A Physically Active Role

These are our hands-on learners who lean best by pulling up their sleeves and "giving it a go". They learn best by doing, asking questions later.

They are called the active or tactile learners.

For these learners, it is not just about the touch and feel, they tend to use all, if not most of their senses.

These are the "can't sit still" learners. They struggle in the traditional classrooms and yearn for active engagement, performing best in learning activities such as sports and, home economics, lab experiments, crafts and the arts.

How Would You Answer These Questions?

I want to learn to do something new on a computer. I would:

• - follow the diagrams in a book.
• - start using it and learn by trial and error.
• - talk with people who know about the program.
• - read the written instructions that came with the program.

I want to assemble a wooden table that came in parts (kitset). I would learn best from:

• - watching a video of a person assembling a similar table.
• - written instructions that came with the parts for the table.
• - diagrams showing each stage of the assembly.
• - advice from someone who has done it before.