Dr.

MG Jomon, XLRI

LEARNING STYLE INVENTORY1

Based On Multiple Intelligence (MI) Theory

Please tick marks the statements that are applicable in your case. Kindly
leave out the statements that are doubtful in nature.

SL. STATEMENTS TICK

NOS. MARK
1 I engage in at least one sport or physical activity on a regular basis
2. I’m the sort of person that people come to for advice and counsel at work
or in my neighborhood.
3. I regularly spend time alone mediating, reflecting, or thinking about
important life
4. I can easily compute numbers in my head.
5. I have a pleasant singing voice.
6. Books are very important to me.
7. I often see clear visual images when I close my eyes.
8. I find it difficult to sit still for long periods of time.
9. I prefer group sports like badminton, volleyball, or softball to solo sports
such as swimming and jogging.
10. I have attended counseling sessions or personal growth seminars to learn
more about myself.
11. Math and/or science were among my favourite subjects in school.
12. I can tell when a musical note is off-key.
13. I hear words in my head before I read, speak, or write them down.
14. I’m sensitive to color.
15. I like working with my hands at concrete activities such as sewing,
weaving, carving, carpentry, or model building.
16. When I have a problem, I’m more likely to seek out another person for help
than attempt to work it out on my own.
17. I am able to respond to setbacks with resilience.
18. I enjoy playing games or solving brainteasers that require logical thinking.
19. I frequently listen to music on the radio, cassette tapes or compact discs.
20. I get more out of listening to the radio or a spoken-word cassette than I do
from television or films.
21. I frequently use a camera or camcorder to record what I see around me.
22. My best ideas often come to me when I am out for a long walk or a jog,
when I am engaged in some other kind of physical activity.
23. I have at least three close friends.
24. I have a special hobby or interest that I keep pretty much to myself.
25. I like to set up little “what if” experiments (i.e. “what if I doubled the
amount of water I give my rosebush each week?”).

1 This instrument is based on David A. Kolb’s Learning Style Inventory

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26. I play a musical instrument.
27. I enjoy word games like Scrabble, Boggle, Anagrams or Password.
28. I enjoy doing jigsaw puzzles, mazes, and other visuals puzzles.
29. I often like to spend my free time outdoors.
30. I favor social pastimes such a Monopoly or bridge over individual recreations such
as video games and solitaire.
31. I have some important goals for my life that I think about on a regular basis.
32. My find searches for patterns, regularities, or logical sequences in things.
33. My life would be poorer if there were no music in it.
34. I enjoy entertaining myself or others with tongue twisters, nonsense rhymes, or
puns.
35. I have vivid dreams at night.
36. I frequently use hand gestures or other forms of body language when conversing
with someone.
37. I enjoy the challenge of teaching another person, or groups or people, what I know
how to do.
38. I have a realistic view of my strengths and weaknesses (borne out by feedback from
other sources).
39. I’m interested in new developments in science.
40. I sometimes catch myself walking around with a jingle or other tune running
through my mind
41. Other people sometimes have to stop and ask me to explain the meaning of the
words I use in my writing and speaking.
42. I can generally find my way around unfamiliar territory.
43. I need to touch things in order to learn more about them.
44. I consider myself a leader (or other have called me that).
45. I would prefer to spend a weekend alone in a cabin in the woods rather than at a
fancy resort with lots of people around.
46. I believe that almost everything has a rational explanation.
47. I can easily keep time to a piece of music with a simple percussion instrument.
48. English, social studies, and history were easier for me in school than math and
science.
49. I like to draw or doodle.
50. I enjoy daredevil amusement rides or similar thrilling physical experiences.
51. I feel comfortable in the midst of a crowd.
52. I consider myself to be strong willed or independent minded.
53. I sometimes think in clear abstract, wordless, imageless concepts.
54. I know the tunes to many different songs or music pieces.
55. When I drive down a freeway, I pay more attention to the words written on signs
than to the scenery.
56. Geometry was easier for than algebra in school
57. I would describe myself as well coordinated.
58. I like to get involved in social activities connected with my work, church, or
community.
59. I keep a personal dairy or journal or record the events of my inner life.
60. I like finding logical flaws in thing that people say and do at home and work.
61. If I hear a musical selection once or twice, I am usually able tossing it back fairly

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62. My conversation includes frequent references to things that I’ve read or heard.
63. I can comfortably imagine how something might appear if it were looked down
upon from directly above in a bird’s-eye view.
64. I need to practice a new skill rather than simply reading about it or seeing a video
that describes it.
65. I would rather spend my evenings at a lively party than stay at home alone.
66. I am self-employed or have at least thought seriously about starting my own
business.
67. I feel more comfortable when something has been measured, categorized, analyzed,
or quantified in some way.
68. I often make tapping sounds or sing little melodies while working, studying, or
learning something new.
69. I’ve written something recently that I was particularly proud of or that earned me
recognition from others.
70. I prefer looking at reading material that is heavily illustrated.

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 SCORING KEY

Please circle the numbers in the follow Table:-

I II III IV V VI VII

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

8 9 10 11 12 13 14

15 16 17 18 19 20 21

22 23 24 25 26 27 28

29 30 31 32 33 34 35

36 37 38 39 40 41 42

43 44 45 46 47 48 49

50 51 52 53 54 55 56

57 58 59 60 61 62 63

64 65 66 67 68 69 70

Kindly total the tick marks in each of the seven multiple intelligence areas to find out your
learning style.

MY TOTAL SCORE

I. Body/Kinesthetic Intelligence
II. Interpersonal Intelligence
III. Intra-personal Intelligence
IV. Logical /Mathematical Intelligence.
V. Musical/Rhythmic Intelligence
VI. Verbal/Linguistic Intelligence
VII.Visual/Spatial Intelligence