Learning Styles, Careers & the World of Work is one of 9 topics in the Grade 8 Life Orientation CAPS syllabus, covered across 3 lessons on Study Vault. Below are real practice questions from this topic with full worked answers.
Sample practice questions
Easy
1. What does the acronym VARK stand for in this lesson?
Visual, Aural, Read/write, Kinaesthetic
Verbal, Active, Reading, Kinetic
Vision, Audio, Reflex, Knowledge
Visual, Academic, Real, Kind
Answer: Visual, Aural, Read/write, Kinaesthetic — VARK stands for the four main learning styles introduced in CAPS: Visual, Aural (auditory), Reading/writing, and Kinaesthetic.
Easy
2. A learner who learns best through movement and hands-on activity, like building models, is best described as which learning style?
Kinaesthetic
Visual
Aural
Reading and writing
Answer: Kinaesthetic — Kinaesthetic learners learn best through movement and hands-on activity, such as practical experiments, building models, or acting things out.
Medium
3. What learning style involves learning best through listening and talking, such as class discussion or reading notes aloud?
Answer: Aural — Aural (or auditory) learners learn best through listening and talking, such as class discussions, verbal explanations, or reading notes aloud.
