Visual, Auditory and Kinesthetic (VAK) learning style mode

VAK Learning Style Mode

A common and widely-used model of learning style is Fleming’s (2001) Visual Auditory Kinesthetic (VAK) model. According to this model, most people possess a dominant or preferred learning style; however some people have a mixed and evenly balanced blend of the three styles:

1. Visual learners
2. Auditory learners
3. Kinaesthetic learners

Visual learners tend to:

• Learn through seeing
• Think in pictures and need to create vivid mental images to retain information
• Enjoy looking at maps, charts, pictures, videos, and movies
• Have visual skills which are demonstrated in puzzle building, reading, writing, understanding charts and graphs, a good sense of direction, sketching, painting, creating visual metaphors and analogies (perhaps through the visual arts), manipulating images, constructing, fixing, designing practical objects, and interpreting visual images

Auditory learners tend to:

• Learn through listening
• Have highly developed auditory skills and are generally good at speaking and presenting
• Think in words rather than pictures
• Learn best through verbal lectures, discussions, talking things through and listening to what others have to say
• Have auditory skills demonstrated in listening, speaking, writing, storytelling, explaining, teaching, using humour, understanding the syntax and meaning of words, remembering information, arguing their point of view, and analysing language usage

Kinaesthetic learners tend to:

• Learn through moving, doing and touching
• Express themselves through movement
• Have good sense of balance and eye-hand coordination
• Remember and process information through interacting with the space around them
• Find it hard to sit still for long periods and may become distracted by their need for activity and exploration
• Have skills demonstrated in physical coordination, athletic ability, hands on experimentation, using body language, crafts, acting, miming, using their hands to create or build, dancing, and expressing emotions through the body.

My Learning Style:

I see myself as a Kinesthetic Learner because I can learn new things faster by doing them. Sometimes, I can be an Auditory Learner as well because I like to listen to music when I am doing revision and homework. Therefore, I think I am mixed in auditory and kinesthetic.

Learning Style Test:- 

Your Scores:

• Auditory: 35%
• Visual: 15%
• Kinesthetic: 50%

You are a Kinesthetic learner! Check out the information below:

Kinesthetic

If you are a kinesthetic learner, you learn by touching and doing. You understand and remember things through physical movement. You are a "hands-on" learner who prefers to touch, move, build, or draw what you learn, and you tend to learn better when some type of physical activity is involved. You need to be active and take frequent breaks, you often speak with your hands and with gestures, and you may have difficulty sitting still.

As a kinesthetic learner, you like to take things apart and put things together, and you tend to find reasons to tinker or move around when you become bored. You may be very well coordinated and have good athletic ability. You can easily remember things that were done but may have difficulty remembering what you saw or heard in the process. You often communicate by touching, and you appreciate physically expressed forms of encouragement, such as a pat on the back.

Here are some things that tactile learners like you can do to learn better:

• Participate in activities that involve touching, building, moving, or drawing.
• Do lots of hands-on activities like completing art projects, taking walks, or acting out stories.
• It's OK to chew gum, walk around, or rock in a chair while reading or studying.
• Use flashcards and arrange them in groups to show relationships between ideas.
• Trace words with your finger to learn spelling (finger spelling).
• Take frequent breaks during reading or studying periods (frequent, but not long).
• It's OK to tap a pencil, shake your foot, or hold on to something while learning.
• Use a computer to reinforce learning through the sense of touch.

Remember that you learn best by doing, not just by reading, seeing, or hearing.