QUIZ: What’s your learning style?

Take this quick quiz to find your learning style to best absorb information for finals and life. Information taken from Stetson University.

Directions: For each of the following statements, indicate whether it never, sometimes, or often applies to you.

Section 1:

I enjoy doodling, and even my notes have lots of pictures and arrows in them.

I remember something better if I write it down.

If someone tells me how to get to a new place, I will not write down the directions and will get lost.

When trying to remember someone’s words or numbers, it helps me to get a picture of it in my mind.

If I am taking a test, I can “see” the textbook page and where the answer is located.

It helps me to look at the person while listening; it keeps me focused.

Using flashcards helps me to retain material for tests.

It’s hard for me to understand what a person is saying when there are people talking or music playing.

It’s hard for me to understand a joke when someone tells me.

It is better for me to get work done in a quiet place.

Section 2:

My written work doesn’t look neat to me. My papers have crossed-out words and erasures.

It helps to use my finger as a pointer when reading to keep my place.

Papers with very small print, blotchy dittos or poor copies are tough on me.

I learn how to do something if someone tells me, rather than having to read the same thing to myself.

I remember things I hear, rather than things I see or read.

Writing is tiring. I press down too hard with my pen or pencil.

My eyes get tired fast, even though the eye doctor says that my eyes are OK.

When I read, I mix up words that look alike, such as “them” and “then,” or “bad” and “dad.

It’s hard for me to read other people’s handwriting.

I would choose to learn new information through listening rather than reading.

Section 3:

I don’t like to read directions; I’d rather just start doing.

I learn best when I am shown how to do something, and I have the opportunity to do it.

Studying at a desk is not for me.

I tend to solve problems through a more trial-and-error approach, rather than from a step-by-step method.

Before I follow directions, it helps me to see someone else do it first.

I find myself needing frequent breaks while studying.

I am not skilled in giving verbal explanations or directions.

I do not become easily lost, even in strange surroundings.

I think better when I have the freedom to move around.

When I can’t think of a specific word, I use my hands and call it a “what-cha-ma-call-it” or a “thing-a-ma-jig.”

The section with the highest total indicates your preferred learning style. The higher the total, the stronger the preference. If you have relatively high totals in two or more sections, you probably have more than one strength. If the scores in the sections are roughly equal, you probably do not have a preferred learning channel because you are a multi-sensory learner.

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