Visual learner

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Does anyone else have a child that's a visual learner?

The school assessed my son (8) last year before covid hit and he was getting extra help at school. They concluded that he has;

1. Poor logical thinking skills
2. Poor working memory
3. Poor vocabulary

He is struggling at school, mainly with comprehension. His reading is amazing but obviously can't understand what he is reading.

He is also one of the best spellers in his class.

I have come to realise that my son is a visual learner.

My husband and I have been very frustrated with him today for not being able to do simple maths like adding coins, yet he was able to recite a whole bible chapter word for word from memory.

What techniques of any can I use to help him learn other things that he can just learn from recalling.

I'm really sorry OP but the theory of learning styles has been largely discredited:

www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/04/the-myth-of-learning-styles/557687/

What school can help with is providing a range of appropriately-differentiated resources for your DS. I would arrange a meeting with his class teacher to discuss strategies to help him in class. Good luck!

Yes, the whole style of learning isn't really true. Most people need to learn the content in various ways before it's remembered. Who was your son assessed by? Ie educational psychologist or senco? It sounds like he would benefit from some dyscalculia interventions and a speech and language assessment as it may be his receptive language that's the issue. This isn't uncommon with dyslexic kids and many have assessments from one.
I would look at smartick or dynamo maths. Both those work great with dyscalculic kids I tutor.

Dd is in the bottom 10% of population for anything written or spoken but the top 10% if that information is visual.

School was a rough ride.

That said she secured a dream job a month before graduating this spring and has just passed her probationary period.

If there is a spikey profile and a language processing issue than yes, giving instructions and information visually will help. However, there is no such thing as an x type of learner. There are difficulties that need to be catered for and some schools do this better than others. The exam system in the UK does not favour those types of children though. Giving a child with poor processing alternative means of accessing material, is just that. It does not make them an x type of learner.