This document provides instructions for a learning style checklist to help determine a learner's preferred learning style. The checklist contains 36 statements about learning habits and preferences that learners rate on a 5 to 1 scale. Examples include preferences for writing things down, listening, discussing, or doing activities without instructions. Learners then transfer their ratings to a scoring sheet where the totals in the visual, auditory, and kinesthetic columns reveal their top learning style. The scoring sheet also prompts learners to identify their favorite, next highest, and least used learning styles based on the results.

1. Teaching Theory: Learning Style Check List
Instructions: Please read each statement and write the response (5, 4, 3, 2 or 1) in the space
after the item. Answer in terms of how well the statement describes you. Do not answer how
you think you should be or what other people do. There is no right or wrong answers to the
statements.
5- Almost always
4- Often
3-Sometimes
2-Rarely
1- Almost never
____ 1. I can remember something better if i write it down.
____ 2. When reading, I listen to the words in my head or I read aloud.
____ 3. I need to discuss things to understand them better.
____ 4. I don’t like to read or listen to directions. I’d rather just start doing.
____ 5. I am able to visualize pictures in my head.
____ 6. I can study better when music is playing.
____ 7. I need frequent breaks while studying.
____ 8. I think better if I can move around. Studying at a desk is not for me.
____ 9. I take lots of notes on what I read and hear.
____ 10. It helps me to LOOK at a person speaking. It keeps me focused.
____ 11. It’s hard for me to understand what a person is saying when there is
background noise.
____ 12. I prefer having someone tell me how to do something rather than having to
read directions myself.
____ 13. I prefer hearing a lecturer or tape rather than reading a book.
____ 14. When I can’t think of a specific word, I use my hands a lot to explain.
____ 15. I can easily follow a speaker even though my head is down, or I’m staring out
the window.
____ 16. It’s easy for me to understand maps, charts and graphs.
____ 17. I understand better by looking at a diagram than by reading a description.
____ 18. When beginning an article or book, I prefer to take a peek at the ending.
____ 19. I remember what people say better than what they look like.
____ 20. I remember things better if I study aloud with someone.
____ 21. I take notes, but never go back and read them.
____ 22. When I am concentrating on reading and writing, the radio bothers me.
____ 23. It’s hard for me to picture things in my head.
____ 24. I find it helpful to talk myself through my homework assignments.
____ 25. My notebook and desk may look messy, but I know where things are.
____ 26. When taking a test, I can SEE the text page and the correct answer on it.
____ 27. I cannot remember a joke long enough to tell it later.
____ 28. When learning something new, I prefer to listen to information about it, then
read about it, and then do it.
____ 29. I like to complete one task before starting another.
____ 30. I use my fingers to count, and I move my lips when I read.
____ 31. I dislike proofreading my work.
____ 32. When I am trying to remember something new, for example, a telephone
number, it helps me to form a picture of it in my head.
____ 33. For extra credit, I prefer to do a report on tape rather than write it.
____ 34. I daydream in class.
____ 35. For extra credit, I’d rather create a project than write a report.
____ 36. When I get an idea, I must write it down right away, or I’ll forget it.

2. Teaching Theory: How to Score the Checklist
Transfer the number you wrote on the checklist onto each line. Then total each
column.
1. _____
5. _____
9. _____
10. ____
11. ____
16. ____
17. ____
22. ____
26. ____
27. ____
32. ____
36. ____
2. _____
3. _____
12. ____
13. ____
15. ____
19. ____
20. ____
23. ____
24. ____
28. ____
29. ____
33. ____
4. _____
6. _____
7. _____
8. _____
14. ____
18. ____
21. ____
25. ____
30. ____
31. ____
34. ____
35. ____
_____ Visual Total
____ Auditory Total ____ Kinesthetic Total
My favorite Learning Style is:
________________________
My next highest is:
________________________
My least used style is:
________________________