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NRS 429V: My Learning Style Assessment Tool
"My Learning Style"

Grand Canyon University

NRS 429V

November 26, 2013

"My Learning Style"
Learning style? Why would one need to know a learning style? There is a way for you to find out what type of learning style you have. The VARK learning style assessment tool, developed by Neil Fleming, is an assessment that can be taken to discover ones learning style. There are several learning styles; kinesthetic style; those who learn from hands on experience, auditory learners; a learning style of memorization by retaining what is heard (Blasen, n.d., para.1), visual learners; individuals who retain best through written language such as reading and writing ("VARK Questionnaire," 2011, para. 1), and last multimodal study strategy; a learning strategy of
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Some preferred learning strategies are, self talk, similar to that of the auditory learners, taking notes and the use of highlighters is a crucial when studying, constant movement of hands and stimulation to stay focused. Reading out loud and visualizing what is being read helps greatly, repetition works the best as well; going over and over the material aides in retention. Teaching the material to a fellow kinesthetic learner helps one absorb the material. The more one understand the topic the better one can do. A preferred learning strategies compared to the identified strategies after the VARK assessment preferred learning style is very close to learning strategies already in place.
Following the assessment, the preferred learning strategy was a kinesthetic learner, close to being a multimodal. The score was one point different between a kinesthetic learner and an auditory learner. I do tend to use my hands, use all my senses, talk out loud and repeat myself, I prefer doing experiments and hands on activities. I also have good hand-eye coordination that most kinesthetic learners tend to

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