Learning takes place best when all our senses namely, the senses of sight, taste, touch, smell and hearing are engaged in the process. This is well explained by Neil Fleming's (Visual Auditory and Kinesthetic) VAK model of student learning. The letters refer to the medium of sensory input namely V for visual, A for auditory and K for kinesthetic or sense of touch. Learners with a preference for visual inputs learn better through pictures, graphs and other visual cues. The letter A stands for learners who show a preference for auditory inputs and lastly the letter K stands for those learners who show a preference for kinesthetic inputs. The model essentially acknowledges that everybody has a different way of processing information.
In most Indian schools, the learning styles of the children are not addressed at all. The chalk and talk methodology employs only visual and auditory senses. Some schools have embraced technology via multi-media, but that essentially is an improvement of the visual and auditory medium. The kinesthetic sense is not touched upon at all. In the NIMka method of learning math, the kinesthetic sense, along with visual and auditory senses are
also engaged simultaneously. The child is engaged in the learning process as she is participating, using at least three of her senses. This leads to better understanding of math as the child is immersed in it.
