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Have you ever looked around your classroom and thought, “Hey, look, a bunch of not-robot humans!" [Kid pointing]

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Okay, so maybe not.

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But maybe you have noticed that everyone learns in their own, individual, not-robotic way. [Kid balancing upside down reading a book]

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Some kids enjoy reading books while some prefer watching movies … especially if there's popcorn. [Guy watching TV on the couch]

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But, either way – no robots. [Robot vacuum]

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What you’re observing here is “learning styles,” aka, "the different ways that different people learn". [Coop pointing at a blackboard]

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Just like with hairstyles, everyone has at least one.

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Though some people might have several… [Guy with purple hair]

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…like whatever's going on on that guy's head… [Rebel is written into the back of his hair]

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In general, there are thought to be three learning styles. These are…

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… kinesthetic… which is a fancy word for something that has to do with physical movement…

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… auditory… meaning related to hearing… [Examples of different learning styles are shown]

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… and visual… meaning related to sight…

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Let’s check out each style.

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Kinesthetic learners are thought to be the most physical and active learners. [Dino pointing at a blackboard]

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They learn primarily by doing things.

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They often need to move around and complete hands-on tasks to fully learn something. [Guy holding a test tube that explodes]

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Still love playing with your Legos? You might be a kinesthetic learner.

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And, hey, we don’t blame you. That’s one fun toy. [Adult sat playing with legos]

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Auditory learners learn best through hearing or speaking words. It’s important for auditory [Coop pointing at a blackboard]

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learners to hear things to remember them.

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They might also rely more on words than pictures when viewing a text.

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So as much as your teacher might want to tell you off for talking too much in class… [Angry teacher walks over to two kids talking in class]

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That might just be how you learn.

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Let us know if that excuse works on her.

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Finally, there’s visual learners. Visual learners have to see something to understand it.

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They understand best when information is conveyed in pictures, diagrams and graphics.

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Yes, these are those movie people we were talking about earlier. Lucky for them, lots [Two people sat in a cinema]

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of popular novels have movie adaptations.

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Unlucky for them… you still have to read the book.

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Right now, as you’re watching this video, you’re actually engaged in two styles of [Kid looks annoyed at having to read the book]

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learning: visual and auditory. If you were to act out the different styles of learning

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while watching this video, that would be kinesthetic. [Kid copying a woman in a video]

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And also a little weird… just saying. [Other kid looks confused]

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Of course, if after doing, listening, or watching, you’re still having trouble learning something,

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there’s always the option of learning through your sense of taste. [Guy picks up a piece of popcorn from the floor and eats it]

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Good luck with that one.

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