Now this is a kid who skipped the whole sounding out and phonics part when he started to read. He just kind of knew how to read out of nowhere at a young age. So why the low visual memory score?
Because the concept of visual-spatial learner confounds a heavy abstract thinking with visual talents or auditory deficits.
From the visual-spatial list, I think most of these don't fit the abstract thinker model I propose (or are too one size fits all to be meaningful):
- Thinks primarily in pictures
- Has visual strengths
- Has good long-term visual memory
- Is a late bloomer
- Is creatively, mechanically, emotionally, or technologically gifted
- Is very sensitive to teachers’ attitudes
- Must visualize words to spell them
- Reads maps well
- Relates well to space
- Creates unique methods of organization
- Enjoys geometry and physics
