A learning style is the method in which one is most suited, but not necessarily strongest, at gathering and applying information. Learning styles are fashioned to "open-up discussion among learners" about their respective preferences. A visual learner is someone who prefers to see the subject at hand in order to understand it. An auditory learner is someone who prefers to learn of something through a spoken description. A read-write learner prefers a written description. And a kinesthetic learner is someone who prefers to learn through trial. Learning styles aren't cut and dry, however, as many have more than one style and are called multimodal learners. My learning stlye is multimodal (VRK). Knowing this provides no insight into myself as a learner, but that is mostly due to my unusual level of self-awareness. As a (VRK) multimodal learner I prefer visual and written instruction as well as a demonstration in order to fully understand something and then apply any gained knowledge. If anything can be gained from knowing your learning style it is that you can set up your own personal study program; but to reiterate, a learning style simply states preference and not strength. And also, I don't hold the VARK test itself in high regard as there weren't many qustions on the questionnaire and each question had a fixed set of answers to choose from. For most of the questions I would have answered differently from the choices given. So to sum up, I find the concept of learning styles completely inconsequential especially because they are designed to spark discussion and self-reflection. What I'm implying is that learning styles only legitimate purpose is to discuss how flawed you think it is or not.