Study Skills for Higher Education: Understanding the Four Types of Learning Styles

This essay discusses the importance of study skills for higher education and focuses on the four types of learning styles included in VARK model. It provides personal experiences and effective strategies for visual, auditory, read/write, and kinaesthetic learners. The essay also emphasizes the significance of understanding one's learning style for better learning outcomes.

Study skills for higher
education

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
Discuss the four types of learning styles included in VARK model and the personal
experience...................................................................................................................................3
CONCLUSION ...............................................................................................................................4
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................6

INTRODUCTION
The skills is defined as the way which helps the people in various ways and also give
identification from the different people. There are various types of skills that are related to the
study which also helps in attaining the higher education in an appropriate manner. Education is
the important part which makes one's life smooth and better (Anwar, 2021). This respective
essay will cover the various types of learning style which helps in categorising the different
learning through VARK model. This also provides with the help of author's preferred and also
use different type of learning style.
MAIN BODY
Discuss the four types of learning styles included in VARK model and the personal experience.
VARK is the tool or can say the model which is being used to help the students to learn
various things and more about their own preferences which can also help them in making better
learning process in more effective manner. This respective model is introduced in 1987 by Neil
Fleming. There are four types of learning style and also provided better us to the student and
these are further explained.
Visual learners are the type of students who usually prefer to learn by looking and
making uniqueness that must be rightly visible to help the various categorising on certain topics
on the basis of their significance. For this, they use ample of diagrams, highlighters and make
notes by using various graphic representation. These are the students who basically prefer their
notes and learning material to be specially and clearly managed and organised by colour
differentiation(Yeh And et. al., 2021). For accessing and promoting visual learners, sketch notes
also helps to set of text with drawings and the pictures. This also makes the learning clear and
easy for the deep understanding. Auditory learners are the type of learners which usually prefer
to take more the use of their er senses for better learning. Students who listen carefully and often
the rate and tone of the speech is being managed by them. In this group working, the priorities of
the group discussion is exchanging the ideas between the each other is there and they can rightly
maintained the overall functionality also they like to speak their content loudly and repeat them
for better learning (Tupe, 2021). This method of flip grid also can be used to related type of
student. This also means that they can ask questions, listen responses and also provides audio
recording of lectures while creating study that is related to postcards. This can use telephone in

major strategy and in this,they can also make student spoken with some of the topic that is
related by the teacher or the guardians. Further these stories and the related material are then
known by the student in their won words and also give clear understanding.
Read/Write learners are the type of learners which is needed to the text format of any
information or the message. In this type of learning, the person first write and rewrite the notes in
order to grab the information effectively(Raven, 2021). People can use certain types of diagrams
and charts that also helps in learning in appropriate manner. It is the best way and there are
various tool that also helps the student such ad book creator. Kinaesthetic learners are the type
of best learner through hand-on learning opportunities. These are the type of learning which is
being taken place by the student at the time of conducting any sort of physical activities within
the classroom. Other possibilities are to give student new opportunities in order to create with the
content or they can make the flashcards, creating some poster and other resources that can be
used in the classroom and put the chart in some other format(Hinojosa-Pareja And et. al., 2021).
With the personal experience of mine, I would like to say that all the type of kerning style
is significant for the person. But with my prospective, the appropriate style is suited on me was
the read and write style of learning. It is the style in which I can get the more useful information
in an appropriate manner. It is the style in which I was writing notes in the classroom during my
classes and I also use to rewrite whatever I have learning. It is the tool which is effective while
preparing for the further exams. Also, it is the another style of learning which is visual learners
where I was not able to get the information by seeing the visual pictures. This also includes the
charts and the diagrams that has been made the easy reading and grabbing of various things. I am
the person with visual learners and easily can learn and read the learner and their personality that
also helps me in visual learning and in my internal exams. This would be the best strategy which
can work in the learning process.
CONCLUSION
It is concluded from the above essay that, skills are the important which can enhance the
overall functionality of the person and also the learning abilities for the further professional life
of the individual. Every individual is having different set of skills which can make them
differentiate in the group of people. It is an effective way by which learning can be more in
creating various personalities. Furthermore, there are various type of skills that is necessary for
the person. As per me, I was the visual learners and can read& write where I got something to

learn through various styles and was able to have better performance by grabbing more
information with the help of charts, pictures, diagrams. This is an effective method of learning
and is vital to understand the text in the appropriate manner with the accurate information.

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