Learning Styles Questionnaire
Write the score that most applies to you next to each sentence below.
5 = almost always 4 = fairly often 3 = sometimes 2 = rarely 1 = never
# Statement # Statement
1. It helps me understand if I discuss things with other 18. I would rather start an activity than listen to
5
people. instructions about it.
4 2. When learning, I watch the teacher’s face a lot. 19. I like telling jokes and remember them well.
3. I use colours for note-taking and reading.
4 20. I take lots of notes while listening to a lecture.
(highlighters, different coloured pens)
1 4. I get good ideas while I am doing some kind of
21. I doodle while listening to a lecture.
physical activity.
5 5. I prefer spoken to written instructions. 22. If I don’t look at a speaker, I can still focus.
6. I’d rather listen to a recording about a topic than
3 23. I like creating models of what I am learning.
read about it.
7. I’d rather have someone draw me a map than tell
5 24. During a test, I can visualize the page where I learned
me directions. something.
3 8. I do better on oral tests than on written ones. 25. I like projects better than reports.
1 9. I prefer to study on the floor or bed…not at a desk. 26. I like to talk when I write.
10. I take notes, but they are a bit messy. 27. If I read, I hear the words in my head.
11. I can easily understand maps, charts, graphs, etc. 28. I remember things better if I write them down.
29. I remember what people say, but I can’t easily
12. I can’t sit still for long.
remember what they look like.
13. I like making things with my hands. 30. If I want to remember something, I try to picture it in
my head.
14. If I am working, having the radio on annoys me. 31. If I study out loud, I can remember information better.
15. I take a lot of breaks when I study. 32. I can see pictures in my head.
16. I use a lot of gestures when I talk. 33. I would rather read than be read to.
17. I can’t picture things in my head well.
Now transfer your scores to the scoring chart and add them up. Your highest score indicates your
strongest learning style, and your lowest score indicates your weakest. Everyone is, to some degree, a
mixture of all three learning styles, but most people have one dominant style. A score of more than 40
indicates a particularly dominant style; a score of under 20 indicates a style that is not very prominent.
2 _____ 4 _____ 1 _____
3 _____ 9 _____ 5 _____
7 _____ 10 _____ 6 _____
11 _____ 12 _____ 8 _____
14 _____ 13 _____ 17 _____
20 _____ 15 _____ 19 _____
24 _____ 16 _____ 22 _____
28 _____ 18 _____ 26 _____
30 _____ 21 _____ 27 _____
32 _____ 23 _____ 29 _____
33 _____ 25 _____ 31 _____
kinaesthetic learner: auditory learner:
visual learner:________
________ ________
-adapted from Rosie Tanner and Catherine Green’s Tasks for Teacher Education. Harlow: Pearson Education
Ltd., 1998.
