Dr Linda Kreger Silverman

WHO ARE THE VISUAL-SPATIAL LEARNERS?
Visual-spatial learners are blessed with phenomenal right hemispheres. They see the big picture, take great intuitive leaps, see in 3 or more dimensions, and reach conclusions all at once—“Aha!” They need time to visualize how the parts are related to a whole. They need to be allowed to reach conclusions their own way. They need more visuals and fewer words. They are our fine artists, designers, poets, empaths, inventors, musicians, architects, pilots, surgeons, mathematicians. While ¾ of gifted children tend to be visual-spatial, traditional teaching is all about left hemispheric, auditory-sequential skills. We need to see these children to reach them.

Linda Kreger Silverman, Ph.D., is a licensed psychologist, founder and director of Gifted Development Center/ISAD in Westminster. She has studied the gifted since 1961 and has contributed over 300 publications. She developed the construct of the visual spatial learner, described in her book, Upside-Down Brilliance.