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Conference moira::parenting

Title:	Parenting
Notice:	Previous PARENTING version at MOIRA::PARENTING_V3
Moderator:	GEMEVN::FAIMANY

Created:	Thu Apr 09 1992
Last Modified:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	1292
Total number of notes:	34837

42.0. "Non-verbal Learning Style" by POWDML::SATOW () Wed Apr 15 1992 17:51

This is sort of a follow on to a note in V3 about learning styles.  

We had some testing done on our son (actually an IQ test), and the results
were that his "performance IQ" was much higher than his "verbal IQ," almost
to the point that it was statistically significant.  So it's clear that he
learns better in non-verbal ways.

Does anybody know of sources (books, experts, etc.) on good techniques for
non-verbal learners that we as parents can use to augment instruction they
receive in school?

The person who did the testing (she is associated with the school, but we
paid her to do it privately) said that unfortunately, elementary school
instruction in particular is primarily language based which isn't the best
technique for non-verbal learners.

To be clear, the verbal skills are weak only by comparison to the non-
verbal.  In fact, the verbal skills are stronger than most kids his age. 
What happens is that the non-verbal part of him is underutilized and
unchallenged; this results in frustration, boredom, sloppiness, and
carelessness. 

Clay

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
42.1	Any response	SMEGIT::MURPHY	Sue Murphy MKO2-2/D14 dtn:264-0723	`Tue Oct 20 1992 16:30`	2
	Did you receive any responses to your note that you can share at this time? Am interested in the same sort of thing.
42.2		POWDML::PCLX31::Satow	GAVEL::SATOW, @MSO	`Wed Oct 21 1992 17:45`	10
	Nope, no responses. We did have a conference with the teacher, and she did note that there were several teaching materials that they do use that teach material nonverbally. But that was last year, and we haven't had a conference with the teacher this year yet. I have had some success in math, when Gary was having trouble borrowing from zero, in using pictures instead of numbers to demonstrate. Clay
42.3		POWDML::64644::Satow	GAVEL::SATOW, @MSO	`Tue Oct 27 1992 09:05`	31
	[ Mail message posted with permission of the author (Lucy Patton); when I extracted, the mail header was stripped.] Clay, I had a nice reply all typed up for the Parenting conference and lost my link...grrr...so here it is in Mail. I was thinking over the weekend about this (I missed your original basenote and just came across this at the end of last week). I was wondering if you had looked into the Montessori materials and methods? Not to come across as a real zealot or anything, but I have been very impressed with how the teachers introduce new work silently, so that children don't rely on the spoken word. The materials are designed to be used non-verbally, as well. (In math, I'm thinking of the monomial, binomial and trinomial cubes, which at their most advanced level of abstract understanding, teach algebraic relationships. There are a lot of materials like this.) The curriculum goes through the eighth grade, I believe. I have some references for published work on Montessori teaching, but nothing in my own library that would be very helpful. Let me know if you want the references, anyway. Also, there is a national association that could point you to people and materials, if you were interested. This is an interesting subject. I bet a lot of kids are non-verbal learners. Lucy