Affective Characteristics of Visual Spatial Learners greater awareness of the world around them greater perceptiveness of others/amazing abilities to “read” people heightened sensitivity sensitive to criticism keen sense of justice and fairness noncompliance if things seem unfair highly perfectionistic/refuse to attempt trial and error learning high internal standards and competitiveness intuitive sense a teacher’s anxieties and ambivalent feelings towards them damaged self esteem if learning needs go unmet pay little attention to time excellent sense of humor

Possible Weaknesses of Visual Spatial Learners learning easy material handwriting phonics, spelling, math computation auditory, sequential memory(explaining answers) learning from formulas and steps organization, details memorizing facts / drill word recognition timed tests comprehending a concept if not connected to prior knowledge

One of the main causes of underachievement in gifted children is the mismatch between their learning styles and traditional teaching methods. Many creatively gifted children, highly gifted children, gifted children with learning disabilities, ethnically diverse gifted children are visual-spatial learners. Source: Gifted Development Center, Dr. Linda Kreeger Silverman