Learning styles
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  1. You are learning a new program, skill or game on a computer. You would ____ (rank your answers from first choice to last.
        1 2 3 4 5
    read the directions  
    play around until you figured it out  
    ask for help  
    look at what someone else is doing on another computer  
    give up  


  1. Someone asks you for directions from your house to another place. Put these in order with your first choice as 1, second choice as 2, etc.
        1 2 3 4
    Go most of the way with them to show them  
    write down the directions  
    tell themthe directions  
    draw a map  


  1. You are deciding what to eat. You _____. Put these in order with your first choice as 1, second choice as 2, etc.
        1 2 3 4
    read the menu  
    look at what others are eating  
    ask someone what is good  
    choose something you have had before  


  1. You need help building a model of a cell or boat. Put these in order with your first choice as 1, second choice as 2, etc.
        1 2 3 4 5
    ask for help  
    look at the picture sor diagrams that came with the model  
    try different things  
    read the directions  
    give up  


  1. You are studying about fish. Put these in order with your first choice as 1, second choice as 2, etc.
        1 2 3 4 5
    read a book about fish  
    watch a video about fish  
    play a computer simulation where you are a fish  
    take care of live fish  
    do an interactive computer lesson about fish  


  1. I like learning websites that ____. Put these in order with your first choice as 1, second choice as 2, etc.
        1 2 3 4
    Have lots of things to click, try or move  
    have interesting pictures and diagrams  
    have things to read  
    audio channels where I can hear music, radio programs or interviews.  


  1. How would you like your teacher to give assignments? Put these in order with your first choice as 1, second choice as 2, etc.
        1 2 3
    write them on the board  
    say them out loud  
    put an example on the bulletin board  


  1. You need help building a model of a cell or boat. Put these in order with your first choice as 1, second choice as 2, etc.
        1 2 3 4
    watch a video of how it is done  
    try things until you figure it out  
    call someone and ask them what to do  
    look at pictures of one that is done  


  1. ou are not sure whether a word should be spelled `dependent' or `dependant'. You would ____. Put these in order with your first choice as 1, second choice as 2, etc.
        1 2 3 4
    write both words on paper and choose one.  
    find it online or in a dictionary  
    see them in your mind and choose one  
    think about how each word sounds and choose one.  


  1. To get ready to give a speech you would ___.
        1 2 3 4
    write a few key words and practice saying your speech over and over.  
    gather many examples and stories to make the talk real and practical.  
    write it out and read it over and over  
    make diagrams or get graphs to help explain things.  





Kathy Applebee
CO