TEST - LEARNING STYLES
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Please circle one option that best represents your experience, how you personally do it, or what is typical for you.
1. The first thing I notice on another person:
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a) what he/she looks like, what is he/she wearing, something that I can see
b) what voice tone he/she uses when speaking, something that I can hear
c) what I feel when in contact with him/her, how his/her handshake, smile etc. affects me
2. When somebody explains something important to me, I:
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a) usually concentrate on accent and intonation of the person speaking
b) usually concentrate on my feelings, that this person stirs up in me
c) usually concentrate on the words and gesticulation, which this person uses
3. When I think about my best friend from school, the first thing that I recollect:
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a) how did he/she look like, what was his/her haircut, his/her face, how he/she dressed…
b) how did he/she speak, his/her voice, its tone, favourite sounds, song that he/she liked…
c) what we experienced together, how I felt with him/her, what parfum did he/she used, what was his/her favourite food..
4. When in the team, where something is being solved, I love to:
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a) discuss everybody’s opinion until we reach a common proposition
b) search the way to the solution that will make me feel good
c) immediately see several options, that are available
5. I consider myself to be a person that is mainly:
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a) visual and is attracted predominately with the incentives which I can see
b) auditive, likes to talk, a colourful speach is typical for me, am influenced by sounds
c) kinestetic or sensational, I act up to touch, taste and scent
6. When in stress or when I feel a tension/strain, I usually:
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a) talk to myself, I make arguments to myself when reaching a decision
b) must do something, I cannot remain in a state, when doing nothing
c) fantasize, what would some film hero do when in the same situation, I recollect a calming/soothing scene
7. Others would describe my typical tone of voice as:
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a) fast, sometimes high-pitched, perhaps with a hint of stutter
b) well-balanced, with a characterful rhythm, accentuation in speech and melody
c) slow and deep, with frequent pauses, sometimes slightly breathless voice
8. When under stress, my breathing is usually:
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a) balanced, in the upper part of the chest, sometimes with the prolonged exhaling
b) deep and full, in the lower part of abdomen
c) faster and shallow, sometimes I nearly hold my breath
9. When I want to make a good impression on someone I have not met yet, I prefer:
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a) writing him/her a letter (email, sms)
b) calling him/her and speaking to him/her first on the phone
c) meeting him/her personally
10. What I think about, when I have a „really bad“ day:
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a) „it is dreadful“
b) „I do not feel my best“
c) „I cannot look at myself“
11. I believe the most to what:
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a) I see with my own eyes
b) I hear with my own ears
c) I experience myself or what my feelings tell me
12. When on vacation, it is important to me if:
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a) every evening I can talk about the things that happened that day
b) I can experience and do as many activities during the day as I can manage
c) I can make photos or record all the things that I saw during the day
13. When I go to the cinema, the thing that annoys me most is, if:
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a) the picture is unfocused or unsettled
b) the sound of the film is unclear or when I can hear the background noice
c) the seats in the cinemas are uncomfortable
14. When I need to send a longer message or a letter (email), I like to:
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a) tell over what I want to write in my mind and then I write the message/letter without any need to change it
b) go and do something else and during this activity I think over, what I want to write and then I go and write it
c) take my notebook and I put the ideas and formulation together – I need to see them in front of me on the screen, I need to correct them and make them sound better
15. When I need to learn something new, it is important to me, when:
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a) I can read it in a book, I can make notes, I can draw or make colorful underlines
b) I can tell it over loudly or inwardly, or I can tell it to someone else, or I can discuss this topic with someone else
c) I can try out what I have learned or I can walk during the learning and am able to make a pleasant atmosphere
16. When I must reach a decision with my colleague and all the variants are possible, my answer would be:
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a) let the colleague call me and inform me, what this is all about, I will hear him/her out and then I will discuss all options and recommend what is in my opininon the best option
b) let the colleague organize a meeting with me, where we will discuss the issue and what I feel about it, then I will weigh up all the options and then will recommend in my opinion the best option
c) let the colleague send me the presentation, where I can see, what is the situation, this will allow me to see it, think about it from all perspectives and then I will recommend in my opinion the best solution
17. If I could choose a new career in the artistic line under new identity, I would like to be:
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a) painter, cameraman, photographer….
b) singer, musician, composer….
c) dancer, theater actor, sculptor …..
18. Which sentence is most agreeable to me: I usually make a decision based on:
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a) the fact, how, that something that someone wants from me, sounds
b) the fact, how, that something that someone wants from me, appeals to me, what impressions and feelings this something makes upon me
c) the fact, how, that something that someone wants from me, makes impression on me, how I visualise this thing, in what colours etc.
19. Those, that know me, would say, that the easiest way how I describe myself is:
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a) by the way I dress and how I look like
b) by the way how I say things, what voice tone do I use
c) by the feelings, which I share with others
20. If I had to choose a present in tombola in the same price category, I would choose:
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a) CD with my favourite music or music style
b) ticket to fitness or for a massage
c) ticket to see a film, that I would like to see or that I like or a film DVD
21. If I organized a party and I should choose one role, that suits me best, I would:
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a) devote my time to how the party would look like – what would the party participants see (colours, decoration, lighting, lookouts – attention to colourfulness, contrast, etc).
b) devote my time to how the party would sound, what would the party participants hear (music, spoken word, silence, band, right volume, acoustic, what the moderator would say and how he/she would say it – attention to the balance and harmony of the evening, etc.)
c) devote my time to what would happen during the party, what would party participants experience, what feelings they could live out, how intensive it should be, how long it would take (what atmosphere can be expected, what activities would be prepared for the participants, what surprises, where and how the participants would sit, or stand – attention to balance, energy and „flowing“ of the evening)
22. If I should choose one sentence that best describes the fact, that I understand something, that I accept it, value it positively, I would probably use:
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a) „it sounds good to me“
b) „I have a good feeling from this“
c) „it looks good“
23. When I attend a lecture or workshop, I benefit most if:
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a) I have notes, pictures and materials that I can read and can turn to later
a) I can listen to the good tutor, that can deliver the subject in an interesting way
c) I can be engaged in practical exercises, games and activities
24. What fits me best?
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a) I can remeber well a person’s voice even if it is a long time since I met this person
b) I often feel good/bad in the company of some persons, even if I have no reason for it
c) I need to see the person in order to remember him/her
25. When I have many tasks, it suits me best, if:
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a) I make a list of all the task I must accomplish
b) I can talk or consult others about the tasks, that need to be done
c) I start to act at once on one of the tasks
26. When I encounter a problem during a task handling, I prefer to:
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a) ask/consult someone or „discuss with myself“ all the options
b) trust my instincts and simply try one option
c) imagine all different options until I can clearly see how to settle this problem
27. I think that the lecture/workshop participants usually prefer those lecturers, that
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a) use pictures and presentations
b) act as facilitator – they ask questions and invoke a discussion
c) physically demonstate the subject and offer participant immediate experience
28. What fits me best?
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a) I prefer an oral examination to a written one, because I like to talk about things rather then write about them
b) I trust my „inner estimations and intuition“ when answering the written questions (and I usually do not check what answers I gave)
c) I prefer to see test in a written form to listening to the questions, I need to read the questions
29. If I should lose one of my following senses, what loss would I resent most?
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a) loss of eyesight
b) loss of hearing
c) loss of ability to move my hands and legs (paralyse)
30. When I try to remember someone, that I have just met, I try to:
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a) link the person’s name to the person’s voice
b) concentrate on this person, so that I get a feeling what this person is about, how can this person be characterized, and then I link this feeling to the person’s name
c) imagine the person’s name written on a name badge, visiting-card, or on a paper and then link this to the face
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