The Vark Analysis: Learning Styles And Strategies

Introduction

The objective of learning is to understand information intended to be learned. According to Brown (2000) learning styles is defined as the manner in which individuals perceive and process information in learning situations" (Journal of Studies in Education, 2012). Depending on one 's perspective, preferred learning styles help defined in multiple ways to get the most out of any learning or teaching experience. There are several ways to evaluate a person’s learning style, preference, and strategies that may be different from one person to the next. This paper will review the learning styles and strategies, and compare them to the identified preferred learning style and strategies by using the Vark Analysis.

Summary of VARK and

VARK analysis is one tool starts be answering a simple questionnaire that was created by Neil Fleming in 1987 (Flemming, n.d.). The analysis is helpful in identifying the preferred of learning styles so the learner can take in the information, process and apply the different strategies for better outcomes. The preference for each learning style are: Aural learning (music, lecture, listening), Read/write learning (making a list, taking notes, reading books), Kinesthetic learning (practical exercises, hands-on activities, trial, and error). The VARK questionnaire identifies individual learning styles and provides strategies to understand better and more efficiently when receiving information, instructions, and or teaching. Learning style preferences is how someone learns best with emphasizing that preferences are not the same as someone 's personal strengths. The benefits of knowing and including the person 's learning style in the learning process will become an efficient problem solver, ability to learn more quickly and with ease, develop new study skills, improving capabilities in areas of testing, producing assignments or gain better teaching opportunities (Journal of Studies in Education, 2012). The VARK model is called, “preferred learning modes” believes individuals have different approaches on how they process information (Teach Make a

All the learning strategies suggest ways to take in information, study without tears (SWOT) study techniques and how the apply the strategies perform strongly in test taking, assignment or examination for the best outcome. Visual learning preference will include the use of symbols in various formats, fonts, and colors. For the visual learner, it should be understood showing real images in not a visual strategies, even though pictures and video are considered visual tools. Visual learners retain information best by the use of gestures, posters, flow charts, and graphs. Study strategies techniques to change current study habit and receive information. SWOT-are as follows redraw your papers from memory, replace words with symbols and when looking at your page-reconstruct images in a different way. Tools like draw things, write exam answers, recall pictures and practice putting visions into words can be to perform well in many different situations. The Aural strategy preferences take in information that is spoken or perhaps listening to the lectures. Studying techniques that assist with studies read your notes aloud while recording them then listen, hearing them played back just reinforce what you