Week 3 - VARK Questionnaire

This week, we undertook the Week 2 activities which were originally scheduled for last week.

We were handed out version 3 of the VARK Questionnaire, as a way of identifying our most preferable learning styles (VARK stands for Visual, Aural, Read/Write and Kinesthetic, which are of course the four main learning types). We basically had to answer each question, selecting whatever answers applied to us: we could circle more than one, or leave the question altogether.

My score, according to this questionnaire, was:

V = 5
A = 3
R = 11
K = 6

So according to these results, I have a strong preference for Reading and/or Writing over the other learning styles. In my opinion, the results don't completely reflect my way of learning, although as far as Aural learning goes, I'd say that it's pretty much correct: because I suffer from Asperger Syndrome, one of my weaknesses is that I can very easily misinterpret or forget spoken instructions, such as directions, and would much prefer written instructions or a map/diagram, so that I can go ahead and find the place myself.

The biggest problem with this version is that, for some questions, there were only three instead of four answers, which leaves only a total of 12 answers for each type of learning out of the 13 questions asked.

I decided to try the questionnaire again on the VARK website, where they currently have Version 7 which has 16 questions instead of 13, and no three-answer questions.

After answering the questions - some of which I noticed were the same as before while others were new - my results this time were as follows:

V = 8
A = 5
R = 11
K = 12

This time, the results show that I have a Mutimodal learning preference, with my main learning styles being Kinesthetic and Read/Write. I like learning by seeing things as well, however I do not always like hearing instructions, since as I mentioned before, I can very easily misinterpret or forget was has been said to me.