What kind of learner are you?

As a teaching assistant in a primary school I spend most of my days supporting groups of children who need extra input. I am regularly in meetings with teachers, co-ordinators and external specialists who talk me through the specific needs of individuals and how best to teach them. I am regularly told "keep it visual, they are a visual learner" or "make sure they have lots of interactive activities, they definitely need to DO something for it to go in". Obviously I know what it means, however I have never really thought about it in depth before this point, I have just got on with my work! The seconder reader, however, certainly made me think about this. The learning cycle clicked for me, where do people 'jump' into the cycle and what follows on from the initial learning stage. I know I personally like to watch things first, whether that's watching how others go about a situation or watching my husband show me how to work my new laptop!! I think it is linked to a confidence thing as well. I am not good when it comes to setting up new technology, for example, so I will happily let somebody learn how to work something by getting stuck in and trying it out and then letting them show me how it is done. Does that mean I start the cycle at the "Reflective Observation" stage? I think it does, although I am open to suggestions!
Having said all this, when I carried on reading I realised I must be an "online" reflection in action thinker. Now I am confused by this as surely that does not sit well with the premise of "Reflective Observation". The whole section about dancers thinking on their feet really struck a chord with me. When performing I was always good at being able to make quick decisions to keep a scene or dance moving. The same applies to my teaching, being a dance teacher I have learnt to be able to think on my feet. Maybe my planned lesson was way to hard/easy so I would have to quickly rethink the lesson objectives, maybe the children had been on a school trip the day before and simply didn't have energy for the lesson I had planned, maybe there was a visitor coming in school for an assembly so my lesson would be only half as long. Believe me all these things have happened on many occasions! It certainly makes you able to just get on with things and be "on-line". Is this anything to do with reflective thinking or is this simply connected to being experienced in your job? Does this mean I am a reflection-in-action thinker or just able to get on with things? I guess it certainly mean I have converted my experiences into knowledge, whether I have realised it or not, and been able to pull from them in an hour of need!

Whether any of this makes any sense or not, I am certainly enjoying thinking it through and I am sure I will go away now and think further. I will report back with any developments.....