communication tools.
    • The visualization tools model the processes of non-visible weather phenomena.
    • They must choose appropriate learning media, plan engaging learning activities, assess the learning potential of on-line activities and exercises, and so on.
    • They must choose appropriate learning media, plan engaging learning activities, assess the learning potential of on-line activities and exercises, and so on.
  • Highlighting the Main Points

    • Public speakers can highlight important points using visual cues and textual cues.
    • Some studies estimate that 65% of Americans are primarily visual learners, while 30% work best with auditory learning and 5% thrive with kinesthetic (or hands-on, touch-based) learning.
    • This puts public speakers at a disadvantage, since only 30% of Americans learn best by listening.
    • Fortunately, speakers can use visual cues to make their words "stick. " For examples of visual cues, just look at the page you are reading right now.
    • To combine visual and kinesthetic learning, speakers can poll the audience and ask them to raise their hands and look around the room to see the results.
  • Applications of Psychological Theories to the Life of a Student

    • People also learn in a variety of ways.
    • Styles of learning are generally grouped into three primary categories: visual, auditory, and kinesthetic.
    • Knowing your strongest learning type can help you learn in the most effective way; depending on your learning style, you'll want to tweak your study skills to get the most of your education.
    • Visual learners usually use objects such as flashcards or take and reread lecture notes.
    • Visual learners will highlight important passages in books or draw pictures/diagrams of ideas to help better understand the concepts.
  • What is Pedagogy?

    • Children must also develop metacognition, or the ability to learn how to learn.
    • Learning how to integrate prior knowledge and learning how to learn should be a part of the classroom experience and should be facilitated by the teacher.
    • Some of these ways are inclusive of discovery learning, group learning, hands on learning, distance learning, and independent study.
    • Gagné defined instruction as "the set of planned external events which influence the process of learning and thus promote learning. " According to Gagné, learning occurs in a series of learning events.
    • There are five different learning styles, which can be remembered by the acronym VARK: Visual, or learners who learn by seeing or having something demonstrated; Aural, or learners who learn by hearing; Read/Write, or learners who learn simply by reading material and/or writing about material; Kinesthetic, or learners who learn by physically doing something.
  • Educational Implications for Learning Styles

    • The first step in implementing learning style-based instruction is diagnosing the individual learning styles of each student.
    • A variety of methods exist for testing learning styles in a relatively quick manner.
    • Are most of the students visual learners?
    • These projects would require that students use all learning styles.
    • An example of a complex activity would be a project-based learning project.
  • Visual Demonstrations

    • Before incorporating visual aids into speeches, the speaker should understand that if used incorrectly, the visual will not be an aid, but a distraction.
    • Planning ahead is important when using visual aids.
    • The purpose of the visual aid is to enhance the presentation.
    • For example, in a health class learning about cocaine, the teacher cannot bring in cocaine to show the class because that would be illegal, but the teacher could show a picture of cocaine to the class.
    • List the different ways visual aids add impact to a presentation
  • Visuals

    • Visual aids enable a presenter to focus the audience's attention and to illustrate factors that are hard to conceptualize and visualize.
    • Visual aids are useful when you need to focus the audience's attention, to present key points, and to illustrate factors that are hard to visualize.
    • These all will play a factor in choosing which visual aids you should use.
    • There is no learning curve.
    • Evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of using visual aids in business presentations
  • Creating Learning Objectives

    • A learning objective is a short statement of the goals and objectives that students should know or be able to put into practice after a lesson.
    • A learning objective is a short statement of the goals and objectives that students should know or be able to put into practice after a lesson.
    • Large-scale learning objectives will be articulated in a teacher's curriculum guide, but it is up to each individual teacher to formulate learning objectives for individual lesson plans.
    • In the middle of the twentieth century, a committee chaired by Benjamin Bloom created a well-known taxonomy of learning objectives.
    • The verbs themselves form a series which moves from relatively low-level cognitive processes like "remembering" toward high-level processes like "creating. " A low-order learning objective, then, would be formed by joining a verb associated with "remembering" to the content to be acquired: "identify [VERB] the five major steps of photosynthesis [OBJECT]. " A high-order learning objective, by contrast, would be formed by joining a verb associated with "creating" to the content to be acquired: "generate [VERB] a visual representation of photosynthesis within a plant cell [OBJECT]. "
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