Learning Styles Quiz

*Learning Styles

Rate each of the following statements, depending on how true you think it is of you, by choosing a number between 0 and 4.

4 - Yes this is very true 3 Sometimes this is true 2 Occasionally this is true 1 Rarely is this true 0 Not true of me at all
1 When I’m reading, I picture the scene in my head. 4 3 2 1 0
2 I have a good memory for conversation. 4 3 2 1 0
3 I will remember something better if I have seen it written down. 4 3 2 1 0
4 I remember things best if I get up and move about. 4 3 2 1 0
5 I use my hands a lot when I’m speaking. 4 3 2 1 0
6 I like to picture what I am learning. 4 3 2 1 0
7 I remember phone numbers by the movement I make to dial to them. 4 3 2 1 0
8 I repeat things out loud or over and over in my head to remember them. 4 3 2 1 0
9 I doodle whilst I am listening. 4 3 2 1 0
10 I add up numbers out loud. 4 3 2 1 0
11 I can’t add up unless I can see the numbers written down. 4 3 2 1 0
12 I’m good at remembering the words to songs. 4 3 2 1 0
13 I prefer to watch something being done before I try it myself. 4 3 2 1 0
14 I like to ask a lot of questions in class. 4 3 2 1 0
15 I find it easy to remember where I last saw something. 4 3 2 1 0
16 I write out words to see if the spelling feels right. 4 3 2 1 0
17 I have a good eye for color. 4 3 2 1 0
18 I’m good a sports. 4 3 2 1 0
19 I am able to learn things off by heart quite easily. 4 3 2 1 0
20 I have a good ear for music. 4 3 2 1 0
21 I’m good at practical things. 4 3 2 1 0
22 If somebody gives me a set of instructions, I can remember them quite easily. 4 3 2 1 0
23 I tend to move around a lot on my chair when working. 4 3 2 1 0
24 I tend to fiddle and play about with my hands a lot. 4 3 2 1 0
25 I prefer to have instructions written down so I can see them. 4 3 2 1 0
26 I like to learn by doing. 4 3 2 1 0
27 I visualize a spelling to see if I have got it right. 4 3 2 1 0
28 I run a film in my head of what I have to learn. 4 3 2 1 0
29 I prefer to learn through discussion. 4 3 2 1 0
30 I like to hear exactly what I have to do. 4 3 2 1 0
31 I like to ‘just try it out’ rather than following instructions. 4 3 2 1 0
32 I like to learn by doing practical things. 4 3 2 1 0
33 I remember a phone number by the way it sounds. 4 3 2 1 0
34 I like to learn from slides and pictures. 4 3 2 1 0
35 I sing and hum a lot. 4 3 2 1 0
36 I like the teacher to use PowerPoint and write on the board. 4 3 2 1 0

*Honey and Mumford Learning Styles (1982, 1992)


Scoring

Each statement that you rated above indicates a preference for either a visual, auditory or kinaethetic way of learning and performing.
Visual learners find it easier to learn if information is presented so they can see it, and where they use their eyes or visual imagination to learn.
Auditory learners learn best by hearing and using their ears.
Kinaesthetic learners tend to learn best where there is a physical sensation, such as movement, touch or feeling.

Write down your scores for each statement and then add up your totals.

Visual Auditory Kinaesthetic
Statement Score Statement Score Statement Score
1 2 4
3 8 5
6 10 7
11 12 9
13 14 16
15 19 18
17 20 21
25 22 23
27 29 24
28 30 26
34 33 31
36 35 32
Total Score Total Score Total Score

Interpreting your score

No strong preference: If your scores for all three areas are similar, then you may not have a strong sensory preference for learning. If your scores are high (40-48 for each area), then you use all of your senses well to assist your learning. If scores are low (between 0 and 24), you may need to use your senses more consciously to assist your learning and experiment more with your learning.

A strong preference: The more marked the preference for one sense, the more you may need to ensure that you find ways of making good use of it, in order to make learning easier. Consider how you could incorporate into your study all the items, listed above for that sense. Be creative. You might also like to consider whether you would gain from using the other senses more.

Taken from: Skills for Success, The Personal Development Planning Handbook (2003), Stella Cottrell, Palgrave Macmillan, New York.