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The document outlines different learning styles: Visual, Auditory, and Kinesthetic, detailing their characteristics, preferences, and behaviors in various contexts such as spelling, reading, and problem-solving. It includes a VAK Learning Style Inventory questionnaire to help individuals identify their dominant learning style based on their responses. References for further reading on learning styles are also provided.

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WEEK-4-Discovering-Your-Learning-Styles

The document outlines different learning styles: Visual, Auditory, and Kinesthetic, detailing their characteristics, preferences, and behaviors in various contexts such as spelling, reading, and problem-solving. It includes a VAK Learning Style Inventory questionnaire to help individuals identify their dominant learning style based on their responses. References for further reading on learning styles are also provided.

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WEEK 4:

DISCOVERING YOUR
LEARNING STYLES
MODALITY VISUAL AUDITORY KINESTHETIC
(Hands-on)

PREFERRED Learns by seeing or Learns through verbal Learns by doing and


LEARNING STYLE watching instructions from self direct involvement
demonstrations or others

SPELLING Recognizes words by Uses a phonics Often is a poor speller;


sight; relies on approach and has writes words to
configurations of auditory word attack determine if they
words skills “feel” right
READING Likes description; Enjoys dialogues and Prefers stories where
sometimes stops plays; avoids lengthy action occurs early;
reading to stare into descriptions; unaware fidgets while reading;
space and imagine a of illustrations; moves not an avid reader
scene; intense lips or sub-vocalizes
concentration 2
HANDWRITING Tends to be good, Has more difficulty Good initially, but
particularly when learning in initial deteriorates when
young; spacing and stages; tends to write space becomes
size are good; lightly smaller; pushes
appearance is harder on writing
important instrument
MEMORY Remember faces, but Remembers names, Remembers best
forgets names; writes but forgets faces; what was done, but
things down; takes remembers by not what was seen or
notes auditory repetition talked about.

IMAGERY Vivid imagination; Sub-vocalizes; Imagery not


thinks in pictures; imagines things in important; images
visualizes in detail sounds; details are that do occur are
less important accompanied by
movement
DISTRACTABILITY Unaware of sounds; Easily distracted by Not attentive to
distracted by sounds visual or auditory
movement presentation so may
seem distracted

PROBLEM Deliberate; plans in Talks problems out; Attacks problems


SOLVING advance; organizes tries solutions physically; impulsive;
thoughts by writing verbally or sub- often selects
them; lists problems vocally; talks self solutions involving
through problems greatest activity

RESPONSE TO Stares or doodles; Hums, talks to self, Fidgets or finds


PERIODS OF finds something or talks to others reasons to move
INACTIVITY
RESPONSE TO Looks around or Talks about Tries things out;
NEW examines situation; touches, feels or
SITUATIONS structure discusses pros and manipulates
cons of what to do
What kind of learner are you?
VAK Learning Style Inventory
(UCLES, 2009) University of Cambridge
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1. When spelling a word, do you
◈ A. Hear or Say ◈ B. See the ◈ C. Write the
the word to word? word out to see
yourself? how it feels?

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2. When you remember things, do you
◈ A. See some ◈ B. See clear ◈ C. Hear the
more images? color pictures? sounds first?

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3. When you are thinking hard, what interrupts you most?

◈ A. Untidiness ◈ B. Movement ◈ C. Noise

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4. When you forget something or someone, do you
◈ A. Forget the ◈ B. Remember ◈ C. Forget the
face but where you were name but
remember the and what you remember the
name? were doing? face?

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5. When reading, do you
◈ A. Imagine the ◈ B. Make your ◈ C. Hear the
characters own mental characters
moving pictures? talking

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6. When you relax, do you
◈ A. Play sports ◈ B. Watch tv or ◈ C. Listen to
or games read music

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7. Which do you prefer to help you learn
◈ A. to be active ◈ B. Written work ◈ C. to be told
in doing things? with lots of things?
colors?

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8. When talking, do you
◈ A. Like to listen ◈ B. Move your ◈ C. not want to
and talk? hands about as listen for too
you talk? long?

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9. Which do you prefer as a reward?
◈ A. To be given ◈ B. To hear it ◈ C. To get a
a pat on the said to you written note
back?

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◈ Check Answers through your instructor. If
your answers are mostly A, you are an
Auditory Learner. If your answers are
mostly B, you are a Visual Learner. If your
answers are mostly C, you are a Kinesthetic
Learner
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REFERENCES:
Pritchard, A. (2014). Ways of Learning. Learning Theories for the Classroom. Fourth Edition.
Routledge. London and New York.
Willis, M. et. al. (2013). Discovering Your Child’s Learning Style. V.K. Hodson and M. Pelullo Willis /
Reflective Educational Perspectives.
Overview of Learning Styles. Retrieved April 28, 2018 from https://www.learning-styles-
online.com/overview/
Activity for Visual Learners. Retrieved May 2, 2018 from https://system.na1.netsuite.com/core/media/
media.nl?id=123698&c=713075&h=18f5448aa2fc5f8dca72&_xt=.pdf
Dunn and Dunn (2018). Learning Style Model. Retrieved from http://www.ilsa-learning-
styles.com/Learning+Styles/The+Dunn+and+Dunn+Learning+Styles+Model.html
Assessing Learning Style. Retrieved May 1, 2018 from
www.stetson.edu/administration/academic.../Learning%20Style%20Questionnaire.doc..
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