Table of contents:
- What is the VAK learning style model?
- Visual learning styles
- Auditory learning styles
- Kinesthetic learning styles
- Which learning style are you?
How will you feel when exam season arrives? Do you panic about the arrival of some material or slideShould you understand it in just a few hours? Using an appropriate learning style can help solve your problem. Knowing what learning style is right for you does not mean limiting your abilities, it tends to help you study more effectively and efficiently.
What is the VAK learning style model?
The VAC learning style model is a model developed by psychologists in the 1920s, by using an approach using the most important sensory receivers in your brain, namely visual, auditory and kinesthetic. Based on this model, generally a person has one learning style that is most suitable for him, so that this learning style will be the one you use the most. But in its application, combining several learning styles is often found.
Visual learning styles
A learner with a visual approach, will learn a material by relying on their sense of sight and imagination. If you are a user of this approach, you may be inclined to rewrite the material you come up with in your own language or may occasionally use a chart, diagram or an image. Usually you will also find it easy to remember the new path you have taken and recognize new faces.
A learner with a visual approach also tends to choose to take little notes to help him learn.
Auditory learning styles
A learner who uses an auditory approach, will tend to more easily grasp a sense of hearing aid material. If you are a user of this approach, without your realizing it, you may often memorize material by making a sound, or you may even learn a material by listening to the teacher's voice while giving the material, which you have previously recorded. Usually you will also enjoy discussing more with other people.
Kinesthetic learning styles
A learner with a kinesthetic approach will usually stimulate the ability to understand in him by movement or touch. If you are a person with this learning approach, you may ask a friend if you talk to him often when you come up with a gesture. This situation often occurs to someone with the kinesthetic learning type.
Which learning style are you?
In helping you figure out which learning approach you are taking, there are a number of questions you may be able to ask yourself such as:
- If you got lost in a city one night, how would you find your way back? Are you going to use a map (visual), ask someone (auditory), or keep walking until you find someone or something that can help you (kinesthetic)?
- What is your style in presenting your presentation? Do you tend to use (visual) charts and diagrams? Will you put more emphasis on the words you use (auditory)? Or are you more likely to engage the participants (kinesthetic)?
