VARK - a guide to learning styles

About VARK: "The acronym VARK stands for Visual, Aural, Read/write, and Kinesthetic sensory modalities that are used for learning information. ...VARK is a questionnaire that provides users with a profile of their learning preferences. These preferences are about the ways that they want to take-in and give-out information. A learning style has 18+ dimensions (preferences for temperature, light, food intake, biorhythms, working with others, deep and surface approaches¤). VARK is about one preference -our preference for taking in, and putting out information in a learning context. Although it is a part of learning style we consider it an important part because people can do something about it. Some other dimensions are not open to change. ...The questionnaire alerts people to the variety of different approaches to learning. It supports those who have been having difficulties with their learning and has particular applications in sport, training and education. Those who would like to develop additional learning strategies can also benefit from using VARK. It can be used with a group, team or class or with one-to-one training and counselling, but it does require some explanation to avoid leaping to inappropriate conclusions. Trainers and coaches need to visit the Copyright page before using VARK."

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