The document discusses various learning styles, highlighting that individuals absorb, comprehend, and retain information differently. It outlines four primary types of learners: visual, auditory, reading/writing, and kinesthetic, each with unique preferences and methods of learning. The content emphasizes how understanding these styles can enhance educational approaches and learning effectiveness.

1. Learning
Styles

2. Learning styles
• The way every individual learn
and how they approach
information.
• It is a pattern of behaviour.
• Every individual learn
differently.

3. Learning styles
•The preferential way in which
the learner:
• absorbs the processes
• comprehends, and
• retains information.

4. Flemings VARK’s Model
Learning
Styles
Visual
Auditory
Reading
Kinesthetics

5. Visual Learners
• Also known as ‘Spatial’ style of
learning.
• Learners can easily visualize objects,
plans and outcomes in their mind.
• have a good spatial sense, including
good sense of direction.

6. Visual Learners
• Prefer to use:
• Images
• Maps
• Graphics
• colours
• to organize, assess and
understand the new
information.

7. Visual Learners use
•Drawings layouts,
flowcharts,
•Mind maps
•Different colour
pens

8. Auditory Learners
• Also known as
‘aural’ style.
• like to work with
sound and music.
• have a good
sense of pitch
and rhythm.
Source: https://www.learning-styles-online.com/style/aural-auditory-musical/

9. Auditory Learners
Best understand the
concept through:
• Listening and
speaking about
the situation.
• Use audio clips,
podcasts. etc. for
better
understanding.

10. Auditory Learners
• Use sound, rhyme, and
music in learning.
• Use sound recordings to
provide a background and
help you get into
visualizations.
• Discussions and debates
are preferential methods of
learning.
Source: https://www.learning-styles-online.com/style/aural-auditory-musical/

11. Reading/writing preferences
• Also knowns as ‘verbal’.
• involves both the written
and spoken words.
• find it easy to express
themselves, both in
writing and verbally.
Source: https://www.learning-styles-online.com/style/verbal-linguistic/

12. Reading/writing preferences
• Learn best
through words.
• Able to translate
abstract concepts
into words,
essays, etc.

13. Reading/writing preferences
• Use the techniques that
involve speaking and
writing.
• Use the word-based
techniques such as
assertions and scripting.
• Scripting is also powerful for
such learners.
Source: https://www.learning-styles-online.com/style/verbal-linguistic/

14. Kinesthetics Learners
• Use body and
sense of touch to
learn
• More sensitive to
the physical world
around them.

15. Kinesthetics Learners
• Prefer tactile
representation of
information.
• Learn best through
figuring things by
hands.
• Use physical objects as
much as possible.

16. Kinesthetics Learners
• learners like 'getting the hands dirty,' or
making models, or working out jigsaws.
• typically use larger hand gestures and other
body language to communicate.
• use touch, action, movement and hands-on
work in learning activities.
• Use role-playing, either singularly or with
someone else, to practice skills and behaviors.
Source: https://www.learning-styles-online.com/style/physical-bodily-kinesthetic/