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kinesthetically

kinesthetically

1 8.8
In a way that uses body movement and touch to learn or show something
  • adverb
  • /ˌkɪnəˈsθɛtɪkli/
  • Specialized
: cinestésicamente
  • I usually reinforce one major concept visually, aurally, and kinesthetically with three to five activities in each class because of the students' age and time constraints.
  • visually and kinesthetically
  • students who learn kinesthetically

Examples

  • Second, once students can identify notes within their key signatures and modes, they can kinesthetically label the pitch function through signing.

    Academic text (2003)
  • If you came to my classroom, you'd see kids engaged in learning visually, kinesthetically, in groups, and individually.

    Blog text (23)
  • Students make stronger connections when they can kinesthetically experience and manipulate concepts.

    Academic text (2015)
  • Such an approach will reinforce music concepts both visually and kinesthetically and will promote a greater appreciation for this form of communication.

    Academic text (2009)
  • Kinesthetically prepare students to differentiate pitch levels on a vertical axis using their own bodies.

    Academic text (2012)
  • Typically, the icons become another way for students to experience music kinesthetically as they manipulate and point to the pictures representing abstract concepts.

    Academic text (2015)
  • Through Functional Integration, Feldenkrais helped the touched person learn by increasing his or her awareness of how to sense and feel kinesthetically what he or she was doing with greater refinement and ease.

    Academic text (2000)
  • The student is not asked to do anything with the spine, but simply to become kinesthetically acquainted with it—from the inside, on a "feeling" level.

    Academic text (1996)
  • Adding Curwen or Kodály hand signals would kinesthetically reinforce the pitches.

    Academic text (2009)
  • Students often grasp difficult concepts better when they learn kinesthetically by engaging in hands-on activities.

Synonyms

physically
vskinesthetically
537 2.1

Relating to the body rather than the mind or feelings

focuses specifically on sensing body movement and position rather than general bodily matters
motorically
vskinesthetically
  • Specialized
1 8.6

In a way that shows how a person moves or controls their body

focuses on sensing body position and movement rather than executing movement

Surface Forms

kinesthetically positive

Morphology

kinesthetically = kinesthetic (transparent) = kinesthetic + ally

Standard adverbial formation from the adjective 'kinesthetic'; the meaning 'in a kinesthetic manner' is directly derived.

Etymology

Kinesthetically comes from Greek roots kinesis ('movement') and aisthesis ('feeling' or 'sensation'). It is related to the English word kinetic, so doing something kinesthetically means using your body and its movement to learn or understand, in other words 'by movement' rather than just by looking or listening.