Vark Questionnaire Analysis

For part of our Learning and Skills for HE and Work course, we had to fill out a questionnaire entitled the Vark Questionnaire. Fleming's VARK model is designed to inform the individual which one of the following categories best suits their learning style:
V - Visual
A - Aural
R - Reading
K - Kinesthetic

My results from the questionnaire are as follows:
V - 4
A - 1
R - 4
K - 5

My results indicate that primarily a kinaesthetic learning, however luckily for me i also got reasonably high marks in both visual and reading methods of learning. However, the test clearly indicated that aural learning is not for me!

The results suggested by the questionnaire have come as no surprise to me. I certainly feel Kinesthetic describes my learning style the best. I am a firm believer that to truly understand something and confirm your knowledge, you need to be able to actually perform the task. I can read something over and over again or watch a how to video, but I consider the true way to ensure that you have actually learnt something is doing it. I really do feel that a hands on approach is the best way to learn, mainly because i feel i do learn from my mistakes and sometimes a trial and error approach is the best way to face a task. I consider that learning what doesn’t work can be a great way of understanding what does as well as the reasons behind both ways.

The fact that i seem to be a good all rounder also comes as no surprise. Yes, I love to perform tasks in a practical manner but i also can become bored or frustrated with one learning style quite easily. They say that "Variety is the spice of life" and I think that when it comes to looking at myself and my preferred learning styles, i do enjoy using a variety techniques to stop myself becoming half
-hearted about the task in hand.

The above is definitely true, but only to a certain extent as the questionnaire clearly indicated that an aural approach is not for me. I mainly think this because i like to feel engaged in what i am doing, and I find it easy to lose focus. I do enjoy my lectures currently as i am learning about something that really interests me, however I do find that towards the end the lecturer is not getting my full attention and I find myself drifting in and out of what is being said.

My ability to learn aurally is definitely something I need to work on. One idea i had was to try and visualise what is being said to me and make it a more engaging activity. However, i do think that no matter what i do i will always be weakest in this area. However I will definitely work on this and being at university is the ideal opportunity as i attend many lectures a week.