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My results for the VARK test were interesting because they were very different from the results I got from the same test earlier in the year.

The first VARK test put me as an aural / visual learner whereas the VARK test I have just taken put me as a multimodal learner. My second highest score was for a kinaesthetic style of learning, something I scored very low in the first time I sat this test. Does this show inconsistencies in the test or that my learning style has changed over the year (vet nursing is a fairly kinaesthetic course)?

I felt that the Fielder learning styles provided more relevant and comprehensive questions and the answers it gave seemed to me to be closer to what I am.

The style of questioning reminded me of the Kiersey Temperament Sorter used in analysis of personality types which cross references its questions so that the results are based on answers from more than one question. To me this seems more likely to give an accurate analysis of learning styles.

Hi

I agree with Mark concerning the Learning Needs Analysis form.

In general I thought the questions were relevent to finding out what the learning needs of the students are and the best ways to get the most out of the peer tutoring sessions.

Like Mark, I also don’t think that knowing the highest qualification of each student is relevent to learning needs as it does not necessarily indicate their strengths, weaknesses or ability regarding the subject we are tutoring them in. This information may also come up incidentally in the course of tutoring.

I re-jigged the format of my Learning Needs Analysis before I printed it out so that there is room for answers under each question and I can use one form for each student.

Cheers, Cuinna