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Timothy Gangwer's Blog – November 2010 Archive (7)

Still Images Plus Audio Can Be More Effective Than Online Video

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Added by Timothy Gangwer on November 30, 2010 at 12:18am — No Comments

Multiple Intelligences: The Visual/Spatial Learner

What are multiple intelligences?

In the 1980’s, Howard Gardner went on a quest of sorts to answer his question” Is intelligence a single thing or various independent intellectual faculties?”(Gilman) While working with adult stroke victims and children as part of Harvard’s Project Zero he… Continue

Added by Timothy Gangwer on November 22, 2010 at 11:39pm — No Comments

Visual Discrimination

Visual discrimination involves the ability to perceive words accurately by noting likenesses and differences in words. There are several ways in which readers, especially beginning readers,…

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Added by Timothy Gangwer on November 18, 2010 at 11:03am — No Comments

Picture Analysis/Decoding Skills

Picture Analysis…

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Added by Timothy Gangwer on November 15, 2010 at 3:26pm — No Comments

Music Training for Dyslexic Children

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Added by Timothy Gangwer on November 4, 2010 at 11:39am — No Comments

Thinking In Pictures

I THINK IN PICTURES. Words are like a second language to me. I translate both spoken and written words into full-color movies, complete with sound, which run like a VCR tape in my head. When somebody speaks to me, his words are instantly translated into pictures. Language-based thinkers often find this phenomenon difficult to understand, but in my job as an equipment designer for the livestock… Continue

Added by Timothy Gangwer on November 3, 2010 at 1:17pm — No Comments