Talk:Kinesthetic learning

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Experience
the first section of the definition for Kinaesthetic is true because i am a kinaesthetic learner all these traits on characteristics describe what i like to do and traits that i have for example i lesson to music wile i work on homework or read and i pay attention alot more than i do without it i also have been getting better grades by doing work wile lessoning to music ever since i started and when i was in elementary i would be the loudest kid in there and would get in trouble alot for not staying still and not being quit and be sent to the principals office for doing these things i am also very good at art and sports i parkour a lot and very skilled in it I have very quick reactions to whats coming at and spot what i need to do next to over come it.I realy like to work wile doing something not just setting and writing essays about things, only when i need to do i write there are many things that i can connect to from this information i learned from this but i just listed the ones that came to mind.

Delete
This article should be deleted along with visual and auditory learning, or perhaps changed to redirection pages to VAK. I don't suppose there's much research on any of these so called modalities apart from each other. Piechjo (talk) 16:33, 18 February 2009 (UTC)

Why was an interesting article just about deleted? I'm putting it back. Pwagle (talk) 01:45, 9 November 2011 (UTC)

The reason this should be deleted is that a kinaesthetic learning style doesn't exist. The concept of learning styles has been repeatedly debunked. It's not even controversial. Look up Pashler et al (2008) 'Learning styles: Concepts and evidence'; Kirschner (2017) 'Stop propagating the learning styles myth', or the work of Daniel Willingham, or simply visit Google Scholar (particularly more recent articles). You can't learn poetry through dance, and just because some people prefer or are are better at movement skills, this doesn't mean that this is their 'learning style'. It's like saying that because you prefer to eat noodles with a spoon rather than a fork, you are 'spoon brained' i.e. it's arbitrary nonsense. There is no sound evidence to classify people into these 3 (or 4) groups, or that doing so would make any difference to how well they learn. Wikipedia should only have articles on things that actually exist. A far as encyclopaedia knowledge is concerned, an article on "learning styles myth" would cover it. Neezes (talk) 16:53, 21 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Please propose for delete if you think it appropriate. However, I would suggest it better to keep the article and include information that 'debunks' the concept. Jonpatterns (talk) 16:43, 21 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Thanks - I basically agree, but the scientific evidence is already on the page Learning_styles and there's no obvious reason to have three or more separate pages debunking the different aspects of this theory, pages which will inevitably end up out of sync and thereby cause confusion Neezes (talk) 18:25, 8 October 2018 (UTC)
 * In that case it sounds like the WP:Merge processes could be an option. Jonpatterns (talk) 11:46, 9 October 2018 (UTC)

Spelling
It is spelt Kinaesthetic (with an A)- though I disagree with the above comment. This page should not be deleted, audio, visual and kinaesthetic are all relevant learning styles and refered to frequently in current teaching practise. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 131.217.6.9 (talk) 01:42, 13 March 2009 (UTC)

It can be spelled either way I think you will find. What I do object to is the complete acceptance by many in the teaching profession that this simplistic way of looking at learning is an acceptable one.. Vygotsky and Piaget would turn in their graves! These dimensions of learning are important as we develop as humans, but we now have primary children walking round school with 'I am a visual learner' stuck to their jumper and secondary children professing they cannot do activity sheets as they are 'a kinaesthetic learner'! These ideas are highly contested and you should read further e.g. The Newcastle University paper "Should We Be Using Learning Styles" by Frank Coffield, David Moseley, Elaine Hall and Kathryn Ecclestone can be downloaded at http://www.lsda.org.uk/files/PDF/1540.pdf. or An interim report on Pat Bricheno's research at the University of Cambridge is available at http://www-rba.educ.cam.ac.uk/Paper%20PB.pdf.

Quality
I looked up Kinaesthetic learning, after hearing it from a student interested in tutoring. So it certainly merits an entry. On the other hand, the present article is shoddy. The one citation isn't even an accurate representation of the cited material: "There is no evidence of the efficacy of kinesthetic learning [1]." The article gives evidence for and against the use of kinesthetic teaching techniques, and goes on to say that employing kinesthetic teaching techniques improves learning outcomes across the board (rather than for just a defined set of 'kinesthetic learners'), which both sides of the debate agree on. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.188.23.17 (talk) 00:43, 11 April 2009 (UTC)

Simultaneous brain 'actions'
Isn't it sort of sketchy to say "they concentrate on two things at once", since there is no proof that the brain can even do that? I read before that it is believed that the human brain can shift between two things fast, but not actually do things at the (exactly) same time... - Julix —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.232.156.146 (talk) 23:02, 28 June 2010 (UTC)

Search visibility
Somehow this page doesn't come up when the term Kinesthetic learning is put into a category tag on the Alexander technique page. (I'm spelling it the same as the article heading title is spelled.) What's up with that? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.91.105.73 (talk) 09:46, 21 September 2011 (UTC)

Class project
I'm a student working on a project for one of my classes. We are looking to edit this article some and add some references to how kinesthetic learns may behave. We are also debating on strengthening some areas with some of our research. Any thoughts on what else needs to be edited? Craig.Murphy392 (talk) 02:56, 29 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Hi, and welcome! Just some general remarks about your editing project. If you are all new as Wikipedia editors, it's good to start with relatively small edits and learn from what happens with them (are they kept or challenged?) so you know a bit about how wikipedia works before you add your major edits. Also, I am doubtful about your ideas to strengthen some areas with your own research. We prefer secondary sources and the risk with your own research is that you are not neutral and the research gets undue weight. But apart from that, please be bold and have a good editing experience!  Lova Falk     talk   17:47, 8 December 2012 (UTC)

Uncited garble
Characteristics section reads like a horoscope. I suppose that's the nature of this field - lack of rigor. 129.79.163.6 (talk) 00:40, 16 June 2014 (UTC)
 * As these sections are unsourced and or weakly sourced they should be removed
 * History
 * Kinesthetic Memory
 * Management Strategies
 * Unconventional2 (talk) 18:03, 30 August 2016 (UTC)

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Experiential learning vs Kinesthetic learning
Are Experiential learning and Kinesthetic learning the same thing by different names? If not maybe the difference should be explained in the article, if so the articles should be merge? Jonpatterns (talk) 16:36, 21 September 2018 (UTC)
 * No, they're definitely not the same thing. There can and often is overlap between the two ways of describing a particular learning situation or experience but you can absolutely have one occur without the other.  ElKevbo (talk) 16:51, 21 September 2018 (UTC)
 * What are the differences? Jonpatterns (talk) 18:51, 21 September 2018 (UTC)
 * As I understand them, kinesthetic solely focuses on physical movement. Experiential is much broader and may not have any specific focus on physical movement. ElKevbo (talk) 19:24, 21 September 2018 (UTC)