Originally Posted by Val
The point of all the research is that there is no such thing as a "visual-spatial" or "kinesthetic" learner (although wiggliness is a normal part of being a kid). People have a right to their preferences, but that doesn't mean that others (schools in this case) should pander to their beliefs, especially if their beliefs have been proven to be false.
Some may say there is visual-spatial ability? IQ subtests measure whether this is a relative strength or relative weakness? Possibly this dissertation from UCONN and this Visual-Spatial website explain better.