For one child, note taking assignments use outlining. For the other, note taking is done using knowledge webs. We are, perhaps, more aware of perceptual styles than we are of thinking styles. The more we use a given perceptual channel the more highly developed it becomes. Specialists can help with problems, learning difficulties, that arise from malfunctions in our perceptual channels.
Perceptions are sensory inputs.
Thus, we have the textbook and lecture style of teaching that is used in classroom learning situations. For the tactile learner, the sense of touch is extremely important to the learning process. For the kinesthetic learner, it's a little different. In order for this style of learner to take in information and process it, he needs to be moving. Attending style or the way you pay attention to external and internal stimuli varies amongst individuals just as perceptual and cognitive styles vary.