VARK Analysis Report: Understanding Learning and Teaching Styles

This report presents an analysis of learning styles based on the VARK questionnaire results, focusing on kinesthetic learning preferences. The student's VARK results indicated a preference for a combination of aural, reading/writing, and kinesthetic learning styles, with kinesthetic being the dominant preference. The report summarizes the kinesthetic learning style, highlighting the importance of practical demonstrations, real-life examples, and hands-on activities. It compares the student's preferred learning strategies with the identified strategies for kinesthetic learners, emphasizing the role of student involvement and real-world application. The report further discusses the influence of learning styles on individual learning outcomes, emphasizing the impact on student motivation, concentration, and the achievement of learning goals. It also explores how teachers can benefit from understanding learning styles, enhancing teaching effectiveness and facilitating better student engagement. The paper also highlights the impact of learning styles on behavioral changes.

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Learning and Teaching Styles
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Learning Styles
Introduction
Learning styles refer to an individual’s preference of learning methodologies through
which they can comprehend, absorb and retain learned content during the process of learning.
Students understand concepts different. Some student would prefer reading materials while
others would opt for a demonstration or just an audio lecture. Therefore, to ensure that students
gain as much as possible in class, it is recommended that teachers should know, understand and
implement various learning styles to accommodate the diverse forms of the learners. This
necessity comes as a result of the influence of the different learning style son the student’s
behavioral change as well as the overall achievement of the learning outcomes. It is worth noting
that tee preferred style of learning in students is dependent on the environmental experiences,
cognitive and emotional factors.
Learning styles explains why most teachers would explain a concept in class, organize a
film for the course on the same top and even arrange a field study where the teacher would
demonstrate the concepts to the learners. Through this the teacher can cover the four learning
styles stipulated by the VARK acronym which stands for visual, auditory, reading/ writing and
the kinesthetic style of learning. According to my questionnaire results, VARK categorized my
learning style as kinesthetic.
Summary of Kinesthetic Learning Style
My VARK questionnaire results illuminate that I can learn better in a combination of
aural, reading/writing, and kinesthetic styles. In the score section, the outcome included visual=
0, aural=6, read/write=3 and kinesthetic=8. To summarize my learning strategies preference, I
can learn better through practical demonstrations and guidance from experts. I would rather ask

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an expert to explain a concept for me than discuss the same with my peers or colleagues. The
combination of demonstrations and quest for expert escort makes me a frequent visitor to my
trainers. Moreover, I would struggle to grasp a concept from a film because films are associated
with the aesthetic element in my life. However, I can watch a video demonstrating how to solve
a task, such as how to assemble a wardrobe, and gain maximum content because it appears a
practical lesson for me.
Kinesthetic Strategies according to VARK Model
Students with Kinesthetic learning preference learn better with real-life examples and
experiences (VARK Learn Limited, 2019). Among the presences in this model include:
 Students prefer practical demonstrations before attending a theory class on the same
topic.
 Learners prefer physicality in learning in that they can maximize a lesson that includes
real-life examples and practical group work that enable them convert theory into happening.
 Learners in this model prefer student involvement rather than listening to the concept. A
teacher can ideally conduct a lesson by asking the students to do a practice question or answer
questions in class; in general, students prefer being part of the team.
 Generally, learners in this model prefer autobiographies and documentaries because these
are real-life experiences of people and practical events.
Therefore, kinesthetic students should appreciate real case studies, use all sense, ranging
from sight, smell, touch, and hearing, watch video demonstrations more so on real-life solutions,
embrace the try and error learning and generally use hands-on skills learning approach.
Moreover, these students can further apply their learned skills to opportunities that arise in life
situations, attend exhibitions and surveys as well as field trips and interview.

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Influence of Learning Styles on Individual Learning Outcomes
Learning method preference has a massive implication of the student’s motivation in the
offered course. This motivation directly affects the achievement of learning outcomes. Therefore,
if a topic of study is conveyed in the student’s preferred learning style, there are high chances
that the leader will be highly motivated by the area of study and thus participate both physically,
mentally and aurally.
In research conducted by Damayanti (2016), when a trainer uses a student’s learning
style, the learner can effectively concentrate during the lesson. However, the writer notes that
learners experience difficulties in understanding, retaining and mastering concepts delivered in
another style that is not their preference. In March this year, Gumelar and Ani (2019) wrote a
report on the influence of learning techniques on learning outcomes after researching on 88
students. The results of the report stipulated that the application of the right student’s preferred
learning methodology has a favorable implication in the rate of attaining the learning outcome.
He further noted that students lost motivation I classes in which the applied learning style was
against their preference. Therefore, the learning styles affect the achievement of learning goals
and the mastery of concepts in students which is directly proportional to the attained grades and
the attainment of skills in the field of study.
How a Teacher Benefit from Learning Styles
Embracing learning styles has proved to be fruitful in sophisticated educational training
such as mathematics, medicine and generally the learning fields that demand substantial
cognitive input from the students. Taiyeb (2015) noted that implementation of right learning
styles enhances the remembering capabilities I student because, through the use of student’s
preferred learning methodology, the brain can store the learned concepts in visual and auditory

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format for easy recall. In his example, he gave a disparity example saying that some student
might seem to have orographic memories in specific lessons while be dumb in others depending
on the learning methodology applied. Therefore, learning styles enhance teaching for the teacher
since the trainer will have an easy time reflecting on the past class as well as proceeding for more
complex elements of the course.
Moreover, in presentations such as health promotions, the presenters try as much as
possible to impact the health concept and build a substantial impact on the audience. In these
sensitive promotions, use of the audience preferred learning style will enable the idea being
conveyed to have much meaning to the audience. Moreover, the presenter will have an easy time
illustrating to the attentive audience who are motivated by the topic die to the use of their
preferred learning style. Therefore, learning styles can be accommodated in health promotion by
using aural, visual, audio and comprehensive writing that stipulate both real-life benefits and
threats of embracing the health practices. In this way, the audience can feel that they are directly
affected by the health practices.
Lastly, behavioral change is as a result of experiences. Learning is a complete and robust
life-changing experience that significantly impacts on individual behavior. Through
implementation of the right learning style, the implication of education one-person behavioral
change will be more significant and that the need for change in behavior will make more much
sense. Therefore, learning styles impacts on the readiness to embrace behavioral changes after
understanding the learned concepts.

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VARK Learn Limited. (2019). Kinesthetic Strategies. Retrieved from
http://vark-learn.com/strategies/kinesthetic-strategies/