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SECTI
ONONE:

1.____
_Ienj oydoodl i
ngandev enmynot esh avelotsofpi cturesandar rowsinthem.
2.____
_Iremembers omethingbett erifIwr it
eitdown.
3.____
_Igetl ostoraml ateifsomeonet el l
smeh owt ogett oanewpl ace,andIdon’twrit
edown
thedi r
ec ti
ons.
4.____
_Wh ent ryi
ngt oremembers omeone’ stel
eph onenumber ,orsomet hi
ngnewl i
ket h
at,it
helpsmet og etapic t
ureofi tinmymi nd.
5.____
_IfIamt akingat est,Ican“ see”t hetextbookpag eandwh er
et heanswerislocated.
6.____
_Ithel psmet ol ookatt heper sonwh il
elistening;itkeepsmef ocused.
7.____
_Us i
ngf lashcardshelpsmet or etainmat erialfortests.
8.____
_It’
sh ardf ormet ounder st
andwh ataper soniss ayi
ngwh entherearepeoplet al
kingor
mus icplaying.
9.____
_It’
sh ardf ormet ounder st
andaj okewh ens omeonet ellsme.
10._
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_Itisbet terformet og etwor kdonei naqui etplace.

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SECTI
ONTWO:

1.____
_Mywr ittenwor kdoes n’tlookneatt ome.Mypaper shav ec ros
sed- outwordsand
eras ures .
2.____
_Ith el pst ous emyf ing erasapoi nterwh enreadi ngtokeepmypl ace.
3.____
_Paper swi thver ysmal lpr int,blotchydi ttosorpoorc opiesar etoug honme.
4.____
_Iunder standh owt odos omet h i
ngi fs omeonet ellsme, ratherthanh avi
ngt oreadthe
samet hingtomy self.
5.____
_Ir emembert hingst hatIh ear,rat h
ert h
ant hi
ngst hatIs eeorr ead.
6.____
_Wr itingi st i
ri
ng .Ipr essdownt ooh ardwi thmypenorpenc il
.
7.____
_Myey esg etti
r edf as t,event houg ht heey edoctors ayst hatmyey esareok.
8.____
_Wh enIr ead,Imi xupwor dsth atlookal i
ke,suchas“ them”and“ then,”“bad”and“dad.
”
9.____
_It’sh ar df ormet or eadot herpeopl e’shandwriting.
10._
___
_IfIh adt h echoi cetol ear nnewi nfor mationthroug hal ec t
ureort ex t
book,Iwouldchoose
toh eari tr at
h ert hanr eadi t
.

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SECTI
ONTHREE:

1.____
_Idon’ tl
iket or eaddirec t
ions ;I’
dr atherj uststar tdoing.
2.____
_Ilear nbes twh enIams hownh owt odos ometh ing ,
andIh avetheopport
uni
tytodoi
t.
3.____
_Study i
ngatades kisnotf orme.
4.____
_Itendt os olv epr obl
emst hroug hamor et rial
-and- err
orappr oac
h,rat
herth
anfromastep
-
by-stepmet hod.
5.____
_Bef oreIfol lowdi rect
ions ,ithel psmet os ees omeoneel sedoitfi
rst
.
6.____
_Ifindmy sel fneedi ngf r
equentbr eakswh ilestudy ing.
7.____
_Iamnots killedi ngiv
ingv erbalex planat i
onsordi recti
ons.
8.____
_Idonotbec omeeas ilylost,ev eni nstrang esur roundings.
9.____
_Ithinkbet terwh enIh avet hef reedomt omov ear ound.
10._
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_Wh enIc an’tt hinkofas pec i
ficwor d,I
’l
lus emyh andsal otandcal
lsomethi
nga“wh
at-
c
ha- ma-call-it”ora“ thi
ng -a-ma- jig
.”

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SCORI
NG:

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hofthet
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s30andt
heminimumscor
eis10.Notet
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encenexttoeachs
ect
ion.

Sec
tionOnescor
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Vi s
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Sec
tionTwosc
ore: ____
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ory)
Sec
tionThr
eescore:_
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( Ki
nesth
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)
EVALUATI
NGTHELEARNI
NGSTYLEQUESTI
ONNAI
RE

Themodal it
ytypewit
hthehighestsc
oreindic
at esyourpr ef
erredlearningchannel
.Th
eh igherthe
score,thestr
ongert
hepreference.Ifyouhaver el
ativelyhighscor
esi ntwoormor esecti
ons,you
probablyhavemorethanones tr
ength.
Ifth
es coresinthes ecti
onsar erough
lyequal,
y ouprobablydo
noth av
eapr efer
redlear
ningchannel;y
ouareamul ti
-sensorylearner.

Thefol
lowi
ngt
ablesummari
zestheobserv
ablecharacter
ist
ici
ndic
ati
veofthethr
eel
ear
nings
tyl
es.
Itpr
ovi
desaninf
ormalmeansofasses
singyourprefer
redapproac
htolear
ning
.

MODALI
TY VI
SUAL AUDI
STORY KI NESTHETI C
(Hands -on)
PREFERRED Lear nsbys eeingor Lear nst h roughv erbal Lear nsbydoi ngand
LEARNINGSTYLE wat ching instruc tionsf roms el for direc ti nv olv ement .
demons trations other s.
SPELLI
NG Rec og niz eswor dsby Us esaph oni cs Of teni sapoors peller;
sigh t;relieson appr oac hh asaudi tory wr it
eswor dst o
conf igur ati
onsofwor ds. wor dat tac ks kill
s . det er mi nei ft hey“ feel”
right.
READI
NG Likesdes cripti
on; Enjoy sdi alog ueand Pr efer ss t orieswh er e
somet imess tops plays ;av oidsl eng t
hy ac ti
onoc c ur sear l
y;
readi ngt os t
arei nto des criptions ;unawar eof fidget swh iler eadi ng;
spac eandi mag ine ill
us trations ;mov esl ips notanav idr eader .
scene; intens e ors ub- vocal izes.
conc ent ration.
HANDWRI
TING Tendst obeag ood, Hasmor edi ff
iculty Goodi nitial ly,but
par ticular l
ywh eny oung; learni ngi ni ni
t i
al det er iorat eswh ens pace
spac ingands izear e stages ;
t endst owrite bec omess mal ler;
good; appear ancei s lig
h tl
y . pus h esh ar deronwr iti
ng
impor tant . ins t
r ument .
MEMORY Rememberf aces ,
but Remember snames ,but Remember sbes twh at
forg etsnames ;writes forget sf ac es; wasdone, butnotwh at
thing sdown; takes remember sbyaudi tory wass eenort alked
not es. repet iti
on. about .
I
MAGERY Vividi mag i
nat ion;thi
nks Sub-v ocal izes; i
mag ines I mag er ynoti mpor tant;
inpi ctur es;v i
sualizesin thingsi ns ounds ;details imag est hatdooc cur
det ail. arel es si mpor tant. ar eac compani edby
mov ement .

DI
STRACTABI
LITY Unawareofsounds; Easil
ydist
rac
tedby Notat tentivetov i
sual
di
strac
tedbymov ement
.s ounds. oraudi torypresentation
somays eemdi stracted.
PROBLEM SOLVI
NG Deliberate;
plansin Talkspr oblemsout ; Attackspr oblem
advance;organi
z es tri
ess olutionsverball
y ph ysically;i
mpuls i
ve;
thoughtsbywrit
ingth em; ors ub-v
oc all
y;tal
kss el
f oftens electssoluti
on
li
stsproblems. thr
oug hpr oblems. invol
vingg reatest
activi
ty.
RESPONSETO Staresordoodles ;
finds Hums ,
talkst osel
f ,
or Fi dgetsorf indsreasons
PERIODSOF somet h
ing. talkstoot hers. tomov e.
INACTIVI
TY
RESPONSETONEW Looksaroundor Talksabouts i
tuat
ion; Triesthi
ng sout;
SITUATI
ONS examinesstr
uct
ure. dis
c ussesprosandcons t
ouches,feelsor
ofwh attodo. manipul
ates.