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Otto, Herbert A. – Elementary School Guidance and Counseling, 1979
Offers four action-oriented concepts a counselor needs to understand to be effective in fostering development of human potential within the school system. Priorities offered for elementary grades include kinesthetic-oriented learning, an emphasis on fostering curiosity and creativity, and the holistic approach to learning. (Author/BEF)
Descriptors: Children, Counselors, Elementary Education, Human Development
Watt, Letty – School Library Media Activities Monthly, 1993
Describes visual, auditory, and kinesthetic learning modes and suggests children's literature that corresponds with each mode. Characteristics of students who prefer one of the three modes are given, and examples of children's literature appropriate to each group are provided. (KRN)
Descriptors: Aural Learning, Childrens Literature, Elementary Education, Kinesthetic Perception
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Derevensky, Jeffrey L. – Journal of Reading Behavior, 1978
Integrates research findings on modal preferences to attempt to arrive at some reasonably sound principles through a systematic synthesis of the literature and to suggest some areas in need of further research. (HOD)
Descriptors: Auditory Perception, Cognitive Processes, Elementary Education, Kinesthetic Perception
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Wagener, Elaine H. – Language Arts, 1976
The limitation of stimuli which occurs in visually impaired children can be partially ameliorated by strengthening other sense modalities. (JH)
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Elementary Education, Kinesthetic Perception, Learning Modalities
Bonner, Mary; And Others – 1981
The purposes of this study were to determine the modality strengths of each child in grades 1 to 5 at Butcher Children's School, Emporia, Kansas, and to ascertain whether modality can be linked to grade level, to reading achievement, or to sex. For identifying modality strength, the Swassing-Barbe Modality Index (SBMI), a matching-to-sample task,…
Descriptors: Auditory Perception, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Instructional Program Divisions
Barbe, Walter B.; Milone, Michael N., Jr. – Instructor, 1980
This article explains to teachers how they can identify their personal modality strength (auditory, visual, or kinesthetic) and how this orientation affects their classroom style. Techniques are also suggested for providing reading help to auditory, visual, and kinesthetic learners. (SJL)
Descriptors: Aural Learning, Check Lists, Classroom Environment, Elementary Education
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Miller, Beth Ann – General Music Today, 2002
Focuses on the use of different learning modalities in elementary music classes. Describes four learning modalities (aural, kinesthetic, tactile, and visual) and discusses how these modalities can aid in children's conceptual understanding. Discusses the benefits of this approach and includes a lesson plan using the learning modalities. (CMK)
Descriptors: Aural Learning, Educational Benefits, Educational Strategies, Elementary Education
Oklahoma State Dept. of Education, Oklahoma City. – 1983
This guidebook is based on research on the human brain and the way it processes information. It is noted that research on the learning process has studied the differing functions of the left and right hemispheres of the brain. This research supports the theory that students are inclined to learn through different modalities (tactual/kinesthetic,…
Descriptors: Aural Learning, Cerebral Dominance, Class Organization, Cognitive Style
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Gregg, Madeleine – Journal of Geography, 1997
Outlines a variety of activities using each of Howard Gardner's Multiple Intelligences to teach map reading skills. The Multiple Intelligences are logical/mathematical, linguistic, musical, bodily/kinesthetic, interpersonal, and intrapersonal. Includes multiple activities for teaching six key ideas and four skills. (MJP)
Descriptors: Cartography, Cognitive Style, Elementary Education, Geography