Linda Silverman
Founder of the Visual-Spatial Resource & Author of Upside-Down Brilliance
Betty Maxwell
Director of the
Visual-Spatial Resource
Visual, not Auditory
They remember what they see and forget what they hear.
Spatial, not Sequential
What steps?
Holistic, not Detail-Oriented
Give me the BIG PICTURE !
Focused on Ideas, not Format
Who needs punctuation?
Pattern-Seeking
Patterns, patterns everywhere --- obvious to everyone after a spatial sees them.
Divergent, not Convergent
Trail blazing is the name of the game. How many things can a paper clip do ?
Sensitive and I n t e n s e
Feelings rule! I can’t possibly do that now!
Asynchronous in Development Mountain/valley profiles of strengths and weaknesses
Visual-spatial learners think in pictures rather than in words. They learn better visually than auditorally. They learn all-at-once, and when the light bulb goes on, the learning is permanent.
They do not learn from repetition and drill. They are whole-to-part learners who need to see the Big Picture first before they learn the details.
They are non-sequential, which means they do not learn in the step-by-step manner in which most teachers teach. They arrive at correct solutions without taking steps, so "show your work" may be impossible for them.
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