Study Skills for Higher Education

Study Skills for
Higher Education

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY ..................................................................................................................................3
Explain the meaning of VARK and discuss various learning styles associated with VARK. ...3
Provide an appropriate recommendations which helps teachers to create lesson in relevance of
VARK learning style. .................................................................................................................6
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................6
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................8

INTRODUCTION
Main objective of this report is to analysis the concept of VARK which includes various
important skills which assist in higher education. Learning styles play an important role in the
life of a student. Selecting a best learning style is very important for higher education because it
helps in gaining better knowledge and improving their skills. Understanding the concept of
students learning styles it is analysed that their learning style are divided into important
categories. These are visual learners, auditory learners, kinesthetic learners. VARK model is also
known as eliminating reading. VARK model includes various important learning skills which are
visual, auditory, reading, writing, kinesthetic. This report includes the meaning of VARK and
various types of learning skills. Other than this it includes appropriate recommendations which
helps teachers creates lessons through VARK learning style.
MAIN BODY
Explain the meaning of VARK and discuss various learning styles associated with VARK.
VARK stands for visual, aural/auditory, read/write and kinesthetic. These are various
important aspects which are used for learning information (Antony, 2018). This model is given
by Fleming and Mills in 1992, which reflects the various experience of all students and teachers.
Now a days the education system is modified and there are various strategies and resources are
available which helps in providing more personalized learning experience to students. For
providing better understanding to students teachers design their lesson on the bases of students
learning style. VARK model helps in developing a way which helps students to learn about their
preferences. VARK learning styles are divided into for important categories such as visual,
auditory, read/write and kinesthetic. These learning styles are discuss below:
Visual learning style- This type of learning style is based on those students who have a
visual learning style (Lesley, 2018). This type of learners are more prefer the use of images,
maps and spider diagrams, charts, flow chart, labelled diagrams, graphics and various symbolic
arrows, circles ans other devices which is used for representing words that helps in access and
understand the information in a better way. This learning style does not includes any pictures of
reality and movies and videos but it includes the design, patterns, shapes and various formate
which helps in highlighting and conveying information in a better way. Generally the students
who have visual learning style are prefer to sit in the front of classroom. Teachers can use sketch