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VAKT (visual, auditory, kinesthetic-tactile) multi-sensory strategy based on the Fernald method

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Description

The article frames its intervention within the VAKT tradition: "This strategy is based on the Vernald method, also known as the visual, auditory, kinesthetic-tactile (VAKT) which refers to learning by using the senses primarily in education and teaching learners with learning difficulties". Hearing, seeing, touching and movement are applied together so learners draw on sensorimotor memories to recognize texts. The article defines the multi-sensory strategy generally as one that "focuses on the use of different senses in teaching processes to resolve educational problems", and cites prior studies reporting its effectiveness for memory, reading and writing difficulties.

Design Implications

Context

Requirements

  • Teaching must simultaneously engage visual, auditory and kinesthetic channels so that learners connect sensorimotor experiences to the text or reading materials

Constraints

  • The article presents the strategy in the context of learners with learning difficulties, particularly primary-school age children who tend to use most of their senses to identify environmental stimuli

Target Learners

  • learners with learning disabilities
  • primary school learners

Learning Goals

  • visual perception
  • decoding and reading skills
  • memory of new skills

Claims

Examples

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Key Sources

  • Alenizi, M.A. (2019). Effectiveness of a Program Based on A Multi-Sensory Strategy in Developing Visual Perception of Primary School Learners with Learning Disabilities: A Contextual Study of Arabic Learners. International Journal of Educational Psychology, 8(1), 72-104. https://doi.org/10.17583/ijep.2019.3346
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title VAKT (visual, auditory, kinesthetic-tactile) multi-sensory strategy based on the Fernald method
description The article frames its intervention within the VAKT tradition: "This strategy is based on the Vernald method, also known as the visual, auditory, kinesthetic-tactile (VAKT) which refers to learning by using the senses...
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