Special Education
Glossary
Tactile Learners

defined: 

Tactile learners prefer opportunities where they can actually do something physically with the information they are to learn.

Tactile learners experience learning by doing the following type of activities:

  • preparing multimedia projects
  • constructing models
  • art-related activities such as drawing, painting, and sculpting
  • making diagrams, mind maps, webs
  • playing games and simulations
  • role-playing
  • collecting rocks, flags, stamps
  • experiments
  • dance-related activities such as folk dances, singing, rhythmic movements, creative dance
  • note making

(http://www.arnold.ca/skimm/main/items/tactilelearners.html)

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related links

Tactile strategies in reading:
http://www.courses.dsu.edu/learningtools

Tactile Reading Activity Ideas:
http://www.monroe.k12.fl.us/ls/TeacherInnovations/tactileideas.htm

Math tactile Math Learning Center Ideas:
http://www.pittstate.edu/edsc/curin/gir/math.hml

Learning Styles: This chart helps you to analyze the way you handle different tasks in order to discover you modality.
http://www.chaminade.org/inspire/learnstl.htm

Modality Test: This online test will discover your modality.  http://www.couses.dsu.edu/learningtools

 

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