What’s Your Learning Style?

Thank you for taking PT Exam Prep’s Learning Style Assessment!

The table below explains your learning style and what it means.

VISUAL

A visually-dominant learner absorbs and retains information better when it is presented in, for example, pictures, diagrams and charts.
Other things a visual learner would likely say “yes” to:

• I enjoy doodling and even my notes have lots of pictures and arrows in them.
• I remember something better if I write it down.
• I get lost or am late if someone tells me how to get to a new place, and I don’t write down the directions.
• When trying to remember someone’s telephone number or something new like that, it helps me to get a picture of it in my mind.
• If I am taking a test, I can “see” the textbook page and where the answer is located.
• It helps me to look at the person while listening; it keeps me focused.
• Using flashcards helps me to retain material for tests.
• It’s hard for me to understand what a person is saying when there are people talking or music playing.
• It’s hard for me to understand a joke when someone tells me.
• It is better for me to get work done in a quiet place.

AUDITORY

An auditory-dominant learner prefers listening to what is being presented. He/she responds best to voices, for example, a lecture.
Other things an auditory learner would likely say “yes” to:

• My written work doesn’t look neat to me. My papers have crossed-out words and erasures.
• It helps to use my finger as a pointer when reading to keep my place.
• Papers with very small print, blotchy dittos or poor copies are tough on me.
• I understand how to do something if someone tells me, rather than having to read the same thing to myself.
• I remember things that I hear, rather than things that I see or read.
• Writing is tiring. I press down too hard with my pen or pencil.
• My eyes get tired fast, even though the eye doctor says that my eyes are ok.
• When I read, I mix up words that look alike, such as “them” and “then,” “bad” and “dad.”
• It’s hard for me to read other people’s handwriting.
• If I had the choice to learn new information through a lecture or textbook, I would choose to hear it rather than read it.

KINESTHETIC

A kinesthetic-dominant learner prefers a physical experience. He/she likes a “hands-on” approach and responds well to being able to touch or feel an object or learning prop.
Other things a kinesthetic learner would likely say “yes” to:

• I don’t like to read directions; I’d rather just start doing.
• I learn best when I am shown how to do something, and I have the opportunity to do it.
• Studying at a desk is not for me.
• I tend to solve problems through a more trial-and-error approach, rather than from a step-by-step method.
• Before I follow directions, it helps me to see someone else do it first.
• I find myself needing frequent breaks while studying.
• I am not skilled in giving verbal explanations or directions.
• I do not become easily lost, even in strange surroundings.
• I think better when I have the freedom to move around.
• When I can’t think of a specific word, I’ll use my hands a lot and call something a “what-cha-ma-call-it” or a “thing-a-ma-jig.”