Adapted from Patterson, M., et al.1997.
Every Body Can Learn .
They benefit students who learn best with the bodily-kinesthetic intelligence. These students' primary intelligence is probably bodily-kinesthetic. Most classrooms have a good number of these students, but the majority of traditional classroom activities are oriented only to the verbal or analytical intelligence. Kinesthetically oriented kids deserve a reasonable proportion of teaching geared toward their preferred intelligence. Including kinesthetic activities can give those students a two-way information highway that's often missing in traditional classroom practice.