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Learning and Thinking
Learning Style
Identifies the way the student takes information in: visually, by listening, by reading and writing, or by moving.
16 items
6 minutes
4 dimensions
Intermediate and above
What it measures
The quickest test and the easiest to run — it gives an immediate recommendation about how to study and revise.
How to read the result
Array
Before administering
Make it clear that this asks about the student's own way of studying, not about the "right" way.
Its limits
There is no strong evidence that "matching" teaching to the style raises achievement. The real value is in the student's own awareness of how they study.
Its dimensions
- VisualWhen high: The student takes in information visually.
- AuditoryWhen high: The student takes in information by listening.
- Read-WriteWhen high: The student takes in information as text.
- KinestheticWhen high: The student takes in information through doing and movement.
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