LEARNING STYLES QUESTIONNAIRE

This questionnaire is designed to find out your preferred learning styles.1

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Add up the number of ticks for each letter.

Put the scores for each letter in the boxes below

You will probably find that you are a mixture of two or three learning styles. If you have high scores in two styles, you are probably happy with both these ways

of learning. If your score is fairly evenly spread, you are probably happy with learning in several ways.

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Now read the characteristics which are suggested for each style.

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  Activists tend to be open-minded and enthusiastic about new things. They will try anything once and like to tackle problems by brainstorming. They are usually outgoing and like to be the centre of attention. They are well
  

suited to working in projects, learning in groups and bouncing ideas off others. They may enjoy role-playing but may find they need help concentrating on lectures, writing up projects and analysing research.

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  Reflectors like to stand back and think before they act. They are usually quiet; they like to look at the big picture on any topic and are very ordered and thorough. They are keen on listening to experts and doing background reading. They get a kick out of doing and using their own research, but are
  

unlikely to be at their best when presenting ideas to a group.

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  Theorists are analytical and love detail. They are hardworking perfectionists. They are the ones who take a logical structured approach and are quick at pulling together odd bits of information. They like lectures with plenty of theory and gathering views and opinions. Writing up notes and doing analytical exercises is their thing. They do not react well to uncertainty or people being flippant about serious issues.
  

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  Pragmatists are very down-to-earth and keen to see if theories work in practice. They see problems as a challenge and they are always sure there is a better way to do things. They enjoy being shown ‘how to’ more than practising themselves. They are more tuned in to presenting ideas in smaller groups, writing up projects and using research data. They are weaker on tackling abstract ideas and background reading.