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VARKLearning Styles Inventory
VARK
What it is
• It is about PREFERENCES
• It is about LEARNING• It is about YOU• Scores indicate how you
learn
What it isn’t
• It isn’t about STRENGTHS
• It isn’t about LEISURE• It isn’t about the
preference of OTHERS• Score doesn’t indicate
how you teach, train, or work
VISUAL
Intake
• Diagrams and Pictures• Videos, Posters and Slides• Flow Charts• Underlining or Highlighting• Reconstruct Images in
different ways• Use different spatial
arrangements• Redraw pages from memory
Output
• Draw things• Use diagrams• Write exam answers• Recall the pictures made
by your pages• Practice turning your
visuals back into words
VISUAL• Replace words with symbols• Look at your pages• Convert lecture notes into picture pages
VISUAL• You want the whole picture so you are probably holistic
rather than reductionist in your approach.. You are often swayed by the look of an object. You are interested in color and layout and design and you know where you are in your environment. You are probably going to draw something.
AURAL (ORAL)
Intake
• Attend classes• Attend discussions and
tutorials• Discuss topics with your
teachers• Explain new ideas to others• Remember the interesting
examples, stories, jokes• Leave spaces in notes for
later recall
Output
• Imagine talking with the teacher
• Listen to your voices and write them down
• Spend time in quiet places recalling the ideas
• Practice writing answers to old exam questions
• Speak your answers aloud or inside your head
AURAL (ORAL)• Your notes may be poor because you prefer to listen.• You will need to expand your notes• Put your summarized notes onto voice recordings• Ask others to hear your understanding of a topic• Read your summarized notes aloud
AURAL (ORAL)• You prefer to have this page explained to you.
The written words are not as valuable as those you hear.You will probably go and tell somebody about this.
READING/WRITING
Intake
• Lists• Headings• Definitions• Handouts• Textbooks• Reading• Essays
Output
• Write exam answers• Practice multiple choice
questions• Write paragraphs,
beginnings and endings• Write your lists (a,b,c,
1,2,3)• Arrange your words into
hierarchies and points
READ/WRITE• Write out the words again and again• Read your notes (silently) again and again• Rewrite the ideas and principles into other words• Organize any diagrams, graphs into statements• Turn reactions, actions, diagrams into words• Imagine lists arranged in multiple choice questions
READ/WRITE• You like this page because the emphasis is on words and
lists.You believe the meanings are within the words, so any talk is OK but this handout is better.You are heading for the library.
KINESTHETIC
Intake
• Use all your senses• Labs• Field trips• Examples• Hands-on approaches• Trial and error• Collections• Exhibits, Samples, Photos
Output
• Write practice answers• Write paragraphs• Role play the exam
situation
KINESTHETIC• Your lecture notes may be poor because the topics were
not concrete• You will remember the “real” things that happened• Put examples in your summary• Talk about your notes with another person• Use pictures and photos to illustrate an idea• Recall the experiments, field trip
KINESTHETIC• You want to experience the exam so that you can
understand it.The ideas on this page are only valuable if they sound practical, real, and relevant to you.You need to do things to understand.