Visual/Spatial Intelligence - Picture Smart

Ability to perceive the visual. These learners tend to think in pictures and need to create vivid mental images to retain information. They enjoy looking at maps, charts, pictures, videos, and movies.


Their skills include:

• puzzle building

• reading

• writing

• understanding charts and graphs,

• a good sense of direction

• sketching

• painting

• creating visual metaphors and analogies (perhaps through the visual arts)

• manipulating images

• constructing, fixing, designing practical objects

• interpreting visual images

Possible career interests:

• navigators

• sculptors

• visual artists

• inventors

• architects

• interior designers

• mechanics

• engineers