Take the quiz that reveals YOUR best learning style and how it can help you retain information
- A quiz by TutorHouse reveals the best method of learning for each individual
- Ten questions asks students to consider how they respond to different scenarios
- Most people are either Visual, Auditory, Read/Write or Kinesthetic learners
Whether you’re studying for an exam or revising for a presentation, a quiz on identifying different learning methods promises to help you maximise the amount of information you can retain.
Formed of ten questions, the quick quiz by Tutor House asks participants to consider how they would respond in a series of scenarios.
This technique reveals if they would benefit most from visual, auditory, read and write or kinesthetic (interactive) learning methods.
Created by Tutor House in partnership with educational experts, the quiz considers the widely used VARK (Visual, Aural, Read/write, and Kinesthetic) learning styles developed by Fleming’s in 1987.
Online study service Tutor House, have debuted a new quiz to help students understand the best learning style to help them retain information (file image)
Visual learners are likely to respond to visual stimuli like photos and videos to remember things.
Meanwhile auditory learners prefer listening to instructions, while read/writers prefer to write things down and recite them.
Finally, Kinesthetic people learn best by getting hands on with their learning, employing a more tactile and interactive approach.
Speaking about how the quiz can benefit each individual, the founder of Tutor House Alex Dyer, said: ‘Exam season is not an easy time of year, so we’re happy to help students work out the best way for them to revise.
‘Every individual is different, and I think it’s important that we acknowledge that not everyone absorbs information the same way.
‘Unfortunately most schools do not cater to different learning styles, so a lot of the time it’s up to the students themselves to adapt their learning.’
So are you using the best revision style for your personality? Scroll down to take the test in full, answers are at the bottom…
Question 1
1 – A
2 – K
3 – R
4 – V
Question 2
1 – V
2 – A
3 – K
4 – R
Question 3
1 – K
2 – V
3 – A
4 – R
Question 4
1 – K
2 – R
3 – A
4 – V
Question 5
1 – V
2 – A
3 – R
4 – K
Question 6
1 – A
2 – R
3 – V
4 – K
Question 7
1 – K
2 – V
3 – A
4 – R
Question 8
1 – K
2 – A
3 – V
4 – R
Question 9
1 – R
2 – V
3 – A
4 – K
Question 10
1 – K
2 – R
3 – A
4 – V
ANSWERS
MAINLY Vs
Visual – where infographics and videos will help you best.
Creating a relationship between words and symbols or graphics (rather than still images) stimulates memory in the best way for the visual learner.
MAINLY As
Auditory
Talking about and listening to educational materials are the most beneficial.
Funnily enough, email is also included in this category – despite emails being a text-based form of communication, they are often written colloquially and as if the sender was talking aloud.
MAINLY Rs
Read/Write
As the name suggests, writing things down and reading them back is the most effective technique.
Lists, diaries, essays and reports are tools most utilised by the ‘read/writer’.
MAINLY Ks
Kinesthetic
Physical hands-on learning is best stemmed with ‘real’ material, such as taking part in a demonstration or learning from real-life case studies.
People who are kinesthetic (interactive/ tactile) learners also learn well from hearing people’s experiences.