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Learning Styles Quiz
Get insight into how your child learns best.
Complete this quiz with your child, selecting the statements he agrees with.
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.
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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.
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If she chose mostly kinesthetic learning statements, she prefers to be active while studying and may not be able to focus while sitting still.
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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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i thing that this helped identify my weakness and what i need to do to inprove my study skills. I need all the hope and prayer as i get as i go through this nusring program.Posted by - shilpaprabhu05@yahoo.com on Jun. 11, 2009
This is my for my daughterPosted by - taye on Oct. 28, 2008
that makes sensePosted by - Krielle on Oct. 07, 2008
This makes sense because I can learn better by visualizing things. (hands-on work)Posted by - Yeo Jimmy on Oct. 03, 2008
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.Posted by - starr thomas on Sep. 19, 2008
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 selfPosted by - Nadege Romulus on Sep. 19, 2008
I believe that each individual have their own learning style. My style learning technics is to read the instructions ,and then ask questionslater.
Posted by - Marie Betty Joseph on Sep. 19, 2008
That is very interesting, I can tell now what is the way I can learn betterPosted by - Marie Betty Joseph on Sep. 19, 2008
That is interesting, it make me know my best way to learnPosted by - Devon Wilson on Sep. 17, 2008
that was interestingPosted by - Catrina on Sep. 17, 2008
interestengPosted by - jasmine on Sep. 16, 2008
this is a good way to learn about things.Posted by - mike on Sep. 14, 2008
Awsome! now i realize why im slowPosted by - Kayla on Sep. 11, 2008
it was good help!Posted by - McClammy, Julissa on Sep. 11, 2008
it made me think alot about lreaningPosted by - tommy jones on Sep. 10, 2008
thank you!Posted by - Julissa McClammy on Sep. 10, 2008
i really like this articel.Posted by - carlissa simpson on Sep. 09, 2008
It is very interesting how this questionaire determined my learning style.Posted by - Jessie on Sep. 08, 2008
The test was simple and did not take long, and I think that it is important tool for teachers and students to have.Posted by - Lucretia McCants on Sep. 08, 2008
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.Posted by - Dustin Korth on Sep. 08, 2008
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 thisPosted by - Richard on Sep. 07, 2008
Good Stuff.Posted by - karen parker on Sep. 05, 2008
visual, aural read/write, kinestheticPosted by - Ashley on Sep. 04, 2008
I am having a hard time understanding VHSPosted by - mark on Sep. 04, 2008
I dont think I understand what you want me to know.Posted by - Justin megoloff on Sep. 04, 2008
helps me understand the styles i use when i'm trying to readPosted by - levi schoeneck on Sep. 01, 2008
It's a great tesr,I'll recomend it to all of my friendsPosted by - levi schoeneck on Sep. 01, 2008
goooood!i think this test is very helpful to me! I'll recomend this to everybody who aggrees to the terms!Posted by - Angelina on Sep. 01, 2008
THis was good informationPosted by - christine Johns on Aug. 31, 2008
nice infoPosted by - Cindy Ruiz on Aug. 29, 2008
I CAN'T BELIVE THAT I DIDN'T NO ABOUT THIS PROGRAM IT IS SO AMAZING!!!! -Cindy RuizPosted by - Esmeralda Salinas on Aug. 28, 2008
THIS IS GOOD INFORMATIONPosted by - Elizabeth on Aug. 28, 2008
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. --ElizabethPosted by - Terrence on Aug. 27, 2008
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.Posted by - tiffany on Aug. 27, 2008
thank you for letting me see what i need help inPosted by - jennifer on Aug. 26, 2008
Thank-youPosted by - Anonymous on Aug. 26, 2008
This quiz is far too simplistic and it jumps to conclusions.Posted by - Laura Brooks Luna on Aug. 25, 2008
I hope this is what they wantedPosted by - Tsahai Lee on Aug. 24, 2008
This was a wonderful website, It made me find out how I like to study, and what I like /don't likePosted by - Daniel Jeff Lucero on Aug. 24, 2008
thanks for letting me know how to study and which way is better for mePosted by - sydney on Aug. 24, 2008
it a great way to find out how you studyPosted by - Deanna on Aug. 24, 2008
its a nice way to find out how you studyPosted by - Alex on Aug. 21, 2008
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?Posted by - Ruby Castro on Aug. 21, 2008
I think this is very helpful so we know how we are able to study and pass our classes. ThanksPosted by - Michael Wheatley on Aug. 21, 2008
thank you!Posted by - Kewanna Champagne on Aug. 20, 2008
This was very interesting.Posted by - Laura Plank on Aug. 19, 2008
I would like to see the our local schools use this tool to help children learn in their own way.Posted by - LAURA PLANK on Aug. 19, 2008
This is a good way to learn new ways.Posted by - Jennifer Reynolds on Aug. 18, 2008
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
Posted by - rocky escobedo on Aug. 17, 2008
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.
Posted by - Jamie on Aug. 11, 2008
cool interesting/fun happyPosted by - flschwartz on Aug. 11, 2008
Interesting. My learning style is split between auditory and visual.Posted by - marie kistler on Aug. 08, 2008
I think that we have it a lot easer then people did in the 70Posted by - oliver on Jul. 24, 2008
The sight did not give me clear assessment.Posted by - Lisa on Jul. 15, 2008
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.