Sequential vs. Visual Spatial
Is it possible to be both?
http://www.gifteddevelopment.com/Visual ... er/vsl.htm
So now I'm going to list the various skills of both and bold those that fit me.
This applies to kids in school but we were all kids once.
AUDITORY-SEQUENTIAL
Thinks primarily in words
Has auditory strengths
Relates well to time
Is a step-by-step learner
Learns by trial and error
Progresses sequentially from easy to difficult material
Is an analytical thinker
Attends well to details
Follows oral directions well
Does well at arithmetic
Learns phonics easily
Can sound out spelling words
Can write quickly and neatly
Is well-organized
Can show steps of work easily
Excels at rote memorization
Has good auditory short-term memory
May need some repetition to reinforce learning
Learns well from instruction
Learns in spite of emotional reactions
Is comfortable with one right answer
Develops fairly evenly
Usually maintains high grades
Enjoys algebra and chemistry
Learns languages in class
Is academically talented
Is an early bloomer
VISUAL-SPATIAL
Thinks primarily in pictures
Has visual strengths
Relates well to space
Is a whole-part learner
Learns concepts all at once
Learns complex concepts easily; struggles with easy skills
Is a good synthesizer
Sees the big picture; may miss details
Reads maps well
Is better at math reasoning than computation
Learns whole words easily
Must visualize words to spell them
Prefers keyboarding to writing
Creates unique methods of organization
Arrives at correct solutions intuitively
Learns best by seeing relationships
Has good long-term visual memory
Learns concepts permanently; is turned off by drill and repetition
Develops own methods of problem solving
Is very sensitive to teachers’ attitudes
Generates unusual solutions to problems
Develops quite asynchronously
May have very uneven grades
Enjoys geometry and physics
Masters other languages through immersion
Is creatively, mechanically, emotionally, or technologically gifted
Is a late bloomer
No wonder I feel so screwy all the time. I don't even know if I'm more right or left brained.
I'm interested to see what other peoples results look like. From memory I think I remember some people here being really good at learning difficult concepts but not easy. Or learning something once and not needing to go back and memorise it. And that might explain why some people with AS have a better long term memory than me. I can only be an expert at my special interest depending on how much time I spend on it but I know others with AS that have such a detailed memory for many interests.
Oh and I hardly doubt I am gifted. It's a bit depressing reading about parents talking about their gifted kids. I'm so very developmentally delayed. It only took a few years than what's average to speak but my other self help skills lacked behind for many years.
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Last edited by pensieve on 21 Nov 2010, 1:40 am, edited 1 time in total.
I see a lot of those traits in me, but I see more visual-spatial aspects in myself than auditory aspects. Oh, and I'm in the same boat; I'm not sure if I'm gifted, either.
^^ It's possible to have both right and left-brained aspects to yourself; it means you have a balance between both sides of your brain.
Balance? That could make sense. I'm both disorganised and organised. If my living area gets out of control messy I can clean it up as long as I give myself a precise time. I'm both artistic and logical. But I have poor judgement in space. I wonder if I can use the same hemispheres at the same time? That's something to look into.
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Interesting. Seems like a lot are whole-part learners rather than step by step learners like me. I always wondered why my memory wasn't as detailed as others with AS.
But where are all the attention to detail people?
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Sensory overload is what the autism spectrum is all about, yes? Well to deal with that it makes sense that those on the spectrum would have to get good at independently building intuition. Intuition is considered right brained and would explain why that type of thinking is more prevalent in this community. Correct me if I'm wrong
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