VARK

Visual: Senior year I had an economy test witch I was terrified about, I understood the material but I still seemed to get somewhat confused in some areas of the topic. I would study so hard everyday, I would stay after school get some help from tutors that would pretty much just explain my notes again to me. Which wasn’t a really big help. Not till then I discovered that by doing this VARK test that I’m a Aural learner. No wonder I understood the material when I would repeat what I would learn to by brother or sister million times a day. I ended up passing the stressful successful econ test.

VISUAL
General strategies: I would draw all the graphs my economy teacher would draw on the board to explain stocks, also I would Underline all the main words he would tell us that were important and would be on the test.

Success: I would remember the pictures and how I would draw them on my note book, in simpler terms and pictures. So when it came to graphs I had no trouble in.

READ/WRITE
General strategies: I would always re-write all my notes because when I would write them on my notes when I was taking them in class I would always write so sloppy just to make sure I was getting all the information being explained. So when I would re-write them it worked as a way to review for test.
Success: Almost all of the time I would remember everything I would re-write. Only at times this would be helpful tome.

AURAL
General strategies: Are teacher would assign us to groups, and I was lucky enough that my group was pretty close, reminds me of my familia in class. That we would gather at my house before any test and read and study are notes

Success: Most of the time this strategies always help but of course there was those days when it didn’t help at all.

KINESTHETIC
General strategies: At times I would use this strategies, by using handout I would print out or that were handed out to me by other teachers. To study with.

Success: Since not all the time I would receive handouts or printout things I would have a little of success but when I did I would find test taking a lot easier.


Aural: I interviewed my sister Aurora, her grade point average is a 4.0 and for me she is not only a role model but a Model student. The strategies used by my older was Visual and Aural. She said its a lot easier for her to see something being explained to her than rather listing to it for two to three hours. Also she loves teaching people what she learns so being a Aural learner she explain in detail everything she learns. Making her understand the material a lot better. My sister and I share one learning strategy in common we both are Aural learners and for me so far that strategy has been helping me understand concepts better. I think the read/write skill is a little different from my learning styles I usually do. But I think I can handle change in my studying habits. Having her there all the time at my house helps me motivated to try new studying skills.

Read /Write: I learned that I’ am Aural learner, and that I enjoy sharing my notes and comparing them to other people notes. I also realized that when I read the section that describes Aural learners in chapter 3 , that I never knew that those things I would do before studying were actually under a category of studying. Also know that I know I’ am a aural learner it stay in the back of my head and when I find my self reading a text for English or for counseling I take notes and read them to my brother and make him question my notes . Its just something that I like to remind my self with because it keeps me in a path of good studying skills.

Kinesthetic: My oldest sister tutors in Pass the Torch as well as her boyfriend. So I’m usually always in there when they tutor two days of the week. And what I know about pass the torch is that they pare up students who need help with student who have really outstanding grades in the material the student needing help is in. My sister always tells me to join because it really helps when it come to an exam you might need help in. She also was in pass the torch when she was in Puente and she said it really helped when she went into English 104b. I want to do as well as she did in that class so I am going to apply to pass the torch and hopefully it helps me to pass all my classes. Also the people in there are really nice and build a good environment to concentrate and focus.