Learning styles refer to the ways you prefer to process new information. We each learn and digest information in our own unique way, but there are some common learning patterns, preferences and approaches that we share. Knowing our own style helps us find the best method to acquire and retain new knowledge and skills as well as helping us to understand that other people may approach the same situation in different ways from our own.
Read through the following statements and write down the option that best describes you.
Most of us have a blend of styles, not wholly in any of the three classifications. It is probably more unusual to have a style which is entirely in one, especially in this sort of assessment, which is not particularly thorough although it gives a reasonable indication.
Quiz and content source: Pritchard, Studying and Learning at University, 2008