Editing Kinesthetic learning (section)

== Classification ==
Rita Dunn contends that kinesthetic and tactile learning are the same style.<ref>{{Cite journal|jstor=30181095|title=Impact of Learning-Style Instructional Strategies on Students' Achievement and Attitudes: Perceptions of Educators in Diverse Institutions|journal=The Clearing House|volume=82|issue=3|pages=135–140|last1=Dunn|first1=Rita|last2=Honigsfeld|first2=Andrea|last3=Doolan|first3=Laura Shea|last4=Bostrom|first4=Lena|last5=Russo|first5=Karen|last6=Schiering|first6=Marjorie S.|last7=Suh|first7=Bernadyn|last8=Tenedero|first8=Henry|year=2009|doi=10.3200/TCHS.82.3.135-140|s2cid=36558213}}</ref> Galeet BenZion asserts that kinesthetic and tactile learning are separate learning styles, with different characteristics. She defined kinesthetic learning as the process that results in new knowledge (or understanding) with the involvement of the learner's body movement. This movement is performed to establish new knowledge or extend existing knowledge. Kinesthetic learning is at its best, BenZion found, when the learner uses language (their own words) in order to define, explain, resolve and sort out how their body's movement reflects the concept explored. One example is a student using movement to work out the sum of 1/2 plus 3/4 via movement, then explaining how their motions in space reflect the mathematical process leading to the correct answer.<ref>{{Cite thesis |oclc= 53310646 |hdl=1961/thesesdissertations:2355 |hdl-access=free |type=Ph.D. |title = An Analysis of Kinesthetic Learners' Responses: Teaching Mathematics Through Dance|last1 = Westreich|first1 = Galeet Benzion|publisher=American University|location=Washington, D.C.|year = 1999}}</ref>

In addition, Denig (2004) in his article 'Multiple Intelligences and Learning Styles: Two Complementary Dimensions', presented Dunn and Dunn's Learning Styles Model, which addresses 21 elements that affect students' learning. These elements are broken down into five stimuli: environmental, emotional, sociological, physiological and psychological variables. Under this model, physiological stimuli consist of four elements, one of which is perceptual. Perceptual depicts the auditory, visual, tactual and kinesthetic styles whereby learners learn more effectively. This gives meaning to the concept that kinesthetic learners learn best through whole-body activities and experiences while tactual learners learn best through manipulation of items with their hands.<ref>{{Cite journal|doi=10.1111/j.1467-9620.2004.00322.x|title=Multiple Intelligences and Learning Styles: Two Complementary Dimensions|journal=Teachers College Record|volume=106|pages=96–111|year=2004|last1=Denig|first1=Stephen J.}}</ref>

Tactile learning utilizes students' sense of touch to explore and understand their surroundings, emphasizing sensory experiences for cognitive growth, allowing direct interaction and manipulation.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.structural-learning.com/post/tactile-learning |title= Kinaesthetic learning or Tactile learning |access-date=29 April 2023 |language=en}}</ref>