This questionnaire aims to find out something about your preferences for the way you work with information. You will have a preferred learning style and one part of that learning style is your preference for the intake and the output of ideas and information.
Choose the answer which best explains your preference and circle the letter next to it. Please circle more than one if a single answer does not match your perception. Leave blank any question that does not apply.
1. You are about to give directions to a person who is standing with you. She is staying at a hotel in town and wants to visit your house later. She has a rental car.
You would:
a) draw, or provide a map.
b) tell her the directions.
c) write down the directions (without a map).
d) collect her from the hotel in a car.
2. You are not sure whether a word should be spelled `dependent' or `dependant'.
You would:
c) look it up in the dictionary.
a) see the word in your mind and choose by the way it looks.
b) sound it out in your mind.
d) write both versions down on paper and choose one.
3. You have just received a copy of your itinerary for overseas travel. This is of interest to a friend.
You would:
b) phone her and tell her about it.
c) send her a copy of the printed itinerary.
a) show her on a map of the world.
d) share what you plan to do at each place you visit.
4. You are going to cook something as a special treat for your family.
You would:
d) cook something familiar without the need for instructions.
a) thumb through the cookbook looking for ideas from the pictures.
c) refer to a cookbook where you know there is a good recipe.
5. A group of tourists has been assigned to you to find out about wildlife reserves or parks.
You would:
d) drive them to a wildlife reserve or park.
a) show them slides and photographs.
c) give them pamphlets or a book on wildlife reserves or parks.
b) give them a talk on wildlife reserves or parks.
6. You are about to purchase a new CD player. Other than price, what would most influence your decision?
You would:
b) The salesperson telling you what you want to know.
c) Reading the details about it.
d) Playing with the controls and listening to it.
a) It looks really smart and fashionable.
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7. Recall a time in your life when you learned how to do something like playing a new board game. Try to avoid choosing a very physical skill, eg. riding a bike. You learnt best by:
a) visual clues -- pictures, diagrams and charts.
c) written instructions.
b) listening to somebody explaining it.
d) doing it or trying it.
8. You have an eye problem. You would prefer that the doctor:
b) told you what was wrong.
a) showed you a diagram of what was wrong.
d) used a model of an eye to show you what was wrong.
9. You are about to learn to use a new program on a computer. You would:
d) sit down at the keyboard and begin to experiment with the program.
c) read the manual that comes with the program.
b) telephone a friend and ask questions about the program.
10. You are staying in a hotel and have a car. You would like to visit friends whose address/location you do not know. You would like them to:
a) draw you a map on paper or provide a map from the internet.
b) tell you the directions.
c) write down the directions (without a map).
d) collect you from the hotel in a car.
11. Apart from price, what would most influence your decision to buy a particular book?
d) You have used a copy before.
b) A friend talking about it.
c) Quickly reading parts of it.
a) The way it looks is appealing.
12. A new movie has arrived in town. What would most influence your decision to go (or not go)?
b) You heard a review about it on radio.
c) You read a review about it.
a) You saw a preview of it.
13. Do you prefer a teacher who likes to use:
c) a textbook, handouts and readings.
a) flow diagrams, charts and graphs.
d) field trips, models, labs and practical sessions.
b) class or email discussion, online chat groups and guest speakers.
| Count your choices on this page |
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