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For parents and teachers it is important to identify common characteristics of kinesthetic learners, as because of their inability to sit still they are mislabeled as ADD or ADHD. Kinesthetic learners find it very stressful to be seated durning lectures of class work, and will often try to relieve stress by getting out of their seat frequently to sharpen their pencil or use the bathroom. They are often the student who rocks back and forth in his chair, taps her pencil on the desk, or shakes his leg consistently.
Kinesthetic learners tend to like to utilize their gross- and fine- motor skills in activities such as drawing, modeling, athletics and dance and hands-on science projects.
Here is a list of commonalities:
Touching, picking up and handling objects
Shorter attention span
The need to keep moving
Prefer to try things first without instructions
Prefer to show rather than describe
Well coordinated
Crave direct involvement with materials
Use many hand gestures while talking
http://www.cowley.edu/academics/skills/tk.html
http://oct.sfsu.edu/introduction/learningstyles/htmls/ikin.html
http://homeworktips.about.com/od/homeworkhelp/a/tactile.htm
