Garcia VARK Analysis Paper
VARK Analysis Paper
Sarah E. Garcia, RN
Grand Canyon University 05/17/2014 NRS-429V April Herrera
VARK Analysis
The V.A.R.K. questionnaire is an assessment tool utilized by students to determine their individual learning style. The objective of this assignment is to complete the questionnaire, obtain the results, and compare those results to existing conceptions of learning style. This essay will also reflect upon how educators may utilize V.A.R.K. analysis and tailor the presentation of information to meet the needs of students with varying learning styles.
What is V.A.R.K.?
The V.A.R.K. analysis is a 16 question survey that evaluates how a student prefers to learn. It is broken up into four modalities; (V) Visual, (A) Aural, (R/W) Read/Write, and (K) Kinesthetic. Each answer option correlates to a learning style. The results are analyzed and the style with the majority of answers is presented as the learner’s most effective way to receive information. Often, an individual may receive equal or close results in more than one modality, when this occurs, the results are ‘multimodal’ (Fleming, 2011).
Results
This author completed the V.A.R.K. analysis and received results of multimodal with strong scores between Aural (10) and Kinesthetic (11). According to the V.A.R.K. description of modalities, aural learners “receive and retain information through hearing the material. Attending lectures, participating in group discussions, and relating information to stories or jokes helps the aural learner assimilate content. Kinesthetic learners are those that use all of the senses to receive data, and participating in laboratories, hands on exercises, and viewing exhibits, samples, or photographs further cement retention” (Fleming, 2011). Multimodal learners are those that
Sarah E. Garcia, RN
Grand Canyon University 05/17/2014 NRS-429V April Herrera
VARK Analysis
The V.A.R.K. questionnaire is an assessment tool utilized by students to determine their individual learning style. The objective of this assignment is to complete the questionnaire, obtain the results, and compare those results to existing conceptions of learning style. This essay will also reflect upon how educators may utilize V.A.R.K. analysis and tailor the presentation of information to meet the needs of students with varying learning styles.
What is V.A.R.K.?
The V.A.R.K. analysis is a 16 question survey that evaluates how a student prefers to learn. It is broken up into four modalities; (V) Visual, (A) Aural, (R/W) Read/Write, and (K) Kinesthetic. Each answer option correlates to a learning style. The results are analyzed and the style with the majority of answers is presented as the learner’s most effective way to receive information. Often, an individual may receive equal or close results in more than one modality, when this occurs, the results are ‘multimodal’ (Fleming, 2011).
Results
This author completed the V.A.R.K. analysis and received results of multimodal with strong scores between Aural (10) and Kinesthetic (11). According to the V.A.R.K. description of modalities, aural learners “receive and retain information through hearing the material. Attending lectures, participating in group discussions, and relating information to stories or jokes helps the aural learner assimilate content. Kinesthetic learners are those that use all of the senses to receive data, and participating in laboratories, hands on exercises, and viewing exhibits, samples, or photographs further cement retention” (Fleming, 2011). Multimodal learners are those that
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