Why Multisensory Instruction?

Reason # 3 - Greater knowledge transfer

R.D. Farkus' 2003 study found that multisensory instructional resources significantly influence academic achievement, lead to improved attitudes towards learning, increase empathetic response, and indisputably yields a greater transfer of skills. Farkus says, "Schools <teachers> that provide instruction through learning-style methods, therefore, offer greater opportunities for students to succeed than do schools <teachers> that practice traditional teaching and learning, which seems to be an inferior approach," (Farkus, 2003).

Reason # 4 - Improved attitudes towards learning

Additionally, "students indicated significantly more positive attitudes when instructed with a multisensory rather than traditional approach, and performance was higher on the transfer of skills when students were instructed with a multisensory instructional method rather than with a traditional approach," (Farkus, 2003)