Spatial Intelligence

Spatial Intelligence

Spatial intelligence is where the domain of accurately perceive the visual world lies. Example can be drawn here is the late Steve Job, the creator of Apple. He started by imagining the I-phone in 3D before make it into reality. Students who learn concept by visual it first lies in this domain. In lessons, teacher could teach concepts using 3D pictures or by drawing in the white board to get the message clearer to the learners. Teaching materials such as You Tube, hands on materials such as realia would improve students with spatial intelligences to think and picture it in their brain. Not only that, they can remember it better with the sense of touch, hear, smell and taste of the thing that you want them to know provided using the materials that confirms the senses. They learn by seeing things so listening activities alone without other teaching materials is not an activity that will attract their intention much because to them if there is nothing to see might as they cannot perceive the information accurately.

That is why in teaching, teacher are advised to use as much as necessary teaching materials to enhance not only students learning but teaching skills as well. Activities or assessment that is good to corporate here will be drawing of concept maps with pictures; designing arts (as students can imagine the figurine in their mind well), creating creative products and others. Instead of having usual paper based examination or test, this could be may interesting to try out by asking the students to design poster and presents it though some educationist might challenge the broad ideas of this because of the assessment rubrics of how to assess the test (I need to say more research need to be done in this area and it is not my specialize to say this as well without much grounded information to back on, but nevertheless it could be one of the hypotheses that leads to this).

This could be factors intervene on to why teachers avoid using this concepts to teach. But, yes it will helps students to be more motivated in learning that need they to use their ability. There are some tips to help students with spatial intelligence to maximize their learning for example while taking notes instead of writing the whole sentences, what they can do is just write the key points of the sentence and draw the key points to helps to remind them of the important concepts.

 Moreover, try watching YouTube or any videos that demonstrate the concepts that you find difficulty to understand. Cooperate that with hands on exercises such as create the model of the chemistry and name tag it and put it in your study room. The reason behind this are firstly you imagine how the concept is then you lay down the foundation by making or create the model of the concept yourself and putting it in the place where you often look will increase your memory power more (as they say, the more you look, the more you can remember). For those who has started to searched what they want to do with their future, perhaps the ambitions that spatial intelligence may concern with are detective work (visual look of crime scene and evidence lies), painter (painting the visual look of scenery), actor (since imitation usually learned by watching how the action conducted), art craft (vase or statue that portrays the imagination) and others.