...The VARK Questionnaire NRS 429-VN 0503 The VARK Questionnaire: How Do I Learn Best? VARK refers to the different learning styles a person identifies with and learns about through taking the questionnaire. Different students will have different learning styles which assist them with obtaining the necessary information. After taking the VARK questionnaire, the results showed more of a connection to a kinesthetic learner with a strong leaning towards visual and audio learning. Understanding learning styles will assist in developing effective learning strategies which will improve learning abilities. The VARK questionnaire is a valuable tool, for assisting the learner, in understanding their preferred learning style, and allows the teacher to be able to adapt and improve their way of conveying information. A personal questionnaire will be assessed in order to help discus the purpose of a VARK questionnaire. Kinesthetic (K) is the preferred learning style with a preference for hands on learning. The kinesthetic learning style involves developing experience and knowledge in the area of learning (Gilakjani, 2012). Instead of listening to a lecture or observing someone else demonstrating the material, the kinesthetic learner prefers doing the learning activity in order to gain the knowledge. They prefer using their hands and body in order to focus and learn. This makes sense because retaining information was found easier when allowed to be able to physically engage in the learning...
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...The VARK Questionnaire: How Do I Learn Best? VARK questionnaire is composed of many fundamentals that associated with people’s preferred learning styles. VARK questionnaire help leaners identify their specific learning methods to focus on learning material with important segments. Any profession can use VARK learning methods to teach or introduce study materiel to their associates. The VARK questionnaire is based on four scores and there are five different learning strategies and they are, multimodal, visual, aural, read-write, kinesthetic. When an Individual takes the VARK questionnaire assessment, they will be scored under these four learning methods: visual aural, read/write, and kinesthetic. Each individual learning method are different, also it could be situational to the subject, environment and subject approach. After conducting VARK questionnaire, the results show my learning preference is multimodal. And according to VARK, if you have multiple preferences you are in the majority, as approximately 60% of any population fits that category (please use citation from VARK Multimodal study strategy_). My learning method scores are, visual 11, aural 11, read/write 13, and kinesthetic 11. Multimodal individuals’ shift their learning preferences depend up on matter of subject or certainty of subject. Changing learning preference according to the situation is significant to multimodal learners. According to VARK questionnaire Designer Neil D Fleming, there are two groups...
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...How do I learn best? First off, let’s explore the three main ways of learning, you have Auditory, Visual, and Tactile. (The following is according to M.U.S.E, and http://www.educationplanner.org) Auditory learners, learn best when you listen and hear. You learn best when someone is talking and showing while you listen, also when reading out loud. You are more likely to remember things when the instructions are spoken. The following are just a few things to do to learn better; when you study read out loud, when learning new words use flash cards and read out loud, sit up front in class so you can hear better, and have someone read test questions to you out loud. Visual learners, learn best by reading and seeing, you understand and remember by sight. Often times you picture what you are learning in your head. You like to see what you are learning. Visual learners are often neat and clean, sometimes you close your eyes and visualize to remember something, and you may have difficulty taking in spoken information. The following are a few things to help you learn better; sit in front of class so you can see better, use flashcards to learn new words, close your eyes and visualize the things being read to you, write down key words, ideas and/or instructions, and go somewhere isolated to study so there are no distractions. Tactile learners or (Kinetics according to M.u.s.e), you learn best by hands-on, touching and feeling, and writing the information down, when physical activity...
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...They start their friendship as classmates at Devon School, during World War II, and during their time they learn many things about themselves and each other. In the novel, A Separate Peace, Gene learns through his friendship with Finny that he possesses athletic potential, that he cannot let jealousy get in the way of friendship, and that being honest can strengthen the bond between friends; therefore, people learn more about themselves through relationships than they do about others. Gene learns, in A Separate Peace, that Finny is...
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...things, just like I do myself. One may find it easier to have things explained to them in great detail, while another may learn best from visual aspects like diagrams and pictures. Each style is unique and works for others that best suits them in how they tend to acquire information. Forms like active, reflective, sensing, intuitive, visual, verbal, sequential and global are the different terms that describe how one may learn. Each one of these terms have very informative information about what they are and how they contribute to someone’s learning style. I myself lean more toward active, sensing, visual, and sequential...
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...imperfections and complications and making problems. Original Problem The original issue that I had a problem with was the ability to learn the new 787 Dreamliner in order to complete my statement of work in an efficient amount of time. The initial solution was to pair up with someone that was more knowledgeable in that particular area or system and learn it that way. Several reasons that I was not able to learn this airplane with the time frame given were not enough time, systems were more complex than what I was used to, and also there were too many mechanics that were picked over me to get that job to actually learn it. After looking at the solution that I had decided based upon my time frame, and talking it over with some co-workers I had to rethink my solutions to the problem. Initial Solutions Initial solutions that I seem fit that will benefit my time schedule would be to learn the airplane on my spare time. Playing with the airplane while no one was working was also an option, that way I can see which systems affects each other, and also how to navigate through the navigational computers. Trial and error, by getting a job an playing it by ear. Spend more time researching the components and the kinks to troubleshooting several systems which will then give me some insight on what I am dealing with. Taking home certain information so I can at least study on my days off, that way I am not taking up enough time. Telling the managers to...
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...a place to learn. It was a place to get smart. Now it has turned into a psychological headquarters. It is like America is saying, “Who cares, as long as our students feel good about themselves.” Schools have stopped teaching important facts. Some teachers do not feel their students need to know what was taught back in the day. According to Charles J. Sykes, “In a 1990 survey of college seniors, 42 percent couldn’t name the dates of the War Between the States within half a century” ( Sykes, 4). Why don’t our teachers care anymore about teaching about important events or even science? Many of them have said it is because they just are not useful facts. I would have to disagree. I believe that you should know the background of this country you live in. I think students need to be taught about our founding fathers. I fear for our future generations. The school systems are dumbing our students down and they are too worried about how the students are feeling than what they are learning. So the question we are all asking teachers along with the school system is, “Why are we allowing students to be dumbed down?” How are we going to elect a president in the future who never had a background in math, science, or most importantly, history? Our future generation does not know what we were taught when we were in school. Some public schools have even removed certain subjects because they are not necessary or the school cannot afford them. Can we put a price tag on education? I would hope...
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...Learning Styles Grand Canyon University: NRS-429V Family Centered Health Promotion May 30, 2014 Learning Styles After completing the “VARK Questionnaire: How Do I Learn Best?” I discovered that I am a Multimodal learner. Because I am a Multimodal learner and my scores were equal between Read/write (8), Kinesthetic (8) and Aural (8), with a score of 0 in visual, there is no standout area of learning style for me. A summary of my learning style will include a combination of Read/write, Kinesthetic and Aural. I will include my preferred learning strategies and compare them to the identified learning strategies by the VARK help sheets. I will also discuss how the awareness of individual learning styles, preferences and strategies influence teaching and learning. A person in a position to learn will benefit in processing and retaining information by knowing what their individual learning style is. Also knowing your individual learning style can be beneficial in processing and retaining information based on what the person in the position of teaching is presenting and how they are presenting the material. With that being said, my learning style(s) of Multimodal may adapt to each learning situation. According to the questionnaire, “How Do I Learn Best?” help sheets, “If the teacher, trainer or supervisor preferred a written mode she switched into Read/write for her responses and for her learning” (VARK website). The Multimodal learning strategy is beneficial because it does...
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...BEST WAY TO STUDY For some time, research studies have concluded that we do not learn / study in precisely the same way. For this brief commentary, I have deliberately grouped both terms as similar. While this common sense approach towards scholarship represents a welcomed message for parents and students, many teachers still teach a large number of pupils one way, more often than not, by using traditional teaching styles that might appear to be successful for the teacher but unsuccessful for a large majority of the youngsters seated in front of them. This is incorrect teaching -- proof that common sense continues to be not all that common within many of today's classrooms. My following commentary attempts to address this key issue, while at the same time, to offer suggestions for possible classroom improvement. If teachers require their students to receive domain-specific information in a way that does not correspond with their dominant learning modalities, to perform under classroom conditions that interfere with their preferred learning, or to demonstrate learning in such a way that fails them to use their more dominant intelligences, then such teachers create within their students forms of artificial stress, reduced motivation, and repressed performance. Along this same line of thinking, there is a considerable body of research evidence suggesting that many special education students who have been formally categorized, for example, as learning disabled (LD) are, in fact...
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... but there is knowledge. Most go through years and years of trying to play piano without ever coming close to the knowledge that is required to get to this level. Best of all, you need: · · | No Experience | | No Private Lessons | And, you can work at your own pace. Imagine what it would be like to finally be able to sit down at the piano and play any song you can think of in a few minutes. Or, how about being able to make up songs that really sound good and impress others that hear them. You will finally be able to: | Hear a song and be able to figure out this tune by ear in a few minutes | | Sing a tune, and almost instantly figure it out on the piano | | Play songs without having sheet music in front of you | | Play for a band | | Play and impress friends | | Learn this valuable information without having to pay $50 or more an hour for weekly private piano lessons | This is possible. More Amazingly, this is easy to learn. As a matter of fact, once you start learning how to do this, you will be shocked at how easy it is. Well, you're probably thinking that this all sounds great, but how do I know this isn't just hype? I will show you a few examples of what I am talking about in a few minutes. My methods are taught at Colleges and Universities all over the world. You will learn the same information, but will not have to spend years and lots of...
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...or some of these suggestions: What I have learnt and understand better; What I knew already that has been reinforced; What I need to reflect on further or think more about; What I can do now or do better; What I'm going to do differently in future back at the workplace. We recommend that you maintain a full Development Record (Learning Log) (available on the VLE) for CPD purposes as you go through the programme (this does not have to be submitted with your assessments). The box below simply asks you to reflect on your key learning drawn from that and how it links (i.e. new development needs that you have identified as a result of your learning) subsequently to your updated Development Plan below that you are submitting with your unit assessment. Development Plan | NAME: | ZARINA ZHUSSUPOVA | MEMBERSHIP NUMBER: | 42818953 | COVERING THE PERIOD FROM: | JANUARY | TO: | JUNE | Planned outcome What do I want/need to learn? | What will I do to achieve this? | What resources or support will I need? | What will my success criteria be? | Target dates for review and completion | To get more knowledge of main principles of management recruitment in our National Company “KazMunayGas” (JSC) (hereinafter-KMG)To get more knowledge of how to give the written answers (to write official letters) to people with different requests: about sponsorship, employment, etc.I need to improve my knowledge in Excel, Power Point, PDF programmes To learn an...
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...learning style? Since I graduated from high school, I have already known the kind of learner I was from how I study for tests to how I comprehend in lectures or discussions in class. Indeed, I am an auditory learner because of the information given after the learning style quiz. An auditory learner is best at listening rather than reading or by visually learning. At first, I was shocked that I was an auditory learner because I thought my results would come out as a multi-sensory learner instead since I “thought” I was good at learning in all ways. But, I know the best “preferred” way I learn is by hearing information. After taking the quiz, I realized I was more of an auditory learner than I thought I was. The results of the quiz described me at most of the main points. If I would have a big test to study for, I am not the best at reading silently or reading quickly while I study. I take my time to read and I do read out loud at a quiet tone, so I can actually comprehend what I am reading rather than reading it quickly and forgetting everything faster. Like most people, I do forget about what I read a few minutes later, so to help me remember important facts I always annotate and write side notes. The other learning styles I have is writing down important facts on index cards and testing myself by reading each definition or fact out loud more than once. From one the questions in the quiz it asked how I memorize a phone number from seeing it and I answered the question by...
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...Studio I honestly don’t really know where to begin with this essay because I have so much to say. I guess I should start by saying that theatre is and has been the biggest and most influential force in my life. Growing up, my parents were determined I was destined to be an athlete. Although at age 4 I was writing my own plays and having each part played by a specific person in my family, they insisted on sports. They put me in every sport they could think of. They were athletes themselves and thrived teaching their kids how to throw a softball or how to serve a volleyball. I went along and played five sports a year until I was ten years old. When I was ten, I got cast as the Wicked Witch of the West in our school play, the Wizard of Oz. If I do say so myself, I stole the show. The feeling of being onstage and performing to ten year old me was just enchanting and I knew it was something I would never be able to let go. I haven’t let it go since to my parent’s dismay. Acting is the most important thing in my life and no matter what I always want to be in rehearsal or in acting class or performing. I think that the Studio program at West Virginia University would be a great place for me because it will help me reach my goals within the university and beyond. One reason I would love to be a part of the studio program is my constant desire for knowledge. As I said before, theatre is the biggest part of my life and my passion for it grows the more I learn. I want to learn everything...
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...The situation that caused I stress most often is my study in college. I’m from Vietnam, and I have been here for two years. I speak Vietnamese, and I’m not very good at English. Everyday in college, I always try my best to learn English and the new knowledge in different classes from my teachers and friends. Language now is my most troubling hurdle that I need to overcome. There are too many new words, slangs and idioms that I do not know; therefore, I sometime do not understand what my teachers is teaching and what they want me to do for homework. It also takes me more time to read books and do my homework because of lack of vocabulary. I often feel stress when I confuse the lessons and when I don’t know how to do my homework. I usually have headache. Sometimes, I feel exhausted or sick when overworking. The situation that caused I stress most often is my study in college. I’m from Vietnam, and I have been here for two years. I speak Vietnamese, and I’m not very good at English. Everyday in college, I always try my best to learn English and the new knowledge in different classes from my teachers and friends. Language now is my most troubling hurdle that I need to...
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...Know your role __________________ A Paper Presented to Seminary __________________ In Partial Fulfillment __________________ by In the interest of one adapting their teaching style to become the best possible educator possible, they must first know their role in which they occupy. In the same manner one must also know how to motivate their students both extrinsically and intrinsically. In knowing the differences of motivation the educator must know the dynamics of group motivation and how to employ it, while at the same time understanding the structural factors that make up said motivation. It is in all these areas that an educator can continually reach for perfection. In biblical education the concepts are no different and should only encourage the teacher to do their absolute best to reach perfection. The beginning of the process has to begin with the role of the teacher. Knowing one’s role as an educator is possibly the most important step in educating. If the teacher does not know his or her role as it pertains to the classroom must be clearly defined. The teacher should be seen as the head of the class, but in the same manner the students must know that the teacher is also a learner as well. The students need to feel that they are able to ask questions and not suffer any retribution for challenges to perceived absolutes. The teacher is the role model in the classroom and will be under a close...
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