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kinesthetic

kinesthetic

1 7.5
The sense that tells you where your body parts are and how they move
  • adjective
  • /ˌkɪnəˈθɛtɪk/
  • Specialized
translation icon : cinestésico
  • Some of the types of intelligences proposed by Gardner include linguistic, logical-mathematical, spatial, musical, kinesthetic, interpersonal, and intrapersonal.
  • kinesthetic intelligence
  • Kinesthetic learners
  • kinesthetic learning

Eyes, ears, tactility, taste, kinesthetic, you know, all the ways that we exist in the world.

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Examples

  • Cognitive research suggests that a multisensory approach that emphasizes kinesthetic as well as visual and auditory modalities maximizes student learning.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Strategies to integrate proprioceptive spatial body awareness and kinesthetic feedback with visual and aural inputs are proposed.

    Academic text (2011)
  • The person with a high level of kinesthetic intelligence might become a dancer or an athlete.

    Academic text (1990)
  • Perhaps the most common are the auditory, visual, and kinesthetic learning modes.

    Academic text (2011)
  • In these instances, music teachers can draw from Laban-based movements to help students develop a kinesthetic response to music.

    Academic text (2015)
  • Rote instruction assists instrumentalists as they develop the basic kinesthetic facilities needed for fluent performances.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Second, we present music in notation, attending to the needs of auditory, visual, and kinesthetic/tactile learners while rousing student interest.

    Academic text (2011)
  • An increasing number of educators are therefore integrating the aural, visual, tactile, and kinesthetic modalities into their teaching.

    Academic text (1991)
  • Howard Gardner has identified seven distinct types of intelligence: linguistic, musical, logical-mathematical, spatial, bodily kinesthetic, interpersonal, and intrapersonal.

    Academic text (2012)
  • Many children learn best through physical activities, making kinesthetic learning essential in classrooms.

Synonyms

proprioceptive
vskinesthetic
  • Specialized
1 9.9

About how the body feels where it is and how it moves

focuses more on movement-based learning and active bodily awareness

Surface Forms

kinesthetic positive

Morphology

kinesthetic = kinesthesia (semi-transparent) = kinesthesia + ic

The adjective is formed by the productive suffix '-ic' from the noun 'kinesthesia', so the relation is a straightforward adjectival derivation.

Etymology

Kinesthetic comes from two Greek parts: kinesis meaning 'movement' (as in kinetic) and aisthesis meaning 'feeling' (as in aesthetic). So kinesthetic literally means 'feeling movement', which is why we use it for body awareness and learning by moving.