AVK

What does AVK mean?

A-V-K stands for Audio Visual Kinesthetic.

This discribes the three different ways whereby students pick up new information. According to studies, some students are audio learners, whilst some are visual learners and some are kinesthetic learners. There are some who are strong in any combination of the three.

This was mentioned to me by a student during lesson today. His teacher has explained to him in class today.

With students of different learning styles in the classroom, in order to better facilitate learning, a teacher has to design her lesson so as to cater to all the three types of learners. Audio learners absorb new information best through listening. Thus they will be able to understand and absorb quickly any explanation done verbally of the new concepts to them. As for those visual learners, they pick up new information faster through looking at them with their eyes. For example, drawing out a map to them is faster than telling them the directions to a place. For the kinesthetic learners, they are those who need to touch, or rather, be put through the experience of learning. They are those who really need a hands-on in order to better understand the new knowledge.

Thus, facing students of such diverse learning styles, what can the teacher do in the classroom to ensure that all the three groups of students are learning well?

Some thoughts to ponder for the rest of the day.

Annie