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.
  • 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.
  • Digital Storytelling

    • The various aspects of digital storytelling, such as pictures, music, and narration, reinforce ideas and appeal to different learning types.
    • In primary school education, for example, subtitles in visual narration can help build vocabulary.
    • In middle or high school, visual narration can help students understand abstract concepts.
    • In creating digital stories, moreover, students learn an array of technical tools and skills that can help increase digital literacy.
    • Therefore, digital storytelling is a way to teach the student vital skills such as information literacy, visual literacy, global awareness, communication, and technology literacy.
  • Cooperative Learning Benefits in Mrs. Solomon's Classroom

    • Cooperative learning also helps reduce classroom disruptions because students are allowed to socialize during the learning process.
    • Cooperative learning helps students learn language better than the drill and practice of traditional language training.
    • Cooperative learning also accommodates learning style differences among students because they are utilizing each of the three main learning styles: kinesthetic, auditory and visual.
    • Material presented by the instructor is both auditory and visual, and students working together use kinesthetic abilities by working with hands-on activities.
    • Discussing issues within the groups further enhances verbal skills, and class presentation of group findings helps to reinforce visual and auditory skills (Midkiff & Thomasson, 1993).
  • 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.
  • 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]. "
  • Role of the Teacher in Resource-Based Learning

    • The teaching of facts is replaced by teaching students how to learn.
    • In the Civil War resource-based learning example, Mr.
    • A student interested in visual arts might have chosen to design a timeline of the major Civil War battles; those interested in personal reaction might have selected primary resources such as the journals of soldiers, statesmen, or private citizens.
    • Teachers must ask the right questions and offer enough help so that students progress in their learning.
    • Media specialists and teachers now facilitate learning rather than dispense content through worksheets and textbooks.
  • A Theory of Learning to Read

    • Therefore, individualizing learning for slow progressing students is essential.
    • In addition, Clay (2001) sees the act of learning to read as involving change over time.
    • Learning in one aspect of literacy supports learning in the other.
    • visual cues (understanding and applying text layout, directionality, and as letter/sound correspondence).
    • Such readers and writers learn more about both processes each time they participate in reading and writing tasks.
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