...Learning Style: The Key to Success Desiree Little Grand Canyon University: NRS-429V March 3, 2014 Learning Style: The Key to Success What if one could find out his or hers way of learning? It’s possible by taking the VARK® (2011) assessment. Knowing ones learning style can help learners understand the presented information in a way that is easier for them. VARK is an acronym for visual, aural, read/write, and kinesthetic (VARK®, 2011). Knowing ones learning style can be the key to a successful learning experience. Read/Write The read/write learning style means that he or she prefers to learn by reading directions or material and by writing things down, such as note-taking. In my case, this is the style that the VARK® assessment identified me as. Read/write learners enjoy reading, often take excessive and verbatim notes, work best in quiet areas, prefer to work alone, won’t hesitate to look up a word in a dictionary, and love articulate teachers who put a lot of information into sentences and notes (The Study Gurus, 2013). The read/write learner is fairly common and may be missed as they’ll be in a corner writing notes! Preferred Learning Strategies Preferred learning strategies are ways that a learner likes their information presented to them. My preferred learning strategies are the following: * * Reading handouts * Reviewing lists * Taking notes * Re-writing notes * Listening to lecture * Using tape recorder The above strategies...
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...Learning Styles Learning style is the way an individual learns best. There are several different learning styles, and ways to determine your learning style. VARK is one tool used to determine your learning style or styles. VARK, developed by Neil Fleming in 1987("Learning," n.d.), suggested that there are four different categories of how individuals learn best. Fleming called these modalities. This questionnaire is to help individuals have an idea of their preferences for learning. Preferences may be different than strengths. This questionnaire is about how an individual learns best, not how they behave doing things of leisure. The acronym VARK stands for the four modalities that students learn best by, which is Visual, Aural, Read/write, and Kinesthetic sensory. The two learning styles VARK identified for this student is Aural and Read/write. They had equal numbers. Aural is learning best by hearing and speaking. This can include any form of listening and speaking including email, on the phone, texting, listening to lectures or speakers, discussion. These individuals like to hear the information first, and then talk it out, ask questions, have a discussion. The learning style Read/write is learning best by words, and any form of words. These learners love dictionaries, quotes reports, and power point to name a few. No only do they like lists, they make lists also. They like using manuals. This student found the VARK questionnaire to be extremely correct. The type of...
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...VARK Learning Styles Grand Canyon University: NRS-429V School can be a difficult time for many. There is a lot of information to learn, and it seems impossible to retain. A man by the name of Neil Fleming noticed these difficulties, and in 1998 he established the VARK (Visual, Aural, Read/write, Kinesthetic) learning style assessment to help an individual discover how they learn the best. He based this assessment on three principles: everyone is capable of learning, but how they do it depends on the person; when a person is made aware of their individual learning style, it will increase their motivation for learning; and concepts are best learned using different perceptions (Bahadori, Tofighi, Mamikhani, Nejati, 2011.) Using the VARK results, one will be able to evaluate their learning style and tailor their study strategies to maximize the results. Studies have shown that most people prefer multi-modal (more than one learning style) learning over just utilizing one learning style (Bahadori, Tofighi, Mamikhani, Nejati, 2011.) One who is multi-modal is viewed as being “context-specific”: they look at the information in front of them and are able to adapt their learning style to fit (Fleming, 2010.) A benefit to being a multi-modal learner is that by using multiple learning strategies it helps to reinforce the information. If a learner finds they score high in aural, they learn best by hearing. An aural learner will benefit from listening to lectures, watching tapes...
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...VARK Analysis VARK learning style is one of the most useful and widely used learning styles that was designed and developed by Neil Fleming in 1987. It was designed to assist learners about their learning preferences and describe how learners can gather, and interpret in order to organize and retain all information for future use (Chick, 2014). Learners are identified by what their preferences upon taking the VARK questionnaire; it includes visual leaning (diagram, picture), auditory learning (discussion, lectures), reading and writing (taking notes, making list, reading instruction), and kinesthetic learning (hands-om, experiment, activities). Visual learners often learn best by visualize information such as maps, diagrams, signs, symbols, handouts, and video. All of these learning tools are used as to retrieve and retain information in a visual rather than the written instruction. Auditory learners learn best on hearing the information, for examples, words, lectures, group discussion. Most of auditory learners are great listener and be able to remember what they were told (Cherry, 2014). Reading and writing learners prefer to learn by reading and/or taking notes from information that represented as words or handouts. This type of learner often use and find that dictionaries, written instruction, or quotations work best for them. Kinesthetic learners or tactile learners often learn best by doing hands-on, and enjoy learning by involving directly with objects and materials...
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...(Bovee/Thill) Chapter 2 Mastering Team Skills and Interpersonal Communication 1) Teams are at the core of ________ management, which is the effort to involve employees in the company's decision-making process. A) autocratic B) participative C) top-down D) personnel E) laissez-faire Answer: B Explanation: B) Teams are often at the core of participative management, the effort to involve employees in the company's decision making. Classification: Conceptual LO: 1 Difficulty: Easy Learning Outcome: Describe best practices in team and interpersonal communication 2) Teams can increase performance levels by ________. A) pooling experience B) discouraging consensus C) encouraging groupthink D) duplicating effort E) promoting hidden agendas Answer: A Explanation: A) By pooling the experience of several individuals, a team has access to more information in the decision-making process. Classification: Conceptual LO: 1 Difficulty: Easy Learning Outcome: Describe best practices in team and interpersonal communication 3) Simon has just launched a startup and has big ideas for the company. He assembles a large team of people from different backgrounds who have the skills he needs to get the job done. Simon's brother criticizes this, saying that such a large team will result in too much conflict, because the different team members will all have individual approaches to a problem. Which of the following should Simon say to effectively counter this argument...
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...(Bovee/Thill) Chapter 2 Mastering Team Skills and Interpersonal Communication 1) Teams are at the core of ________ management, which is the effort to involve employees in the company's decision-making process. A) autocratic B) participative C) top-down D) personnel E) laissez-faire Answer: B Explanation: B) Teams are often at the core of participative management, the effort to involve employees in the company's decision making. Classification: Conceptual LO: 1 Difficulty: Easy Learning Outcome: Describe best practices in team and interpersonal communication 2) Teams can increase performance levels by ________. A) pooling experience B) discouraging consensus C) encouraging groupthink D) duplicating effort E) promoting hidden agendas Answer: A Explanation: A) By pooling the experience of several individuals, a team has access to more information in the decision-making process. Classification: Conceptual LO: 1 Difficulty: Easy Learning Outcome: Describe best practices in team and interpersonal communication 3) Simon has just launched a startup and has big ideas for the company. He assembles a large team of people from different backgrounds who have the skills he needs to get the job done. Simon's brother criticizes this, saying that such a large team will result in too much conflict, because the different team members will all have individual approaches to a problem. Which of the following should Simon say to effectively counter this argument...
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...get somebody a drink, clean my house or if an uninvited guest drops in to say ‘hi.” Two other examples would be a telemarketer calling or unexpected repairs to my home. 3. What actions can you take to manage and eliminate distractions? Some actions I could take to manage these distractions are to stay up late or get up early when everybody else is sleeping, so I get some piece and quiet. I could inspect my home daily to look for things that may require my attention and get them taken care of ahead of time. 4. How will you apply your personal learning style? How does your personal Learning style affect your study habits? I will apply my personal learning style by trying to remember the aspects of my style and how it psychologically helps me learn. I will act upon trying different methods of learning to see what really works best for me. My personal learning style affects my study habits by giving me the knowledge of how I study best, so I can use these...
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...My Learning Style Learning styles are part of a mental map that when dissected and analyzed, will help people to understand their learning anatomy, and hopefully will guide their future learning experiences to make the best use of their big and strong learning musculature. To start, the learning analysis and this writer learning styles and strategies will be introduced. Second, a comparison of my own and Vark’s analysis of strategies will be presented, and finally, an assessment of changes on study habits for this writer will be offered. First, our focus here will be the Styles included on the VARK analysis which questions are focus on the way we take-in and give-out information. These Learning styles are Visual, Aural, Red/Write, and Kinesthetic. My learning style is Multimodal (three model) with strongest points on the visual mode which was 12, kinesthetic 10, read/write 10, and Aural 4. As seen by the numbers, none of the three styles stands out. Translating this, it might take longer for this writer to feel confident about the understanding and retaining of the information because involves not only seen something, but , getting examples, pictures about it, writing about it and also having some practice or hands-on, that help to get the best of the learning endeavor. However this allows for flexibility of choosing the best styles for the specific learning experience. Definitely Aural learning style is not a great part of this student learning anatomy because she gets...
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...VARK ASSESMENT There are several ways to determine what an individual’s learning style is. For a student to perform at their best it is helpful to know what learning style works best for them and to understand their particular learning style. The VARK module is one of the most common models used today. It was developed by Neil Fleming in 1987 as a way to assist students in learning more about their individual learning styles (Cherry, 2012). VARK stands for visual, Aural, Read/Write, and Kinesthetic. A student can have a single learning style or multiple learning styles. If the student has multiple learning styles their learning preference would be called multimodal. The majority of learners fall under the multimodal as much as 60% of any population (Fleming, 2011). Educators can use the module as well they can use it teach more effectively. With it they can gain a better appreciation of how they process information which is what they use to teach. They can use their findings to develop teaching methods that can reach a broader student population encouraging their students to learn (Marcy, 2001). The VARK assessment was used to asses a student who is currently enrolled in college classes. The student was assessed for this paper and was found to have a multimodal (AK) learning preference meaning more than one learning preference. A multimodal learning can have several different combinations of styles. In this case the student scores showed Visual: 4, Aural:...
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...individuals are difficult skills because of the variety of learning styles and personality types that each individual may have. Understanding different learning styles and personality types can aid in communication and collaboration. By knowing about learning styles and personality types, an individual can adjust communication to a form best received by the other individual. The first step in mastering these skills is to understand learning styles. According to Keys to College Studying, there are eight different learning styles or multiple intelligences. Three of these, and the three that I have heard about most often, are Verbal/Linguistic, Visual/Spatial, and Bodily/Kinesthetic. Verbal/Linguistic learners have the ability to communicate through language. Their strengths include listening, reading, writing, and speaking. Visual/Spatial learners understand spatial relationships and can perceive and create images that assist with their understanding. Bodily/kinesthetic learners have the ability to take in information through bodily sensation. These three learning styles include the people whom learn best by hearing the material, seeing the material, or learning by doing. Each learning style brings its own challenge concerning communication and collaborating with individuals who have different learning styles. I believe the most important strategy in assisting communication is to become aware of the different learning styles that are present. The next step in communication and...
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...How can knowing my learning style help me in becoming a teacher? Throughout life, we learn. These lessons may be formal as found in academic studies, on the job through additional training, or personal, in the pursuit of an interest or hobby. Regardless of what, where or when we choose to obtain knowledge, how we approach learning is unique to each and every one of us based on our individual learning style or styles. Everyone has preferences for learning. If you understand how you learn best when gaining new information, studying for exams or acquiring new skills on a job, you can save yourself hours of time and frustration. It will be easier to you to understand every lessons that will be discuss by your professors. Now, let’s define learning style. Learning style is an individual's mode of gaining knowledge. It is an individual's unique approach to learning based on strengths, weaknesses, and preferences. Each learning style has positives and negatives. There is no right or wrong style, and one person may use different styles in different situations. But, as a learner, if you learn best by being shown a skill and you can only read a book to learn the task, you will likely end up frustrated or even failing to do the task. In my own understanding, learning styles is like ‘talent’, wherein everyone can foster it. It can be very worthwhile to spend some time identifying your strengths and what you find difficult. Being aware of what you're good at and where you need to develop...
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...Running head: V.A.R.K. LEARNING STYLE ANALYSIS V.A.R.K. Learning Style Analysis Grand Canyon University Family-Centered Health Promotion: NRS 429v Melanie Escobar, RN MSN March 11, 2012 V.A.R.K. Learning Style Analysis Introduction From the time of birth, individuals are constantly learning. Individual learning styles vary from person to person. It is essential to the education of the individual to learn the particular style of learning that best serves them. One particular analysis tool is the visual, aural, read/write, kinesthetic or V.A.R.K. tool (VARK, 2011). This tool allows the individual to identify their particular learning style which will better prepare them throughout their education. My Learning Style Upon completion of the online questionnaire with scores of visual: ten, aural: two, read/write: fourteen, and kinesthetic: eight, it was determined that this student’s learning preference is multimodal. It is estimated that 60 percent of individuals belong to this class of learning styles (VARK, 2011). Being aware of one’s learning style will better equip the individual with an understanding of how to communicate and how to assimilate information which will enhance learning (Mestre, 2010, p.814). The read/write category concentrates on what is in the written word. The individual absorbs more information from books, handouts, notes or anything that can be physically seen. Visual learners concentrate on graphs, diagrams, power point presentations, and pictures...
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...Learning Best 1 Running head: Learning the Best Strategies of Learning the Best Cindy Watson Grand Canyon University NRS429V: Family Centered Health Promotion June 17, 2012 Learning Best 2 The strategies of learning are as varied as styles of teaching. As an adult learner how can you assess learning styles and improve your study skills? Inott, 2011, says, “Having an understanding of how and why adults learn is necessary to facilitating learning, and says that teaching is received and learning is experienced,” (Inott, 2011). Adult learners’ motivations to learning are because of a change in skills, in other words they are returning to the learning environment out of wanting to. Inott says that adult learners are characterized by autonomy, rigidity, goal and relevancy orientation, practicality, and experience. (Inott, 2011). There are many different learning theories; however the VARK learning styles are more relevant to student learning. The acronym VARK represents visual, aural, read or write and kinesthetic strategies to learning (Fleming, 2011). Visual learners prefer information by illustrations, pictures and words. Aural types prefer to process information by hearing. Read or write learners prefer text, reading and writing; while the kinesthetic learner prefers a perceptual experience to be simulated or real (Fleming, 2011). Summarizing the learning preference closes to myself, multimodal fits the most. According to Fleming...
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...Best Snacks Inc. Problem Solution Lori Mann Creativity, Innovation, and Organizational Design -MMPBL/550 September 19, 2011 Facilitator: Ken Pinaire Best Snacks Inc. Problem Solution In today’s global economy, the pace of competition and change has accelerated. Organizations of all types need employees that can think in new ways so the organization can sustain its performance and continue to grow. Thinking in new ways is also known as creativity and innovation. Creativity is taking ideas beyond the normal boundaries and innovation is using the available skills and resources to create new product and service offerings, process technologies, and enabling technologies (Davila, 2006, p. 35). The process of managing creativity and innovation can improve the organizational effectiveness because “all innovation begins with creative ideas” (Jones, 2004, p 409). Best Snacks Inc. must implement organizational strategies that support innovation and the development of new products and services as well as implement a program designed to increase its employees’ creative thinking skills. Additionally, Best Snacks Inc. should also make changes to its management systems. In this paper, I will describe the issues Best Snacks, Inc. is facing as well as its opportunities to implement a creative and innovative environment that will enable the company to regain its industry leader status, increase sales, and to reverse its downward trending stock price. It will then discuss the stakeholders...
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...kinesthetic (VARK) questionnaire was invented by Nick Fleming in order to help students and/or teachers understand their learning styles. The questionnaire is made up of 16 questions and when finished, it compiles information gathered, and the best learning style is revealed. "The learning style is rather a description of a process, or of preferences" (Fleming, 2006). By answering the questions as truthfully as possible, best gives the most accurate learning style. The information obtained from the questionnaire allows the student to best use their learning style to benefit their studies, which could potentially improve grades. It is a known fact everyone learns differently, therefore it is not only important for the student to know their learning style but also for teachers to know this information which aides in students being more successful. There are four different types of learning styles within VARK system. B Upon taking the questionnaire, it was determined this writer was a visual learner. Visual learners best learn by seeing things such as pictures, posters, or slides. Visual learners tend to sit in the front of the class and pay close attention to lectures. If visual learners find information difficult to learn, they rely on charts or pictures to better explain the information. Most visual learners are able to remember pictures and study them to best remember information needed. Aural learners prefer to learn by hearing the material. These learners will listen...
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