Learning Styles
Just For Fun … What’s Your Child’s Style of Learning?
Learning Style Quiz
Research tells us that learning is how the child organizes the information in the brain. As a parent, you are actually better equipped than a teacher to discover what learning style your child has.
What’s your child’s style? Read the following descriptions and then take the learning-style quiz.
The Visual Learner depends on seeing information. The child can picture long math problems in his/her head. He/she accomplishes more when working alone and when working from a written list of assignments. He/she memorizes by reading passages over and over, has an excellent imagination, observes detail; but can’t listen for long periods, and during a long lecture begins to stare, draw or fall asleep. Note: Children with visual impairments or total blindness can still be visual learners.
The Auditory Learner depends on hearing and verbalization. The child follows oral directions easily, sounds out words and is quick to answer the teacher’s questions. Very sociable, he/she is often called “teacher’s pet”. He/she remembers names and numbers, memorizes by repeating facts aloud and quickly learns things explained orally.
The Kinesthetic Learner is restless and inattentive—the kinesthetic learner makes up for the lack of academic achievement with physical prowess. He/she may write above and below the lines on a piece of paper, have difficulty following directions and have trouble learning.
Learning-Style Quiz
Check only those statements that accurately describe your child’s behavior. Then for each statement, find the corresponding number in the categories below labeled Visual, Auditory, and Kinesthetic and circle it. A large number of circles in one category indicates a strong learning in that direction.
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Your child is quiet; he/she rarely volunteers answers.
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Your child loves to communicate; he/she talks a lot!
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Your child relates to you more in body and action than in words.
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Your child loves putting together difficult puzzles.
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Your child is in perpetual motion; he/she rarely sits still.
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Your child remembers jingles and television commercials.
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Looking neat and being color-coordinated are important to your child.
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Your child tries to touch everything he/she sees.
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Your child is especially observant of details.
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Your child has a messy appearance and keeps an untidy room and cluttered desk.
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Your child is easily distracted by background noises.
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Your child has a very vivid imagination.
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Your child stomps or slams the door when angry.
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In his/her spare time, your child would most of all like to watch television or a movie.
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Your child is very verbal and can express his/her feelings.
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In his/her spare time, your child enjoys listening to a radio or tapes.
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Even as he/she gets older, your child prefers to try things out by touching and feeling.
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Even when most upset, your child holds in his/her feelings.
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In his/her spare time, your child would prefer to be playing, jumping, running or wrestling.
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Your child can assemble almost anything without help from printed or pictured instructions.
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Your child sorts out problems by talking about them.
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Your child naturally sounds out words and is a good speller.
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It is hard to hold your child’s attention, especially for reading.
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Your child hears oral directions and follows them.
Visual: 1, 4, 7, 9, 12, 14, 18, 20
Auditory: 2, 6, 11, 15, 16, 21, 22, 24
Kinesthetic: 3, 5, 8, 10, 13, 17, 19, 23
Learning is an inherent life process. By understanding how our child learns best we can build his/her learning experiences on their strengths. Creating a supportive environment which emphasizes the importance of trying, achieving and performing. When learning becomes pleasurable the stage is set for the lifelong pursuit of knowledge.
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