Is your learning style visual, auditory or kinaesthetic. I get visual and I get auditory but I wasn’t too sure what kinaesthetic meant. The VAK test is basically a simple 30 question test that categorizes you to one of the learning styles listed above. Here’s the website if you want to check it out and give it a try:
After completing the test it turns out that I have a kinaesthetic learning style. In other words I have a preference for physical experience. I perform new tasks by going ahead and trying it out, learning as I go. I like to experiment, hands-on, and never look at the instructions. That was the category I rated highest in with 13 points, followed by Auditory at 9 and Visual at 8. Sometimes I read the instructions first, I swear.
I think it’s important to have mixed learning styles in groups or teams that are building something new. For example, if a team was developing a new technology it would be pertinent that the different learning styles clash to help foster different points of view and bring out the “thinking outside the box” methodology. On the contrary, if the technology already exists and a group is in charge of a simple upgrade or maintenance it would make sense for everyone in the group to have the same learning style. This would allow “the change” to be explained and understood quickly, thus the needed actions would happen promptly and efficiently.
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