VARK is an acronym for visual auditory, reading and writing and kinesthetic learners. When one takes a VARK questionnaire he should understand that it alert’s people of their different learning approach. Neil Fleming developed a model, which helps us understand different learning style for different users. (Fleming, 2001-2011). The questionnaire has 16 question which when taken gives a feedback analysis of the best method of learning. With this in mind when the student learns his/her learning style, there are able to study more efficiently. Hopefully improving his/her grade too. This essay is will examine these learning strategies in comparisons of how Eric performed on his VARK questionnaire.
VARK learning style
VARK learning style includes the visual, aural, reading and writing and kinesthetic it also includes a combination of the four called multimodal. Some students have more than one method/style of learning. Students are able to identify their learning style through VARK questionnaire, hence taking sole responsibility to improve their learning/studies. Eric learning style was identified as multimodal, after completing the questionnaire. He has mainly used the style of writing and reading in the past as a way of learning, now using VARK questionnaire Eric can incorporate auditory style of learning in order to improve on his learning skills. His strongest Style still remain learning remain to be writing and reading. In the process he needs to read and write down what he learns so he is able to retain more material. VARK questionnaire results were visual: 9, aural: 4 read/write: 5, kinesthetic: 14.
Eric’s preferred learning style is Read /write. The characteristic of this learner according VARK are reading and writing. This learner use mostly textbooks, teacher’s handouts to make it easier by writing a summary of the things learnt. Due to the fact that this learner use reading and writing as style to learn, it becomes an advantage to