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What is your personal learning style?

Learning style is the way in which a person processes new information. Knowing your learning style can help you make choices in the way you focus on and study new material. Below are fifteen statements that will help you assess your learning style. After reading each statement, rate you response to the statement using the scale below. There are no right or wrong answers.

After you submit this form, you will see your results. You will have the opportunity to print the page for your records. We invite you to share your results with us when you contact The Tutor Center. This information would help us to better match your learning style.

	Often applies	Sometimes applies	Never or almost never applies
1. I remember information better if I write it down or drew a picture of it.
2. I remember information better when I hear them instead of just reading or see them.
3. When I receive something that has to be assembled, I just start doing it. I don't read the directions.
4. If I am taking a test, I can visualize the page of text or lecture notes where the answer located.
5. I would rather the professor explain a graph, chart, or diagram to me instead of just showing it to me.
6. When learning new things, I want to do rather than hear about it.
7. I would rather the instructor write the information on the board or overhead instead of just lecturing.
8. I would rather listen to a book on tape than read it.
9. I enjoy making things, putting things together, and working with my hands.
10. I am able to conceptualize quickly and visualize information.
11. I learn best by hearing words.
12. I have been called hyperactive by my parents, spouse, partner, or professor.
13. I have no trouble reading maps, charts, or diagrams.
14. I can usually pick up on small sounds like bells, crickets, or frogs, or distant sounds like train whistles.
15. I use my hands and I gesture a lot when I speak to others.