VARK Learning Styles
VARK Learning Styles
Stephanie Pohle RN
Grand Canyon University
VARK Learning Styles
What is VARK? VARK stands for categories of learning styles developed by Neil D. Fleming during the 1980’s. There are 4 main categorizations that include visual (V), aural or auditory (A), reading/writing (R) and kinesthetic (K) that make up the VARK model. Students at Grand Canyon University were asked to participate in the VARK Questionnaire as part of an assignment. This paper will focus on the differences in learning styles of the VARK model and the learning style most preferred by this author. Fleming was a secondary teacher and University professor in New Zealand. Fleming discovered that students did not achieve the same degree of learning …show more content…
The survey is called the The VARK Questionnaire How do I learn best? The survey is still being used today with over 500,000 people completing the survey and millions visiting the site. The survey results favor the kinesthetic learning style alone by a small margin and largely favored when used in combination with another VARK learning style. According to VARK statistical reports (May 2014) individual learning styles varied in each category V 3%, A 7%, R 12% and K 15%. The individual preferences total 37% of the results. The remaining scores were combinations of 2 or more leaning styles totaling the remaining 63% of the people surveyed (VARK a guide to learning styles, …show more content…
Kinesthetic learners are also known as tactile learners. Fleming describes these learners as “movers” these learners prefer to use real experience and the use of real things when learning. Kinesthetic learners use pictures and real on screen methods. “Movers” are described as learners that have a difficult time sitting still for periods of time and tend to move from subject to subject. Kinesthetic learners often focus on more than one topic at a time and have the need to grasp concrete subjects. Hands on approach to learning is important, they learn by feeling the subject. Memory is better when muscles and skin contact are used, more the better. Small notions are associated with K learning, drawing and the swing of a leg will assist with learning ("UVU,"
Stephanie Pohle RN
Grand Canyon University
VARK Learning Styles
What is VARK? VARK stands for categories of learning styles developed by Neil D. Fleming during the 1980’s. There are 4 main categorizations that include visual (V), aural or auditory (A), reading/writing (R) and kinesthetic (K) that make up the VARK model. Students at Grand Canyon University were asked to participate in the VARK Questionnaire as part of an assignment. This paper will focus on the differences in learning styles of the VARK model and the learning style most preferred by this author. Fleming was a secondary teacher and University professor in New Zealand. Fleming discovered that students did not achieve the same degree of learning …show more content…
The survey is called the The VARK Questionnaire How do I learn best? The survey is still being used today with over 500,000 people completing the survey and millions visiting the site. The survey results favor the kinesthetic learning style alone by a small margin and largely favored when used in combination with another VARK learning style. According to VARK statistical reports (May 2014) individual learning styles varied in each category V 3%, A 7%, R 12% and K 15%. The individual preferences total 37% of the results. The remaining scores were combinations of 2 or more leaning styles totaling the remaining 63% of the people surveyed (VARK a guide to learning styles, …show more content…
Kinesthetic learners are also known as tactile learners. Fleming describes these learners as “movers” these learners prefer to use real experience and the use of real things when learning. Kinesthetic learners use pictures and real on screen methods. “Movers” are described as learners that have a difficult time sitting still for periods of time and tend to move from subject to subject. Kinesthetic learners often focus on more than one topic at a time and have the need to grasp concrete subjects. Hands on approach to learning is important, they learn by feeling the subject. Memory is better when muscles and skin contact are used, more the better. Small notions are associated with K learning, drawing and the swing of a leg will assist with learning ("UVU,"