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silenceleigh is a kinetic learner in a world hopelessly dominated by visual and symbolic types. She recently posted a wonderful explanation of how she manages to do algebra in a kinetic mode.

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Interesting... in the gifted program in elementary school we learned to do algebra with a little scale (the balance kind) and counters. I always wondered why they didn't use that method for the people who might have more trouble with math (though not everyone in the gifted program thought symbolically about math).