MIBOSO - Authentic Personal Branding - What's Your Learning Style?

What's Your Learning Style?

To identify your preferred learning style(s), please use the column to the left of the numbers to check
any of the following statements that you feel ‘fit’ you. It doesn't matter how many or few you choose.

	1.	I prefer hearing a book on tape to reading it.
	2.	When I put something together, I always read the directions first.
	3.	I prefer reading to listening to a lecture.
	4.	When I am alone, I usually have music playing, or hum or sing.
	5.	I like playing sports more than I like reading books.
	6.	I can always tell directions like north and south, no matter where I am.
	7.	I love to write articles, letters or to write in my journal.
	8.	When I talk, I like to say things like, "I hear you," "That sounds good" or "That rings a bell."
	9.	My desk, car or house is usually disorganized.
	10.	I love working with my hands to build or make things.
	11.	I know most of the words to the songs I like.
	12.	When others talk, I usually create images in my mind of what they are saying.
	13.	I like sports and think I am a pretty good athlete.
	14.	I find it easy to have long discussions on the phone with friends, colleagues or clients.
	15.	Without music, life just isn't as much fun.
	16.	I am very comfortable in social groups and can strike up a conversation with almost anyone.
	17.	When I look at objects on paper, I can easily tell whether they are the same, no matter which way they are turned.
	18.	I usually say things like, "I feel," "I need to get a handle on it," or "I need to get a grip."
	19.	When I recall an experience, I mostly see a picture of it in my mind.
	20.	When I recall an experience, I mostly hear the sounds in my mind, or talk to myself about it.
	21.	When I recall an experience, I mostly remember how I felt about it.
	22.	I like music more than I like art.
	23.	I often doodle when I am on the phone or in a meeting.
	24.	I prefer to act things out rather than write reports about them.
	24.	I like reading stories more than listening to stories.
	26.	I usually speak slowly.
	27.	I like talking better than writing.
	28.	My handwriting is not usually neat.
	29.	I generally use my finger to point when I read.
	30.	I can multiply and add quickly in my head.
	31.	I like spelling and think I am a pretty good speller.
	32.	I get very distracted if someone talks to me when the TV is on.
	33.	I like to write down the instructions that people give me.
	34.	I can easily remember what people say.
	35.	I learn best by doing.
	36.	It is hard for me to sit still for very long.

Next, take a moment to enter and total your scores in the columns below.

Seeing, reading or Visual activities, are marked with a V.
Tactile, physical or Kinesthetic activities, are marked with a K.
Speaking, hearing or Auditory activities, are marked with an A.

V	You Chose	V	You Chose	K	You Chose	K	You Chose	A	You Chose	A	You Chose
2		23		5		24		1		16
3		25		9		26		4		20
6		30		10		28		8		22
7		31		13		29		11		27
17		33		18		35		14		32
19				23		36		15		34
Your V Score TL:				Your K Score TL:				Your A Score TL:

Now, divide the number you scored in each category by the number of questions you completed to calculate
the relative dominance of each learning style. For example, if you felt that 18 of the 36 statements ‘fit’ for you
and 6 of the 18 you chose scored as Auditory, divide 6 by 18 to get your Auditory Dominance Ranking of 33%.

Learning Style Scoring	Your Score	Dominance Ranking
Visual (seeing)
Kinesthetic (tactile/physical)
Auditory (hearing)

Are you surprised? Does your score seem to fit? Many people like to check their results, so observe yourself
over the next few days to see it this assessment gave you an accurate read on your preferred learning style(s).