Your learning style- test

[shootingstar]

A short test. Some questions reminded me how I mastered certain skills over time. There were 1-2 questions clearly my response is highly influenced by my formal training and work experiences.


http://www.vark-learn.com/english/page.asp?p=questionnaire

I'm sure the teachers here have an opinion on such short tests to determine a person's learning profile.

My score:
• Visual: 10
• Aural: 10
• Read/Write: 10
• Kinesthetic: 9

[Crankin]

Visual: 0
Aural: 2
Read/Write: 8
Kinesthetic: 6

I guess this explains why I can't understand any diagrams, especially technical things.
But, I already knew this.

[HoosierGiant]

Visual: 4
Aural: 1
Read/Write: 10
Kinesthetic: 3

[sfa]

Me:

Visual: 4
Aural: 1
Read/Write: 8
Kinesthetic: 3

I'm surprised that there's even a 1 for aural! I hate, hate, hate talking to people and being talked at when I'm trying to learn something. I don't mind talking to be social (although I'm really not good at it), but if I'm trying to get information, talking is useless. Talking on the phone is particularly bad--without the visual clues of a face-to-face conversation I get nothing.

Sarah

[OakLeaf]

* Visual: 2
* Aural: 3
* Read/Write: 7
* Kinesthetic: 5

.... which is interesting to me, because I see where they're coming from, but when I think of how I learn, that's not how I think of myself. Book-larnin' comes so naturally to me, I guess I don't even think about it. But I'm such an abstract thinker that I have difficulty learning practical skills by reading - in those cases I'm much more visual and kinesthetic.

For example, if I have to rely on a service manual to learn how to repair something, it's almost comical how many times I'll have to look back and forth from the diagram, to the real thing, to the diagram, before the picture congeals in my head. If I can learn by having an experienced mechanic supervise me and tell me what to do, I catch on much quicker.

[Flybye]

* Visual: 1
* Aural: 10
* Read/Write: 1
* Kinesthetic: 8

No surprises here! Just tell me about it or hand it over. Instructions are just in the box for the slight chance that I might get stuck on something.

[malkin]

Visual: 1
Aural: 4
Read/Write: 9
Kinesthetic: 2

You have a strong Read/Write preference.

No news there.

[MommyBird]

I closed the tab too soon but I know my visual was 14.
I can mentally walk through a building just by looking at a set of plans.

[shootingstar]

I didn't quite realize I was a quadruple-dimensional learner. :p

Geez. I actually don't like just hearing only voices without visual cues for learning. It might explain that I don't like audio books nor do I listen to radio shows. I haven't listened to any radio shows for years.

But for word spellings, I rely strongly on matching phoenics (heavily aural) and imagining a word spelling in my head. It is based very strongly on rigorous learning English as a 2nd language as a child when I had difficulty enunciating certain blended consonants, ie. th, cr, tr, etc. Rigorous but I ended up loving wordplay and wordsmithing.

[TsPoet]

Wow, looks like I'm a loser!
* Visual: 3
* Aural: 0
* Read/Write: 8
* Kinesthetic: 4


I would have guessed visual >kinesthetic>read=aural

[GLC1968]

* Visual: 7
* Aural: 6
* Read/Write: 8
* Kinesthetic: 10

I had multiple choices for every situation, but not because I need multiple ways in order to learn but because I *can* learn in multiple ways, equally. I guess it explains why I've always been a good student - even without trying. It comes naturally to me. Too bad I suck at long-term knowledge retention. :p

[OakLeaf]

I also learn much quicker if I understand WHY I'm doing something. There wasn't a category for that. :p

[GLC1968]

I also learn much quicker if I understand WHY I'm doing something. There wasn't a category for that. :p

Me too!

[zoom-zoom]

Your scores were:

Visual: 10
Aural: 9
Read/Write: 12
Kinesthetic: 12

Seems I learn best from a variety of approaches...which doesn't surprise me. It depends entirely upon what I'm learning. Sometimes I do well just reading something, other times I do best when I DO something.

[Biciclista]

* Visual: 7
* Aural: 4
* Read/Write: 9
* Kinesthetic: 7

[ASammy1]

* Visual: 7
* Aural: 4
* Read/Write: 12
* Kinesthetic: 6

Doesn't surprise me one bit!

[spokewench]

Visual 5
Aural 11
read/write 10
kinesthetics 5

Multimodal - like to learn in different ways -I am among 60% of the population.

Dang, I thought i was special!:D

[tc1]

I always said that I am spatially impaired, can't see in 3 dimensions. All of my design attempts have been disasters, I know good design when I see but I can't visualize it at all. I hate moving furniture. Interior design is excruciating torture to me. I can't organize physical objects to save my life, but I will slavishly follow written diagrams. Which fits with my visual score of zero.

Thanks for posting the link, it was fascinating.

[IFjane]

No surprises here for me - I have to move and manipulate stuff in order to learn:

Visual: 4
Aural: 6
Read/Write: 6
Kinesthetic: 11

[SLash]

Visual: 4
Aural: 6
Read/Write: 10
Kinesthetic: 8

[VeloVT]

Interesting...

"Your scores were:

* Visual: 5
* Aural: 3
* Read/Write: 11
* Kinesthetic: 3

You have a strong Read/Write learning preference."

[Catrin]

* Visual: 2
* Aural: 3
* Read/Write: 3
* Kinesthetic: 8

You have a strong Kinesthetic learning preference.

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No surprises, but interesting - though the difference between read/write and kinesthetic was larger than expected.

[Tri Girl]

In college I studied Howard Gardener, and he teaches that there are 7 intelligences.
I give my middle school students a 60 question "quiz" at the start of each semester to have them identify the areas in which they are the strongest- then tell them they can use that area to determine how to study, what career path to choose, etc. It can also change over time. My results now are different than they were in college some 20 years ago.

The 7 intelligences are:
visual/spatial
bodily/kinesthetic
verbal/linguistic
mathematical/logical
musical
interpersonal
intrapersonal


I'm equal in many of the above. I'm strongest at visual/spatial and I am at zero on mathematical/logical. I can definitely see that... :rolleyes:

Here are my results for this quiz:
Your scores were:

* Visual: 5
* Aural: 4
* Read/Write: 6
* Kinesthetic: 8

You have a multimodal (VARK) learning preference.

[Crankin]

TC1, I had a 0 in visual, too. I cannot understand any diagrams. They all look like like goblety-gook to me. It has taken me many years to internalize the steps for using different things on the computer; and this year when I had to go back to using a PC at my internship (I have a Mac), it was like I was in 2nd grade.
If someone walks me through visual/mechanical things, I might be able to do it, but I will forget the steps in like 2 seconds. Other than that, I have a wonderful memory, if it's verbally mediated. I am a strong reader and writer, too.
I am a little bit better than I used to be with this stuff, but it really hurts my brain to try and remember, let's say, what I have to do to to get the back wheel back on my bike.

[NbyNW]

Fun & interesting questionnaire. I got:

Visual: 8
Aural: 10
Read/Write: 8
Kinesthetic: 11

You have a multimodal (VARK) learning preference.

Makes sense, I'm a career generalist.

[shootingstar]

I always said that I am spatially impaired, can't see in 3 dimensions. All of my design attempts have been disasters, I know good design when I see but I can't visualize it at all. I hate moving furniture. Interior design is excruciating torture to me. I can't organize physical objects to save my life, but I will slavishly follow written diagrams. Which fits with my visual score of zero.

Thanks for posting the link, it was fascinating.

I'm sure you probably have other strengths --not yet discovered or you've taken them for granted.

Like you I'm not keen on interior design. But at the same time, I can take a 1-2 dimension sewing pattern, sketch and 1 dimension surface of fabric and be able to visualize if a particular design will fit/complement a person well. I don't like attempting sculpting nor carving but very good creating on mechanical process of matching 1-dimensional sewing pattern pieces that I've altered in advance and create a 3-D garment. Or working with 1-2 dimensional surfaces to create art (ie. painting, etc.)

My wayfinding skills aren't as great as others, yet as a librarian for over 2 decades, I do NOT memorize call numbers of books, etc., I know by visualizing the location of a book amongst thousands of other books in layouts of several libraries that I have designed. I tend to go to the exact bay, exact shelf ...and will readjust my visual memory if 10,000 books have to be moved to open up more shelf space...which has happened in several libraries. Maybe what's needed is for me to be more alert on visual cues outside when I end up in a strange neighbourhood or go out the wrong subway exit in order to quickly reorientate myself.

I was watching a documentary on reading skills of children and how their brain acquires comprehension of written words and sounds. Most interestingly there is a difference between children who have to learn and memorize a language script that is based on a pictogram (ie. Chinese) vs. children learning the words made of letters. Different parts of the brain are required for these 2 different written language types. They did demonstrate brain processing of children who were fortunate enough to be equally bilingual in reading English and Chinese...2 different areas of the brain were used to process each language.

I agree with Tri Girl, that a person can change. I know I have changed in terms of learning capabilities since I graduated from university because I've had to reorientate certain skills completely to make them applicable for a job from the theoretical (at school). And it's tough to reorientate the brain for other required skills that are required for certain jobs. But it can be done, it just may not come naturally to a person and requires alot more (painful) effort.

[ZooZoo]

* Visual: 8
* Aural: 6
* Read/Write: 8
* Kinesthetic: 7

[evangundy]

My scores were:
Visual: 8
Aural: 10
Read/Write: 16
Kinesthetic: 14

I would have thought my visual would be higher but the rest didn't surprise me

[OakLeaf]

I don't get why some people's total scores are so much higher than others'.

Do I just... not... learn? :p:confused:

[badger]

Visual: 4
Aural: 10
Read/Write: 12
Kinesthetic: 12

I'm surprised at the high aural score. I hated lectures and anything where I had to sit and listen. I tune and zone out, and I find myself doing that in meetings at work, too.

And instruction manuals? I never even look at them, much to my boyfriend's frustration at times (like when I plug the web cam in without even uploading the software to support it and not realizing that for 2 years...)

[tharley]

Your scores were:

* Visual: 13
* Aural: 8
* Read/Write: 9
* Kinesthetic: 10

I need ALL help to learn something. It really depends on the topic.

[Maxxxie]

* Visual: 4
* Aural: 5
* Read/Write: 12
* Kinesthetic: 10

No surprises there - I'm a nerdy bookworm who figures things out by reading about them, then experiments with the real thing.

It should come as no surprise that I have (and still do) read instruction manuals just for the fun of it.

Max

[Serendipity]

Your scores were:

Visual: 6
Aural: 2
Read/Write: 4
Kinesthetic: 5

That was fun and no surprises. Actually thought the visual score would be higher as I have always used the idea of a 'picture in my mind'. As a teenager, I thought everyone did that until a friend of mine told me that there was no way she could visualize the way a finished outfit would look just by looking at the pattern and the fabric.



I don't get why some people's total scores are so much higher than others'.

Do I just... not... learn? :p:confused:

Oakleaf, I think some people make more than one selection per question. The questionnaire allows more than one choice.

[sunandwaves]

I got:
Visual: 10
Aural: 8
Read/Write: 9
Kinesthetic: 7

[ivorygorgon]

Visual: 1
Aural: 0
Read/Write: 14
Kinesthetic: 1

No surprises here either. It explains why no one can explain anything to me. I have to read it. If someone tries to teach me by describing, or God forbid drawing a map or a diagram, my eyes glaze over.

Great quiz! Thanks for putting it up here.

[sah]

v=6
a=6
r=11
k=10

[AnnieBikes]

Your scores were:

* Visual: 4
* Aural: 6
* Read/Write: 5
* Kinesthetic: 8


You have a multimodal learning preference.

Fun and interesting. Thanks for posting this.