Learning Styles Questionnaire (Honey Mumford, short versioned)

Look at the following statements – if they are usually true for you tick the appropriate
white box

Question A P T R

I find it easy to meet new people and make new        

friends

I am cautious and thoughtful        

I get bored easily        

I am a practical, "hands on" kind of person        

I like to try things out for myself        

My friends consider me to be a good listener        

I have clear ideas about the best way to do things        

I enjoy being the centre of attention        

I am a bit of a daydreamer        

I keep a list of things to do        

I like to experiment to find the best way to do        

things

I prefer to think things out logically        

I like to concentrate on one thing at a time        

People sometimes think of me as shy and quiet        

I am a bit of a perfectionist        

I am enthusiastic about life        

I would rather "get on with the job" than keep        

talking about it

I often notice things that other people miss        

I act first then think about the consequences later        

I like to have everything in its "proper place"        

I ask lots of questions        

I like to think things through before getting        

involved

I enjoy trying out new things        

I like the challenge of having a problem to solve        

  Activist Pragmatist Theorist Reflector

Total number of ‘ticks’        

 
 The higher scores on the learning styles format questionnaire suggest this is an area of preference. All of us use all of the
styles to a greater or lesser extent, using your profile you can better identify learning methodologies suited to your
preferences.

While this simple (unscientific) instrument can be a useful discussion tool, we would highly recommend using Honey and
Mumford’s LSQ instrument, this questionnaire contains 80, well researched questions and effective analysis.
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'Lite' version of an AVK style learning instrument

Learning Styles Questionnaire – AVK
 
 
Please tick the white box if the statement is usually true for you.
  VL VN AL AN KT
Statements:

When I make things for my studies, I remember what I have          

learned better.

I learn better if someone reads a book to me than if I read          

silently to myself. 

Having assignment directions written on the board makes          

them easier to understand.

When I do number problems in my head, I say the numbers to          

myself.

I understand a number problem that is written down better          

than one I hear.

I remember things I hear, better than I read.          

I would rather read a story than listen to it read.          

If someone tells me three numbers to add I can usually get the          

right answer without writing them down.

Written number problems are easier for me to do than oral          

ones.

Writing a spelling word several times helps me remember it          

better.

I find it easier to remember what I have heard than what I have read.          

I like written directions better than spoken ones.          

When I hear a phone number, I can remember it without writing it down.          

Seeing a number makes more sense to me than hearing a number.          

I like to do things like simple repairs or creative things with my hands.          

I would rather read things in a book than have the trainer tell me about          
them.

When I have a written number problem to do, I say it to myself to          

understand it better.

Seeing the price of something written down is easier for me to          

understand than having someone tell me the price.

I like to make things with my hands.          

I understand more from a group discussion than from reading about a          

subject.
I remember the spelling of a word better if I see it written down than if          
someone spells it out loud.

It makes it easier when I say the numbers of a problem to myself as I          

work it out.

When someone says a number, I really don’t understand it until I see it          

written down.

I understand what I have learned better when I am involved in making          

something for the subject.

I do well on tests if they are about things I hear in the training situation          
(training room).

  VL VN AL AN KT

Total          

My strongest preference is: __________

My second preference is: __________

My least favourite preference is: __________

 
The following are descriptions of VAK learning styles which can be found in every learner to some extent.   These
descriptions will help you evaluate a persons learning style on the basis of observation.  This VAK based learning
styles instrument is a tool which facilitates identifying our preferences of these learning styles.  Each of the five
style areas are described here as if the individual showed a strong preference in that particular style.

Descriptions:

 
Auditory Language: This is the person who learns from hearing words spoken.  You may hear them vocalizing or see
their lips or throat moving as they reads, particularly when they are striving to understand new material.  They will be
more capable of understanding and remembering words or facts they could only have learned by hearing.

Visual Language: This is the person who learns well from reading words in books, on the chalkboard, charts or
workbooks.  The individual may even write words down that are given orally, in order to learn from seeing them on
paper.  They tend to remember and use information better if they have read it themselves.

Auditory Numerical: This person learns from hearing numbers and oral explanations.  They may remember phone and
locker numbers with ease, and be successful with oral numbers, games and puzzles.   Written materials are not as
important.  They can probably work problems in their head.  You may hear them saying numbers to themselves, or see
their lips moving as they try to understand a problem.

Visual Numerical: This person has to see numbers, on the board, in a book, or on a paper -- in order to work with
them.  They are more likely to remember and understand number facts if they have seen them.  They don’t seem to need
as much oral explanation.

Auditory-Visual-Kinaesthetic Combination: The A-V-K person learns best by experience -- doing, self-involvement. 
They definitely needs a combination of stimuli.  The manipulation of material along with the accompanying sight and
sound (words and numbers seen and spoken) will make a big difference to them.  They may not seem to be able to
understand, or be able to keep their mind on work unless they are totally involved.  They often seek to handle, touch and
work with what they are learning.  Sometimes just writing or a symbolic wiggling of the finger is a symptom of the A-V-K
learner.