Learning Styles Assessment Tool ²

The following questions are an assessment tool designed to help learners identify their learning styles. Students may demonstrate all styles of learning and it is possible for more than one to be predominant. This checklist will assess the style that best describes how students learn. It will also help instructors assess their own learning style.

Go through the questions, marking the answers that best reflect your learning. When you have completed the assessment, go back over the questions and your answers to see if you can find a pattern or dominant learning style. Look at the answers only after you have attempted to determine your learning style on your own.

1. How do you usually learn best?
   
   
   1. from working on my own and taking my own time
   2. from an instructor's lecture
   3. from an instructor who works personally with me
   4. from working in a small group of people I feel comfortable with
   5. from seeing practical applications
   6. from following directions
   7. from a small group of people with an instructor available to answer questions
2. What helps most in your learning? (Circle as many as you want. Rank in order of importance.)
   
   
   1. having my own routine
   2. talking with others while learning
   3. being able to take my time
   4. having fun while learning
   5. being able to practice what I am learning
   6. getting support and encouragement from instructors / people at home

²Michael Johnny (ed.) Native Learning Styles: Second Edition. (Owen Sound, Ontario: Ningwakwe Learning Press, 2002), pp. 22 - 25. Reprinted with written permission.