Learning Style

AssessmentBall State University—Panhellenic Community

Today we will- Answer scholarship questions Set personal goals Find your learning style Group off into learning styles & discuss

Personal Scholarship Questions1. When you study or do homework, what kind

of environment do you prefer to be in?2. On average, I study or do homework for

______ hours a night.3. My attitude towards scholarship and

academics is…4. My chapter could help me with scholarship

by…

Group Scholarship Questions

1. What do you like to snack on while you study?

2. What are some study/homework techniques that are helpful to you?

Setting Personal Goals1. Fall 2015 GPA ____2. Graduation Date ____3. In my most challenging class this

semester, my goal is to get a ____

Learning Styles Test - VARK

VARK is a questionnaire that provides users with a profile of their learning preferences. These preferences show the ways that they want to take in and present information

Keeping Track On your paper there are four boxes

labeled with colors Each answer for the VARK test has a

color that corresponds to the boxes on your paper

Place a check or tally in the box that corresponds to the answer you chose for each question

You need directions to get to a coffee shop, you would prefer to have directions in the form of...

A drawn out map. Someone telling you before you drive

there. Writing with no map. Driving there prior and memorizing the

route.

When trying a new pinterest craft, you prefer to learn by...

Looking at pictures and diagrams. Listening to someone explain it. Reading the instructions. Watching a tutorial video.

When you are asked to make a dessert for a party, you...

Scroll through a cooking website, looking at pictures to find what to make.

Ask a friend what you should make. Refer to a cookbook or website where

you know there is a recipe you want. Make something familiar that you don’t

need a recipe for.

You are assigned to a group of people to inform them on your

hometown, you... Show them pictures of your town. Talk to them about your town. Give them a book on your town. Give them a tour of your town.

You need to learn a new computer program for your major, you...

Follow the diagrams and pictures that came with the program.

Talk to people who know a lot about it. Read the written instructions that

came with the program. Start experimenting with the program.

You are buying a new TV, what would influence your decision the

most? The appearance. A friend telling you about it. Reading the details about it. Watching it and listening to the sound.

You have a problem with your heart, you would prefer for the

doctor to... Show you a diagram on paper of what

is wrong. Describe what is wrong. Give you pamphlets to read about

what is wrong. Use a plastic heart model to show what

is wrong.

You prefer a professor who presents information by using...

Diagrams, charts, and graphs. Lectures, group discussion, and guest

speakers. Handouts, books, and readings. Demonstrations and models.

You’re making a speech at a conference, in preparation you

would... Make diagrams and graphs to show. Write a few key words down and

practice reciting your speech. Write your speech and read it several

times. Think back on personal stories and

experiences to speak from.

You are trying to decide on what to get at a cafe, you...

Look to see if what your friends got looks good.

Listen to the waiter’s recommendations.

Choose based on the descriptions on the menu.

Choose something you have had before.

A new movie comes out, what influences your decision the most

to see it? You saw a preview for it. Your friend tells you about it. You read a review for it. The movie reminds you of a similar

experience you’ve had.

You are trying to quickly remember how to spell a difficult

word, you... Try to see the word in your mind. Sound it out. Look the word up (dictionary or google). Write the word down a few ways to see

what looks right.

Scoring Add up your checks or tallies for each box

and write the total in each box Rank your boxes/colors from highest to

lowest.

VARK● Visual - orange● Aural - blue● Reading/Writing - green ● Kinesthetic - yellow