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Summary Of The VARK Survey

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VARK is an acronym for visual, aural, read/write, and kinesthetic learning methods, and is a questionnaire consisting of 16 questions, which have answers that are not right or wrong, that allows the user to understand their preferred method of learning (VARK, 2017). The author’s scored visual-14, aural-12, read/write-16, kinesthetic-16 indicating the author is a multimodal learner with emphasis on reading/writing, kinesthetic, and visual. A multimodal learner can use several strategies for learning and may need to have material presented in multiple methods to fully understand the information (VARK, 2017). Now, the author’s modalities with the highest score will be further explored. The read/write modality uses written word to send and receive …show more content…

The questionnaire is not a predictable method of how an instructor teaches (Fleming, 2012). Provided that, if a teacher answers the VARK questions, it suggests how they learn, and not how they instruct (Fleming, 2012). The methods an instructor uses to teach may or may not be similar to the methods they use to learn (Fleming, 2012). It is impossible for an instructor to use methods that match all of the student’s learning preferences, and some students will not grasp the topic regardless of what mode is used by the teacher (Fleming, …show more content…

(1995). I’m different, not dumb. Modes of presentation (VARK) in the tertiary classroom, in Zelmer A., (Ed.) Research and Development in Higher Education, Proceedings of the 1995 Annual Conference of the Higher Education and Research Development Society of Australasia (HERDSA), HERDSA, Volume 18, pp. 308-313
Fleming, N. (2012). Facts, fallacies and myths: VARK and learning preferences. Retrieved from http://vark-learn.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Some-Facts-About-VARK.pdf
Fleming, N. (2015). Do teachers have preferences?. Retrieved from http://vark-learn.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Do-Teachers-Have-Preferences.pdf
Leite, W., Svinicki, M., & Shi, Y. (2009). Attempted validation of the scores of the VARK: Learning styles inventory with multitrait-multimethod confirmatory factor analysis models. Educational and Psychological Measurement, 70(2), 323-339. doi: https://doi.org/10.1177/0013164409344507
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