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best by doing, moving, or engaging in activities that require
interaction with others. If you are a kinesthetic learner, the
following strategieswill help develop your reading and writing
skills:
. Draw, underline, or highlight in your book while reading.
Then, make graphs,diagrams,and conceptmaps to help you
understand the material.
. Look for active ways to engageyour ideas.For instance,
you may want to post parts of your essayon the walls of
your room and walk around as you read them. Seeing
them on the wall and moving around the room may help
you to identifr new ideasor ways to improve your work.
Additionally, you may even use markers of various colors
to make notes on your draft that will help you activate
your visual system.
. Break writing tasks down into manageabletime blocks.
Doing so will keep you focusedon the task at hand. You
may want to vary between writing and researchingand
talking with someoneabout your paper.
. Read and write to instrumental background music (music
with no words). The sensorystimulation of listeningto
music may Ieaveyour mind more open to learning.

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