EVALUATING A TOOL FOR MAPPING STUDY APPROACHES AND PREFERRED LEARNING PREFERENCES: A PILOT STUDY

E. D. Fitkov-Norris, A. Yeghiazarian

Abstract

This article introduced a new conceptual framework of student learning that takes into account recent developments from neuroscience, in order to describe the complex interactions between the learners’ environment and the subconscious and conscious information processing required, enabling them to learn more effectively. The validity of a tool for assessing learners’ approach for consciously processing information: Visually, Auditory, Read/Write or Kinaesthetic (VARK) was tested using exploratory factor analysis and good mapping was found between visual, read/write and auditory items. The kinaesthetic learning modality is harder to capture reliably. Given these promising results, it is recommended that the tool be evaluated with a larger sample size, before adopting it as an instrument as learning support tool and in further research.

Keywords

study preferences, VARK, exploratory factor analysis, study approaches framework

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