VARK Learning Styles Questionaire

I have completed a VARK questionnaire and had the following results:-

Visual: 7

Aural: 6

Read/Write: 3

Kinaesthetic: 8

The results suggest that I am a kinaesthetic learner, meaning I prefer to go ahead and learn by doing things rather than hear or see instructions first. My second highest result score was for ‘visual’- visual learning could involve watching a demonstration or viewing a diagram.

I was expecting to score highest in visual and lowest in aural and kinaesthetic as they have always been my least favoured ways of learning. My preferred style of learning is visual as I instructions seem to be a lot clearer when they are presented in this way.

To support my visual learning I could record notes using diagrams, brainstorms and well formatted text etc. Following this, the notes taken could be put into practice shortly after to meet my kinaesthetic learning style.

Learning Line

The above diagram shows my major learning stages from earliest to latest. At St Joseph’s Primary School, I learnt basic skills usually taught at reception level, before moving to New Hall Primary School where I received a lot of support for my dyslexia and studied topics that would be beneficial for secondary school.

At Secondary School, I was studying for GCSEs while partaking in other groups, such as a voluntary service to help the elderly or children with disabilities, which was beneficial for my communication skills.

I then progressed to South East Essex College to study Animation where I gained skills in multimedia, which helped me with my next course at Cambridge Regional College where I studied Moving Image. At Cambridge, I learnt techniques required for working in the film industry.

Working at WHSmiths has enabled me to improve my communication skills as where I work is in an airport, meaning I deal with people who English is not a first tongue for. I then moved to the cash office, where my problem solving skills improved due to working alone the majority of the time. I am now at University where I will further my knowledge in computing.