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Learning Styles Quiz

Get insight into how your child learns best.

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Complete this quiz with your child, selecting the statements he agrees with.

1. I would rather read instructions than listen to the teacher explain them.
2. I like having someone explain directions out loud.
3. When I study, I have to take a lot of breaks to get up and move around.
4. I draw a lot of pictures during class.
5. I remember things better if I write them down.
6. I study spelling words by reciting them out loud.
7. Charts, diagrams, and maps help me understand what I’m reading.
8. I can concentrate better if I have a snack when I study.
9. I like to listen to music while I’m studying.
10. I am good at visualizing what I’m studying in my mind.
11. It’s easy for me to remember jokes.
12. I can think better if I tap my foot or play with a pencil.


Submit your answers to find out your child's learning style. Keep reading to learn more about study strategies that build on your child's strengths.


Understanding Learning Styles

Most people use a combination of learning styles but have a clear preference for just one. Understanding your child’s learning style can make it easier for you to communicate with your child and can help reduce frustration at homework time.

  • If your child selected mostly auditory learning statements, he is good at absorbing information from spoken words and may understand instructions better if they are read aloud.

  • If she chose mostly kinesthetic learning statements, she prefers to be active while studying and may not be able to focus while sitting still.

  • If your child picked mostly visual learning statements, he benefits from seeing information on a chalkboard or in an illustration and may grow impatient listening for long periods of time.

Adapted from “Learning Style Survey for Young Learners” by Andrew D. Cohen and Rebecca L. Oxford and “Learning Style Survey” by Maureen McKay | (Learning styles key) Auditory: statements 2, 6, 9, 11; Kinesthetic: statements 3, 4, 8, 12; Visual: statements 1, 5, 7, 10


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  1. It would have been great if teachers in the 70's would have used this information. Instead alot of children were made to feel stupid because they did not learn like everyone else. - Lisa
  2. The sight did not give me clear assessment. - oliver
  3. I think that we have it a lot easer then people did in the 70 - marie kistler
  4. Interesting. My learning style is split between auditory and visual. - flschwartz
  5. cool interesting/fun happy - Jamie
  6. The principle thing in the learning process is the formation of still or action pictures in the imaging part of the brain. A picture tells a thousand words and a thousand words should form the same picture in the brain. Thus visual and auditory learner should be able to form the same picture and recall its parts.
    This is where the problem may exist. The first objective is to form patterns of information composed of "links" that serve as reminders of what is in the picture stored in the brain. If the student is not paying perfect attention, than chances are that he/she might wind up with a "blackout" that may distort imaging process causing the learning process to stumble. If there are too many distractions in the mind of the student, then this may be the problem and not basically the learning style. - rocky escobedo
  7. Through taking innovative classes while I was teaching, I learned about Learning Styles. It made so much sense to me that I started testing my kids in class, with parents' permisssion, and it enabled me to reach children who were having problems learning. I have continued with this concept. We all acknowledge that we are different, so why is it so hard to accept that we all learn differently? Visual learners do form pictures in their brains and are able to remember that info. (That's me) But auditory learn more easily if they hear info. and it stays in the brain. Auditory learners are in the minority, but a high percentage of teaching is auditory, so that is one reason so many students have problems learning. I have had some students who were kinesthetic in the extreme, and when taught in that way they learned and retained info.
    Knowing learning styles is very important, especially in teaching.
    Jen - Jennifer Reynolds
  8. This is a good way to learn new ways. - LAURA PLANK
  9. I would like to see the our local schools use this tool to help children learn in their own way. - Laura Plank
  10. This was very interesting. - Kewanna Champagne
  11. thank you! - Michael Wheatley
  12. I think this is very helpful so we know how we are able to study and pass our classes. Thanks - Ruby Castro
  13. this test wont give me results when i click it and none of my friends can do it either. is there something wrong with the site? - Alex
  14. its a nice way to find out how you study - Deanna
  15. it a great way to find out how you study - sydney
  16. thanks for letting me know how to study and which way is better for me - Daniel Jeff Lucero
  17. This was a wonderful website, It made me find out how I like to study, and what I like /don't like - Tsahai Lee
  18. I hope this is what they wanted - Laura Brooks Luna
  19. This quiz is far too simplistic and it jumps to conclusions. - Anonymous
  20. Thank-you - jennifer
  21. thank you for letting me see what i need help in - tiffany
  22. This is a very good excercise for younger people . I think as you get past the teenage stage you already know how you learn best. - Terrence
  23. I think that taking this quiz is very interesting and helpful, because you don't really know how you learn best off the top of your head. When you see the options right in front of you, you understand things that you may not have before. For instance, I really dont notice that I'm playing with my pencil when I'm thinking at my best, but when i saw it on the quiz I thought, "Hey, I guess i DO do that." I still think there are more precise learning style quizes, though. I have taken quizes that are much more in depth and specific. (and i agree with those of you that have said things were a lot harder in the 70s when people were much more ignorant to people that didn't just learn one way. --Elizabeth - Elizabeth
  24. THIS IS GOOD INFORMATION - Esmeralda Salinas
  25. I CAN'T BELIVE THAT I DIDN'T NO ABOUT THIS PROGRAM IT IS SO AMAZING!!!! -Cindy Ruiz - Cindy Ruiz
  26. nice info - christine Johns
  27. THis was good information - Angelina
  28. goooood!i think this test is very helpful to me! I'll recomend this to everybody who aggrees to the terms! - levi schoeneck
  29. It's a great tesr,I'll recomend it to all of my friends - levi schoeneck
  30. helps me understand the styles i use when i'm trying to read - Justin megoloff
  31. I dont think I understand what you want me to know. - mark
  32. I am having a hard time understanding VHS - Ashley
  33. visual, aural read/write, kinesthetic - karen parker
  34. Good Stuff. - Richard
  35. this was ok. A little pointless for me because i'm a college student and i dont under stand why my teacher made my class do this - Dustin Korth
  36. This is a good way for me to stay up on top of the game even if I am in college and a little slow. - Lucretia McCants
  37. The test was simple and did not take long, and I think that it is important tool for teachers and students to have. - Jessie
  38. It is very interesting how this questionaire determined my learning style. - carlissa simpson
  39. i really like this articel. - Julissa McClammy
  40. thank you! - tommy jones
  41. it made me think alot about lreaning - McClammy, Julissa
  42. it was good help! - Kayla
  43. Awsome! now i realize why im slow - mike
  44. this is a good way to learn about things. - jasmine
  45. interesteng - Catrina
  46. that was interesting - Devon Wilson
  47. That is interesting, it make me know my best way to learn - Marie Betty Joseph
  48. That is very interesting, I can tell now what is the way I can learn better - Marie Betty Joseph
  49. I believe that each individual have their own learning style. My style learning technics is to read the instructions ,and then ask questions
    later. - Nadege Romulus
  50. i think this web site is something like me all they done was ask me a comple of question and it told me the truth about me self. i'm so happy i found out these things about my self - starr thomas
  51. I am a bowling coach and this is good to implement in my coaching. I will know what to do about my students (so first need to know their learning style), some need to tell them what to do in details and some need demonstrations, and if the students is not the type can listen to the "theory", I will just leave it, because he will use his own way and eventually get the ball down to the lane and hit the pins down. - Yeo Jimmy
  52. This makes sense because I can learn better by visualizing things. (hands-on work) - Krielle
  53. that makes sense - taye

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