Learning Styles Inventory

Learning Styles Inventory
Courtesy to Seameo-Innotech
[Adapted from Learning Styles Inventory by Wyman in Shalaway (1998)]
To find out learning style of your learners, this inventory will help you.
To find out what your own learning style is, work on the questionnaire that follows.
Instructions:
To find out what learning style you prefer, click on the items that you agree with.
1. I prefer to listen to a book on audio tape rather than read it.

2. When putting something together, I always read directions first.
3. I prefer reading to hearing a lecture.
4. When I am alone, I usually have music playing or I hum or sing.
5. I like playing sports more than reading books.
6. I can always tell directions like north and south no matter where I am.
7. I love to write letters or in a journal.
8. When I talk, I like to say things like “I hear you,” “That sounds good,” or “That rings a
bell.”
9. My room desk, car, or house is usually disorganized.
10. I love working with my hands and building or making things.
11. I know most of the words of the songs I listen to.
12. When others are talking, I usually create images in my mind of what they are saying.
13. I like sports and I think I am a pretty good athlete.
14. It’s easy for me to talk for long periods of time on the phone with friends.
15. Without music, life isn’t any fun.
16. I am very uncomfortable with social groups and do not usually strike up a conversation
with almost anyone.
17. When looking at objects on paper, I can easily tell if they are the same no matter which
way they are turned.
18. I usually say things like “I feel I need to get a hand on it” or “Get a grip.”
19. When I recall an experience, I usually see a picture of it in my mind.
20. When I recall an experience, I mostly hear sounds and talk to myself about it.
21. When I recall an experience, I remember mostly how I felt about it.
22. I like music more than art.
23. I often doodle when I am on the phone or in a meeting.
24. I prefer to act things out rather than write a report on them.
25. I like reading more than listening to stories.
26. I usually speak slowly.
27. I like talking better then writing.
28. My handwriting is not usually neat.
29. I generally use a finger to point when I read.
30. I can multiply and add quickly in my head.
31. I like spelling and I think I am a good speller.
32. I get very distracted if someone talks to me while the television is on.
33. I like to write down instructions that people give me.
34. I can easily remember what people say.
35. I learn best by doing.
36. It’s hard for me to stay still very long.
Learning Styles Inventory
Get your total score using the following guide to determine your learning style.
Visual statements: 2, 3, 6, 7, 12, 17, 19, 23, 25, 30, 31, and 33
Auditory statements: 1, 4, 8, 11, 14, 15, 16, 20, 22, 27, 32, and 34
Kinesthetic statements: 5, 9, 10, 13, 18, 21, 24, 26, 28, 29, 35, and 36
Fill in the table below. If, for example, you checked statement 1, click the checkbox in row 1
under the Auditory column because according to the guide above, statement 1 is an auditory
statement. Do the same for each statement number.
Statement Number Visual Auditory Kinesthetic
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
Total Total Total

To get your score in percentage form, add the number of check marks in each column. Divide
this by the total number of check marks in all three columns. For example, if you got a score of
12 for the Visual column and your total number of check marks is 30, then 12 ÷ 30 = 0.4.
Multiply this number by 100 to get your score in percentage format, that is, 0.4 x 100 = 40%.
Your percentage score for each style indicates your relative preferred learning style/s. Compare
your scores for each column. What is/are your predominant learning style/s based on the test?
Some people have very strong preferences, even to the extent that they have little or no
preference in one or two of the styles. Other people have more evenly–balanced preferences,
with no particularly strong style. The point is simply to try to understand as much as you can
about yourself and your strengths (your preferred style or styles), and then make best use of
learning methods which suit your strengths (your preferred style or styles).
Now that you know how to determine your learning style, it’s time to introduce the self-test to
your teachers. Afterwards, they can ask their students to accomplish the same instrument. The
more the teachers understand their students’ learning styles, the better they can adapt their
instructions to accommodate as much learning preferences as possible. The better students know
the way they learn best, the greater their chances of performing well in school.

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