Learning Style Quiz

Visual, Auditory, or Tactile Learner?

What Is Your Best Learning Style?
How do you learn best: by seeing, hearing, or experiencing information?. Saul Gravy/Ikon Images/Getty Images
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Grace Fleming
Grace Fleming
Education Expert
  • M.Ed., Education Administration, University of Georgia
  • B.A., History, Armstrong State University
Grace Fleming, M.Ed., is a senior academic advisor at Georgia Southern University, where she helps students improve their academic performance and develop good study skills.
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Updated on January 02, 2019
1. Which answer best matches your feelings when you take a walk in the woods?
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2. When you look at a complex infographic, what is your first impression?
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3. Which technique helped you learn your multiplication tables?
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4. Which study strategy do you utilize most often?
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5. If you listen to music when studying:
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6. Do you doodle and draw on your notes during class?
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7. Your teacher announces that you're going on a field trip to an art museum next week. Your first thought is:
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8. When you meet people for the first time, you tend to remember:
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Learning Style Quiz
You got: You Are a Visual Learner!
I got You Are a Visual Learner!. Learning Style Quiz
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As a visual learner, you may learn best when you create charts or pictures of the information you're studying. If you haven't done this yet, it would be a good idea to start! You are probably a talented artist--or you will be. Maybe you just haven't discovered your talents yet.

You like to see demonstrations, diagrams, slides, charts, and other visual aids in the classroom, but you learn more once you are able to study those images alone in your room.

If you study with a group, you should try an active study group activity using flash cards. 

Learning Style Quiz
You got: You Are an Auditory Learner!
I got You Are an Auditory Learner!. Learning Style Quiz
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As an auditory learner, you may have memorized lots of songs over the years, since you probably learn best by listening! You are also good at speaking.

You might do well in a debate class, since you are probably great at putting things into words. 

You can remember names but you don't always remember faces. You probably associate many products with their advertising jingles. You could use this talent to your advantage by making up tunes as you memorize lists. Put your worlds to music!

When traveling to a new place you may prefer to follow verbal directions instead of looking at a map.

You would benefit from recording lectures and listening to podcasts when you study for a test.

Learning Style Quiz
You got: You Are a Strong Tactile Learner!
I got You Are a Strong Tactile Learner!. Learning Style Quiz
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As a tactile learner, you like to get active as you learn.  

If you are a tactile learner, you probably do best when you participate in activities that get you out of your chair.

You prefer direct involvement in the learning environment and enjoy activities like role playing and sports. You remember things best once you've experienced them.

You don't understand things so well if you only read about them. Reading usually bores you. You may talk with your hands. You might have been called a poor listener or a fidgety student, because sitting too long makes you nuts!

You probably sit in the back of the class. You like to study in groups because of the interaction. You may be involved in drama. You can benefit by using role playing methods when you study. You could also benefit from making your own flashcards.