Visual
This type of learner benefits most from charts, diagrams, and color-coded notes.
What is a visual learner?
Auditory learners prefer to receive information through this sense.
What is hearing (or listening)?
Reading/Writing learners prefer information presented in this format using words and text.
What is written form (or text/books/articles)?
Mind Maps and timelines are useful to Kinesthetic learners
What is False
VARK stands for these four learning preferences.
What are Visual, Auditory, Reading/Writing, and Kinesthetic?
Visual learners should use these three tools when studying: mind maps, flashcards with pictures, and these colorful writing instruments.
What are highlighters (or colored pens/markers)?
An auditory learner should try this study technique where they speak information out loud to themselves.
What is reading aloud (or self-recitation)?
A Reading/Writing learner should rewrite their class notes in this way to help them remember the material better.
What is in their own words (or summarizing/paraphrasing)?
A kinesthetic learner studying science would benefit most from conducting these practical activities.
What are experiments (or labs/demonstrations)?
Most students benefit from using this approach, which combines multiple VARK learning styles.
What is multimodal learning (or using multiple strategies)?
When a visual learner reads a textbook, they should do this to important information to make it stand out on the page.
What is highlight, underline, or circle key terms?
Auditory learners benefit from these classroom activities where students talk through ideas with peers.
What are discussions (or group conversations/study groups)?
Reading/Writing learners excel at taking these during lectures to capture information in written form.
What are notes (or detailed notes)?
Kinesthetic learners should take these short intervals during study sessions to move around and stay focused.
What are breaks (or movement breaks)
A student who learns best by watching demonstrations AND practicing the skill themselves uses these two VARK preferences.
What are Visual and Kinesthetic?
A visual learner preparing for a history test would benefit most from creating this type of visual organizer that shows events in sequential order.
What is a timeline?
An auditory learner studying vocabulary words would benefit from creating these memory devices that use rhythm and rhyme.
What are songs, rhymes, or mnemonics?
To prepare for a test, a Reading/Writing learner should create these written documents that organize and summarize key concepts.
What are study guides, outlines, or lists?
A kinesthetic learner memorizing math formulas might use these physical objects to represent numbers and operations.
What are manipulatives (or blocks/counters/objects)?
When studying for a major exam, experts recommend using strategies from all VARK categories because this increases the number of these mental connections.
What are neural pathways (or memory connections/associations)?
A student who always doodles during class and draws pictures in their notes likely has this learning preference.
What is Visual?
A student who remembers directions better when someone tells them out loud rather than reading a map demonstrates this learning preference.
What is Auditory?
If a student learns a new video game best by reading the instruction manual carefully, they likely prefer this learning style.
What is Reading/Writing?
Kinesthetic learners prefer to learn by doing this with their hands and body.
What is moving, touching, or hands-on activities?
A student struggling in a lecture-based class should ask their teacher for these types of accommodations based on their kinesthetic learning preference.
What are hands-on activities, movement breaks, or interactive projects?