VARK

Module 3
Management of Technological Resources for the Teaching and Administration of the English Language (Part III)

UTEC
Faculty of Social Sciences
Licentiature of English
Topic: Vark inventory style Professor: Martín Ulises Aparicio Moratay
Student: Carlos German Rodriguez










Objective: To identify our learning style to understand the different learning strategies that can we applied in our studies.



1. General Information
I am Carlos German Rodriguez Iraheta, and I am studying a bachelor in arts at Universidad Tecnologica. Now, I am in the specialization course, this course is named Teaching and Administration of the English Language. The specialization course is divided in six modules. It is developmented in ten months. You need to approve the six modules and the TOELF test if you want to be graduated. You have to pass every module with 7.0 of grade and in the Toelf test you need to get at least 500 points all of these is a requirement to complete graduation process.


Management of Technological Resources for the Teaching and Administration of the English Language is the name of the subject of the fourth module. This subject has the objective to introduce the students of the specialization in the management of the technological resources to be updated with the new devices, software, internet and other resources that offer the sciences.

Technological Resources are very important to be easy the every single class. It can be used to teach many people that can not to go a classroom. Many universities colleges, school, academies and educational institutions are using technological resources for many reasons, first one is a way to offer educational careers and get financial resources. Secondly, they can graduate many students around the world without campus, and the last one it is a cheaper way to teach them.

Into the classroom the technological resources facilite the learning in the students. They can learn using many ways the technology. But, students no just need technology; they need to be comfortable with the topic, the methods, approaches, the technique and the activities used by teachers. Teachers need to be very professional and know the better ways that students can learn. Every students have their own way to learn, these points are important and the teacher need to be carefully in order to be successfully in the learning.

There are many sites where students can find their way to learn. VARK is a free site where user can discover their personal way to learn in an easy questionnaire. There are four manners to individualize each preferences of the students. They call preference not style. Style need more data to be considered like that. This site is one of the most common and widely used to categorizes the learning. Students can also use the model to identify their preferred learning style and maximize their educational experience by focusing on what benefits them .



The test result and the description of my learning style

The VARK Questionnaire Results
Your scores were:
• Visual: 0
• Aural: 6
• Read/Write: 7
• Kinesthetic: 6
I have a multimodal (ARK) learning preference.
Multimodal Study Strategies
The multimodal style of learning means that I have a mixed combination of potentialities of the learning styles. The 0 in the visual category means that I am lacking potential in that area as a learning style. But I have a vary balance learning style. 60% of the population has that particular style.

One advantage of being multimodal is that I can adapt to different teachers’ styles; so I could be effective in different circumstances and environment. I could switch to the teacher’s way of teaching because I have many resources to understand and communicate the information.

According to my score, READ/WRITE category is the highest which means that I need to apply more strategies of learning and communicating from that category; but, I understand that I could use strategies from the other styles.

Study Strategies (these were selected according to my own result and analysis)

The VARK Questionnaire Results : Visual: 0; Aural: 6; Read/Write: 7; Kinaesthetic: 6
INTAKE SWOT - Study without tears OUTPUT
Aural=6 - attend classes
- discuss topics
- explain new ideas to other people
- use a tape recorder
- remember the interesting examples, stories, jokes...
- leave spaces in your notes for later recall and 'filling' - Convert your "notes" into a learnable package by reducing them (3:1)
- Put your summarized notes onto tapes and listen to them.
- Read your summarized notes aloud. - Imagine talking with the examiner.
- Practice writing answers to old exam questions.

Read/ Write=7 * glossaries
* handouts
* textbooks
* readings - library
* notes (often verbatim)
* essays
* manuals (computing and laboratory) * Read your notes (silently) again and again.
* Rewrite the ideas and principles into other words.
* Organize any diagrams, graphs ... into statements, e.g. "The trend is..." * Write exam answers.
* Practice with multiple choice questions.
* Write your lists (a,b,c,d,1,2,3,4).
Kinesthetic=6 * all your senses - sight, touch, taste, smell, hearing ...
* laboratories
* field trips
* examples of principles
* lecturers who give real-life examples
* applications * Put plenty of examples into your summary. Use case studies and applications to help with principles and abstract concepts.
* Use pictures and photographs that illustrate an idea.
* Go back to the laboratory or your lab manual. * Write practice answers, paragraphs...
* Role plays the exam situation in your own room.

CONCLUSION

• I am agree with the Vark result. I got 7 in Read /Write; this is the highest grade in my evaluation. In my opinion Reading is a way to learn theories. You can build ideas, with just read a information. I use the writing like a way to memorize concept, to study to an exam, I make diagram to understand many concept.

• The second preferences that I got in the questionnaire was Kinesthetic. My score was 6. I agree with this result. You can memorise ideas, information, and you can understand procedures, but if you do not perform the theory, you can not understated completely the learning .

• The third preference as Aural. I got six. I consider that people have the obligation to teach they know. My strategies to study are making conceptual map. It is a good way to record information because I can memorize much information and I enjoy to explain in that way.



















Write your opinion about the test, the result, the learning and communicating activities. Do you agree with the result? How could this information about your learning style be used? Are you planning to use the learning and communicating strategies during the semester? Write two or three paragraphs answering the questions and providing more information.




III. Evaluation of project 2

Criteria % Grade
1. General Information 10
2. Introduction 10
3. The test result and the description of your learning style 40
4. Select the Study Strategies that apply to your learning preferences and style 20
5. Conclusion 20
Total 100





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:style:

The way in which something is said, done, expressed, or performed: a style of speech and writing. Narrowly interpreted as those figures that ornament discourse; broadly, as representing a manifestation of the person speaking or writing


Fleming's VAK/VARK model
One of the most common and widely-used [18] categorizations of the various types of learning styles is Fleming's VARK model (sometimes VAK) which expanded upon earlier Neuro-linguistic programming (VARK) models[19]:
1. visual learners;
2. auditory learners;
3. kinesthetic learners or tactile learners[1].
Fleming claimed that visual learners have a preference for seeing (think in pictures; visual aids such as overhead slides, diagrams, handouts, etc.). Auditory learners best learn through listening (lectures, discussions, tapes, etc.). Tactile/kinesthetic learners prefer to learn via experience—moving, touching, and doing (active exploration of the world; science projects; experiments, etc.). Its use in pedagogy allows teachers to prepare classes that address each of these areas. Students can also use the model to identify their preferred learning style and maximize their educational experience by focusing on what benefits them the most.
Kinesthetic learning is a learning style in which learning takes place by the student actually carrying out a physical activity, rather than listening to a lecture or merely watching a demonstration. It is also referred to as tactile learning. People with a kinaesthetic learning style are also commonly known as do-ers






I. Tasks:
1. Read about the VARK inventory: learning styles, learning strategies according to every style. Frequently Asked Questions http://www.vark-learn.com/english/page.asp?p=faq

2. Take the Questionnaire: http://www.vark-learn.com/english/page.asp?p=questionnaire

3. Copy your score (result). Write a description of your learning style using your own description. Avoid just copy and paste. This is the interpretation of your learning and communicating style.


4. Select the Study Strategies that apply to your learning preferences from the list provided by the author of the VARK test on tha page The VARK Helpsheets, Study Practices Keyed to VARK Preferences, http://www.vark-learn.com/english/page.asp?p=helpsheets choose the strategies that you feel are more suitable to your learning and communicating style. Make a table of your learning strategies.