How do you learn best? VARK IT!
Right now, go to vark-learn.com and complete The VARK Questionnaire – How do you learn best?
Back in PhD school, my research suggested that matching teaching methods to personal learning preferences influenced learning outcomes. The VARK model of learning styles proposes that there are four main types of learners: visual, auditory, reading/writing, and kinesthetic.
Visual
If your answer to the above question is yes, then you are most likely a visual learner.
For you, we let you see the content represented in graphics: charts, diagrams, and illustrations.
Auditory
If your answer to the above question is yes, then you may be an auditory learner.
For you, I suggest talking aloud. You could rephrase the content and say it aloud or ask obvious questions. Turn on Read Aloud in Adobe Acrobat.
Read / Write
If your answer to this question is yes, you prefer reading and writing.
Taking notes and writing things in this book will help you remember the content better.
Kinesthetic
You are most definitely a kinesthetic learner if your answer is yes to the above question.
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Use the flash cards – color them, sort them, tape them on the wall - to make your learning more concrete.
I am not attempting to categorize you as a visual, auditory, reading/writing, or kinesthetic learner - exclusively. Some of you prefer one to the other, and most of you will fall somewhere in the middle and learn best when combining some of these. Nearly 2/3rds of the people who responded to my research questionnaire were multimodal.
This book and all the extra study materials use these learning styles to streamline your learning processes with neuroscience. It is useful for you to find out about yourself and think about how you learn and how you can use your own way to learn more effectively, get better results, and enjoy yourself along the way to becoming a CAPM.
In just a bit, I’ll show you how you can use VARK to score a triple play.
This book has seven chapters and four appendixes. Chapter 1 explores the project manager role and how to lead and manage a successful project. Chapter 2 covers enterprise environmental factors, organizational process assets, how different organizations operate, and types of organizational structures and their characteristics. Chapter 3 looks at Project Management Fundamentals and Core Concepts, Chapter 4 deals with Predictive, Plan-Based Methodologies, Chapter 5 covers Agile Frameworks/Methodologies, and Chapter 6 explores Business Analysis Frameworks All chapters correspond directly with the CAPM Examination Content Outline (ECO) – four Domains, 19 Tasks, and 60 Enablers.
CAPM Exam Objectives Map
Exam Objective/Chapter Number
I. Project Management Fundamentals and Core Concepts (36%) Chapter 3
II. Predictive, Plan-Based Methodologies (17%) Chapter 4
III. Agile Frameworks/Methodologies (20%) Chapter5
IV. Business Analysis Frameworks (27%) Chapter 6
While it doesn’t relate directly to the PMBOK Guide, Chapter 7 deals with the PMI’s Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct. Four special resources are in the Appendixes. Appendix A: 50 Confusing Terms on the CAPM Exam, Appendix B: How to use the Total Tester Software. Then, the Glossary is a glossary—all the terms I use in this book (yeah, all of them). Three more special resources are in the downloadable files: 300+ Flash Cards, 14 Matching Questions and Answers, and seven Word Puzzles - an interactive way for you to take a deeper dive into the material.
Here’s an idea for us kinesthetic learners. Get a stack of index cards and make your piles of flash cards of the key terms in the Glossary. Make piles by Domains, Process Groups, use the ECO, and the Reference List. It’s not that tricky to make yourself a set of flash cards: write the term on one side of the index card in big, fat letters. On the other side of the card, write the definition.
In case you want to just play with your scissors, remember, there are 300+ downloadable/printable flash cards on the CAPM book site.
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James@JamesLeeHaner.com