I find myself keep re-reading Linda Silverman's book, Upside Down Brilliance: the visual-spatial learner. I recommend it. About 80% of what we process is due to our visual systems. So you're dd sounds like a vsl if she's sucking in whole words from sight, mazes, and other stuff she's doing.
Many vsls lag behind with handwriting and attention. Many vsls do not perform well under timed or standardized tests or when they're not in control. Let them have control and watch the learning take off, however. It's like they want to decide how much pressure to put themselves under and not others. Then again, these kids are often intrinsically motivated so that would make sense.
I'd just like to stipulate that there are probably subtypes and degrees for vsl behavior/thinking, etc. and that your dd may be very abstract or non-sequential in some areas and not in other areas. And that's normal. Some people prefer learning in an orderly fashion; others prefer taking in learning in different ways.
IT computer geeks tend to think in more linear, orderly ways than others like artists who are more abstract and chaotic with their thinking. So people can handle worksheets and that structure; others throw a revolt with it.
