Learning Assistance
& Resource Center

West Chester University

Contact Info
224 Lawrence Center
West Chester, PA 19383
Phone: 610-436-2535
Fax: 610-436-2600
larc@wcupa.edu


Find Your Learning Style

Directions: Read the left box of the first row and click the button next to the option that best completes the sentence for you. Do the same for the rest of the rows. If you cannot choose between two options, you may check two boxes, but NOT all three. When finished, add the checkmarks for each column and write the numbers in the last row.

  • When studying I usually
  • I keep up with current events by
  • If I have business to conduct with another person, I prefer
  • At a meeting I
  • In my spare time I would rather
  • To learn how to operate a fax machine, I would prefer to
  • I prefer classes in which the instructor
  • If I had to assemble a bicycle, to put it together I would rather use
  • I remember better
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  • visualize or write things down
  • reading the newspaper thoroughly when I have time
  • face-to-face meetings or writing letters
  • come prepared with notes and displays
  • watch TV, go to a movie, attend the theater or read
  • watch a demonstration
  • uses films and videos or writes on the board
  • written directions or a video
  • when I write it down
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  • like to have music playing
  • listening to the radio or watching TV news
  • talking on the telephone
  • enjoy discussing issues and hearing other points of view
  • listen to radio or tapes, attend a concert, or play an instrument
  • listen to a friend's explanation
  • lectures and answers questions
  • an audiocassette
  • what people say rather than what they look like
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  • have difficulty sitting in one place or position and like to move around.
  • quickly reading the paper or spending a few minutes watching TV news
  • conversing while walking, jogging, or doing something else physical
  • have difficulty concentrating and so spend my time doodling
  • engage in physical activity of some kind
  • try to figure it out by using it
  • has students conduct experiments or participate in activities
  • no instructions; I'd rather try to do it myself
  • when I study with another person
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"Matching Tutoring and Learning Styles: A Workshop for Tutor Training," by M. Szpara and L. Pizzi. -- Tutoring and Learning Resources, University of Pennsylvania, HRE Suite 100, Phila., PA 19104.

  • Read chapters, underline important facts, and write a study outline.
  • Take notes during lectures.
  • Watch videotapes.
  • Study by making flash cards or drawing graphs, pictures and charts.
  • Read written directions.
  • Write down all oral directions.
  • Choose written rather than oral reports.
  • Study alone with no visual distractions.
  • Listen to lectures.
  • Read your notes aloud.
  • Dictate your notes on a tape recorder.
  • Have a friend ask you study questions aloud.
  • Listen to audiotapes and videotapes.
  • Study in groups.
  • Memorize by using songs or jingles.
  • Listen to oral directions.
  • Give oral presentations rather than written reports.
  • Study in a quiet place.
  • Role-play subject matter.
  • Build models rather than give oral or written presentations.
  • Visit places that you're studying about in your courses.
  • Use calculators and computers.
  • Participate in labs and activities.
  • Use manipulative and 3-D objects to learn concepts.
  • Study alone for short periods of time in an organized place where you can move around.

Check out the sites listed below to learn more about learning styles.

Chaminade College Prep's Learning Styles Page

Learning Styles Inventory

Don Clark's Learning Styles

Kolb Learning Styles