Vark Analysis: The Multimodal Learner And Their Preferred Learning Strategies
Running Head: LEARNING STRATEGIES AND THE MULTIMODAL LEARNER 1
VARK Analysis: The Multimodal Learner and Their Preferred Learning Strategies
Rebecca L. Webster
Grand Canyon University: Family Centered Health Promotion
May 4, 2014
LEARNING STRATEGIES AND THE MULTIMODAL LEARNER 2 Discovering your learning style and the learning style of the patient’s that you will be caring for, is essential to both their learning and your teaching. Throughout the years, the typical method of learning in most schools has come through classroom lecture, book work, memorization and testing. According to Fleming, it is a disservice to assume that people learn and take …show more content…
This is a clear picture of a multimodal learner, which would suggest that their two strongest preferences for learning and communicating would be, Aural and Kinesthetic. Although their scores for visual and read/write preferences weren’t as high, they are still methods by which they take in information and communicate. The author prefers to learn best by being in a classroom setting where she can hear lectures and speak with other students and the teacher. Kinesthetic learners are sensitive to the world around them, they take note and learn from how something feels to them (Advanogy.com, 2006) Learning via “hands on” is also very effective, in tasks such as: working with the materials being discussed and being able to be in the natural environment where topics being discussed occur. It helps this learner to see pictures, hear stories and have real-life examples about what the teacher is trying to convey. It is typically difficult for this learner to study from their own notes as they have difficulty writing notes that they are able to understand well, once the material is not fresh in their mind. She needs to touch, feel, see, hear and speak in order to learn and communicate …show more content…
The author tends to strongly prefer kinesthetic or physical touch style methods and would therefore, benefit from reading their notes aloud, making flash cards, acting out or role playing scenarios. Reading and studying case studies would be helpful to see concepts in action. Both writing and reciting answers aloud would be helpful when preparing for exams or assignments. Talking about information studied in class is very helpful to this learner as they need to speak about how they interpret the information while also listening to another aural person speak the information back to them. It is interesting that the author scored higher in aural but currently prefers kinesthetic and visual strategies for
VARK Analysis: The Multimodal Learner and Their Preferred Learning Strategies
Rebecca L. Webster
Grand Canyon University: Family Centered Health Promotion
May 4, 2014
LEARNING STRATEGIES AND THE MULTIMODAL LEARNER 2 Discovering your learning style and the learning style of the patient’s that you will be caring for, is essential to both their learning and your teaching. Throughout the years, the typical method of learning in most schools has come through classroom lecture, book work, memorization and testing. According to Fleming, it is a disservice to assume that people learn and take …show more content…
This is a clear picture of a multimodal learner, which would suggest that their two strongest preferences for learning and communicating would be, Aural and Kinesthetic. Although their scores for visual and read/write preferences weren’t as high, they are still methods by which they take in information and communicate. The author prefers to learn best by being in a classroom setting where she can hear lectures and speak with other students and the teacher. Kinesthetic learners are sensitive to the world around them, they take note and learn from how something feels to them (Advanogy.com, 2006) Learning via “hands on” is also very effective, in tasks such as: working with the materials being discussed and being able to be in the natural environment where topics being discussed occur. It helps this learner to see pictures, hear stories and have real-life examples about what the teacher is trying to convey. It is typically difficult for this learner to study from their own notes as they have difficulty writing notes that they are able to understand well, once the material is not fresh in their mind. She needs to touch, feel, see, hear and speak in order to learn and communicate …show more content…
The author tends to strongly prefer kinesthetic or physical touch style methods and would therefore, benefit from reading their notes aloud, making flash cards, acting out or role playing scenarios. Reading and studying case studies would be helpful to see concepts in action. Both writing and reciting answers aloud would be helpful when preparing for exams or assignments. Talking about information studied in class is very helpful to this learner as they need to speak about how they interpret the information while also listening to another aural person speak the information back to them. It is interesting that the author scored higher in aural but currently prefers kinesthetic and visual strategies for