1. Take the Learning Style Inventory
7th Grade
Learning Styles Inventory #2
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2. Objectives
Take the Learning Style Inventory to identify the best and most difficult ways you learn.
Name your top Learning Style categories
Name the types of learning that are most difficult for you
Name one way you can use this learning style information to help you in school

3. Take the Learning Style Inventory
If you are not sure if the answer is “yes” or “no”, just circle the choice that is most often true
Answer all the questions

5. Learning Style Inventory Results
Every “yes” answer gets one point
Tabulate the total for answers 1-5
Tabulate the total for answers 6-10
Tabulate the total for answers 11-15

6. My Learning Styles If your total for answers 1-5 is the most
You are a visual learner
If your total for answers 6-10 is the most
You are an auditory learner
If your total for answers is the most
You are a kinesthetic learner

7. Visual Learner Learns things best by seeing them
Often likes sitting toward the front of the class
To be close to visuals in the front of the room
Understands lectures better when close to the teacher
Information clicks when aided by a
Chart
Picture
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8. Visual Learner: Characteristics
Good at spelling
Forgets names
Needs quiet study time
Likes color and fashion
Dreams in color
Understands/likes charts
Good at sign language
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9. Visual Learner: Techniques
Drawing: map of historical events, scientific process
Making outlines/outlining reading
Copying what is on the board/taking notes/making lists
Asking the teacher for a diagram/diagram sentences
Watching videos
Color coding words/researching notes
Using highlighter/circling words
Using flashcards

10. Auditory Learner Learns things best through hearing things
May struggle after reading a chapter
But then gain understanding after hearing a lecture
Good at understanding true meanings of people’s words
Listens to audible signals like changes in tone
When trying to remember a phone #
Say it out loud
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11. Auditory Learner: Characteristics
Likes to read to self out loud
Good at grammar/foreign languages
Will talk in front of the class/likes acting
Difficult to keep quiet for long periods of time
Likes oral reports
Notices sound effects in movies
Enjoys music
Remembers names
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12. Auditory Learner: Techniques
Using word association to remember facts and lines
Recording lectures
Using audio tapes for language practice
Audio taping notes after writing them
Watching videos
Repeating facts with eyes closed
Participating in group discussions
Studying in groups
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13. Kinesthetic Learner Also called tactile learner
Learns best through doing/experiencing things
May become bored by lecture more quickly
Can remember directions by acting them out

14. Kinesthetic Learner: Characteristics
Good at sports
Likes dance or martial arts
Difficult to sit for long periods of time
Spelling/Handwriting may be hard
Likes science
Can study with music on
Likes adventure books and movies
Builds models
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15. Kinesthetic Learner: Techniques
Studying in short blocks
Studying with others
Taking lab classes
Role playing
Taking field trips, visiting museums
Using memory games
Using flash cards to memorize
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16. Update Postsecondary Plan

17. Update Postsecondary Plan: LS
Enter information in the Learning Style box on the Personal/Social section
Write about your strong learning style and things that you do well within this style
For Learning Techniques
Enter learning style strategies that will help you in school

18. Pair and Share
Do you agree with the Learning Style Inventory results? Why or why not?
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19. Review What are the major types of learning styles?
Visual, Auditory, Kinesthetic
What are characteristics for a Visual learner?
Good at spelling, forgets names, needs quiet study time
Likes color and fashion, dreams in color
Understands and likes charts, good at sign language
What are learning techniques for an Auditory learner?
Recording lectures, using audio tapes
Watching videos, repeating facts with their eyes closed
Participating in group discussions, studying in groups

20. References
Microsoft Office Images. (2011). Retrieved from