Notices by JamesLaPlaine (jameslaplaine@hachyderm.io)

@inthehands Visual thinking is not about how one sees, it is how they perceive and process information. Two types: object & spatial.

Object thinkers make rapid associations. Maps, art, and mazes. Grasp how mechanical things work & enjoy figuring them out. Tend to be problem solvers. Spatial thinkers think in patterns and abstractions, they make the trains run.

If we aren’t meeting learners and thinkers with the right education style for them, then they are ill prepared for the workforce too.

@inthehands wonderful thread, thank you.

I recently have been thinking more about verbal, visual, and spatial thinkers. So much of our education system favors the verbal thinker (standardized testing is a great example) that we are excluding whole classes of thinkers from getting the education they need.

Word based thinking is sequential and linear, comprehends things in order, good at understanding general concepts, good sense of time (not always direction). Tend to dominate conversations.