This Tip introduces a Learning Styles Assessment that identifies visual, auditory, and kinesthetic learners.
Tip #117 discussed the idea of meeting the learning needs of three different learning styles based on the senses. We also looked at how one training method can meet the needs of all three if given some thought. However, lecture alone only meets the needs of the auditory learner. That leaves 2/3rds of learners out in the cold.
In response to last week’s discussion, Ralph Schwartz sent in the following Learning Styles Assessment for the three basic learning styles: Visual, Auditory and Kinesthetic. It is taken from Accelerated Learning by Colin Rose, which was published in 1987. I really appreciate Ralph’s contribution and want to share it with you this week.
To take the assessment, you simply read the word(s) in the left column and circle the description that best expresses how you usually handle each situation.
So, how well did this assessment work for you? I know that I am a very visual learner, which this assessment definitely validated.
It should be noted here that many learners adapt and have more than one sense involved in how they learn. Your assessment may have demonstrated that.
