Implementation and assessing utilizing of vark theory at pedagogy in the architectural design studio : experimental study

Abstract EN

Visual, Auditory, Read/Write and Kinetic/Kinesthetic (VARK) theory contends that one's
preferred learning modalities (LM) influences the best method to receive information, in order to
the superior learning process.

It proposed to examine this theory with the sophomore level
(Level II) architecture students in methods of architectural learning in architectural design studio.

This study was applied to the undergraduate class of the architecture program at the Canadian
International College, El Sheikh Zayed Campus, Giza; Cairo (CIC), the study conducted through
two years, however, data collected during spring 2017 and fall 2018 semesters.

The current study
verify the utilization and adoption of VARK as a learning method, through questionnaires as a
survey distributed to students to solicit their opinion regarding this experiment, and the perceived
influence it had on their architectural educational achievement, So as to take into account the
impact of learning styles (LS), the study proposed that the VARK theory will be applied in all
architectural student cohorts.

Consequently, the conclusions of this study will determine whether
this pedagogical methodology should be further applied to all architectural students – freshman,
junior or senior level– or not.

Eventually, the results showed that all architecture students were
Multimodal, the majority of students (36% ) tend to the Kinesthetic learner, furthermore, the
students illustrate positivity about the application of the proposed experiment, besides, the study
showed the progress of students' grades after applying the experiment.