VARK Assessment (1) Provide a Summary of Essay

VARK Assessment

(1) Provide a summary of your learning style.

After taking the VARK Analysis it was a surprise to see that Read/Write preference received a higher score than Kinesthetic. Since preferred learning style was perceived to be kinesthetic prior to taking the test. In learning it has always been difficult to just take in lecture alone. Though it is preferred to aural and visual modes of learning. Throughout elementary and high school education lecture was the only mode presented in the majority of classes. Therefore that was the only option of learning which I adapted to and by becoming an avid note taker. Since it was difficult to just sit there and listen to the information that the lecturer gave, writing down notes worked very well. With note taking during lecture style instruction, I became successful, earning A and B. averages throughout childhood and teen years. Preferred learning style that is still practiced today is taking pages and pages of notes and then reading over them prior to testing.

Another learning style that was second nature is reading and looking up of facts, terms, and use of the glossary and indexes and then writing down notes.

In college however, there has been so many additional options for learning. These are now recognized as Kinesthetic.Instructors have expanded their teaching methods which allowed preferences to include visuals, group discussions, group projects, and even field trips. In the workplace also the training is through mentorship, project management teams, hands on practice, and online self-paced instruction.

In summary the most used learning style is still Read/Write which has been instilled for many years through practical application. However, as more modes of teaching have been added throughout my educational experience, there have been more Kinesthetic resources added as well.

(2) List your preferred learning strategies.

Notetaking is definitely a preferred strategy since it has been practiced and rehearsed since childhood.

Re-reading notes is also a strategy that has been used consistently in trying to retain information.

Some other preferred strategies include Internet research, reading articles, white papers and books about certain subjects.

Also reading case study analysis especially in business and marketing where actual companies are studied to learn management concepts. Wal-Mart, Dell, and Hewlett Packard for example cases were used in a Organizational Development course.

(3) Compare your preferred learning strategies to the identified strategies for your preferred learning style.

Results of VARK Assessment (VARK:Fleming, 2011).

Visual: 4

Aural: 3

Read/Write: 12

Kinesthetic: 8

Basically the VARK assessment was correct however I would change the scoring to Kinesthetic 12 and.....