The VARK Questionnaire

The VARK questionnaire proved what type of learner that I am.

V standing for Visual learner, the ability to learn effectively through seeing pictures or diagrams.

A standing for Aural, learning effectively through listening to someone e.g. a lecturer.

R for Reading / Writing, being able to read about a topic or information and learn effectively.

K for Kinestetic, in other words you like to simply do what is asked, a 'doing' learner.

The tick box questionnaire that i had done calculated me to being a Kinestetic learner, which to an extent i believe is quite true. I like to get things done and, also believe that by doing something even though it may not be quite the right way of doing it is the best way to learn, i.e. learn from my mistakes. I scored a total of 8 for this.

The second highest calcuation I got was being a reading and writing learner. This is surprising to me as i do not usually tend to use this as a way of learning i prefer much to listen and then do and have done through education. The total for this learning style was 7.

The other 2 learning styles which were in the Vark questionnaire (Visual and Aural) I had a low total of 3 and 4, meaning that Im not really a listener or do not tend to learn very much by pictures. This is true to an extent but I do believe that listening to someone who has a much greater knowledge than me does help me with what I am learning.