The VARK Questionnaire

In the VARK questionnaire I was identified as a Visual, Read/Write and Kinesthetic type of learner and I was a bit surprised when I understood what all three of them meant. Visual is as it says, you learn from looking at graphs, pictures etc and this is true for me, I can look at a graph and take in all of the information needed or look at a picture and remember what was there. Kinesthetic is where you learn by doing, which is also true for me, over the past I have learnt a great more deal of information by actual doing what needs to be done instead of being shown, its like riding a bike, once you done it, you never forget.

The one that shocked me the most was Read/Write and I got the highest for it. I'm not much of a reader, I don't even read books, and the only time I read is when it’s for something important or something I'm interested in. I am a big writer though, maybe that’s why it's so high? When I was in secondary school, I loved it in English when we had to write a story about anything so I guess that’s the reason.

My least favourite learning style is learning from a book, I don't though why that is, the information just doesn't seem to sink in, unless if I'm interested in the book I'm reading. I can try and improve this by probably writing down important notes on sticky notes and placing them in the areas that are important so instead of reading the whole paragraphs again and getting bored, I can just quick read the sticky notes so that little bit of information can sink in.