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Common Learning Styles - VARK
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Common Learning Styles - VARK
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Assisting the Visual Learner
These common learning styles are often known as VARK
Use:
- Colour
- Pictures
- Symbols
- Thoughtful Layout
- Mindmaps
- Encourage visual learners to use highlighter
- They often say “I’ll give it a go”
- They'll be the first to volunteer
- Often fidget & jiggle
- Moving their muscles helps them to learn
- Active learners
We'll work through each learning style, give clues to people's learning styles and tips for how to help the learning of those with each styles.
We all have a preferred way that we like to learn and take in information
Kinesthetic VARK
Assisting Kinesthetic learners
Visual
VARK
See it
Help them build mind pictures
- Have Koosh balls on hand
- Provide physical info on how to do
- Use demonstrations and case studies
- Include stretch breaks
- Ask for volunteers
We like to move it, move it
Common learning styles are:
- Visual
- Auditory
- Reader-writer
- Kinesthetic
- They'll say thing like "I see what you mean"
- They are often notetakers
- Describe the big picture first before going onto details
- Use descriptive language
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Learning starts to take place when the information is received - not when it is sent.
The better we understand the information, the better we will learn
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Assisting the Auditory Learner
Say it
- You are the presentation!
- Use vocal variety
- Try buzz sessions & brainstorming
- Story telling is important
- Don't forget questions
Auditory
VARK
- They'll say thong like “In other words…”
- They enjoys words
- Often takes verbatim notes
- List makers
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There is no right or wrong preferred learning style - we are all different
People may have more than one learning style preference and are described as being multimodal
Neil Fleming Lincoln University proposed VAK learning styles
To complete the VARK questionaire go to
http://vark-learn.com/the-vark-questionnaire/
To assist
Visual Learners
Say it
Reader-Writer
VARK
- Emphasis key points
- Use headings and lists
- Ensure you have handouts
- Use text & pictures
- They'll say things like “I hear what you’re saying”
- Often focalises thought processes
- Talks, hums, taps