Learning Styles

Question 1

Includes Visual, Auditory, and Kinesthetic

Answer 1

VAK Learning Style

Question 2

Learn best by seeing; always written rather than verbal; prefers studying alone

Answer 2

Visual Learner

Question 3

Learn best by hearing; Prefers studying in a group rather than alone; recitation

Answer 3

Auditory/Aural Learners

Question 4

Learn best by touching or doing; Strategies that involve action; Prefers studying in a group rather than alone

Answer 4

Kinesthetic Learners

Question 5

Includes Visual, Auditory, Reading and Writing, and Kinesthetic

Answer 5

VARK Learning Styles

Question 6

A learning style that involves making lists, reading textbooks, taking notes; Prefer to take in information displayed as words; Like text-based learning materials

Answer 6

Reading and Writing

Question 7

Hands-on experience is important to them

Answer 7

Kinesthetic/Tactile Learners

Question 8

They like to learn sequentially, small details to bigger concepts, silent, well lit with tables and chairs, and strongly need to complete the task they are working

Answer 8

Analytic Learners

Question 9

True or False:

Analytic Learners need visual reinforcements

Answer 9

True

Question 10

They learn the concepts first, then concentrate on the details and they can work with distraction, take frequent breaks and work on several tasks simultaneously

Answer 10

Global Learners

Question 11

True or False:

Global Learners learn best with groups, respond well to pictures, and lessons must be interesting to them.

Answer 11

True

Question 11

True or False:

Global Learners are usually auditory and kinesthetic learners

Answer 11

True

Question 12

The theory focuses on how the learner processes information cognitively

Answer 12

Kolb’s Theory of Experiential Learning

Question 13

Refers to the acquisition of abstract concepts that can be applied flexibly in different situations; the process whereby knowledge is created through the transformation of experience

Answer 13

Learning (Kolb, 1984)

Question 14

A stage in 4 Stage Learning Circle that depicts feeling; learning from actual experience

Answer 14

Concrete Experience

Question 15

A stage in 4 Stage Learning Circle that depicts watching; learning by observing others

Answer 15

Reflective Observation

Question 16

A stage in 4 Stage Learning Circle that depicts thinking; creating theories to explain what is seen

Answer 16

Abstract Conceptualization

Question 17

A stage in 4 Stage Learning Circle that depicts doing; using theories to solve problems

Answer 17

Active Experimentation

Question 18

Seen when a person progresses through a cycle of four stages

Answer 18

Effective Learning

Question 19

This style states how one approaches a task

Answer 19

Processing Continuum

Question 20

This style states emotional response and how one thinks or feels about it

Answer 20

Perception Continuum

Question 21

This type of learner is practical (thinker and doer) and integrates theory and practice; AC and AE (thinking and doing)

Answer 21

Converger

Question 22

This type of learner is a creative learner and looks at the “big picture” and organizes smaller details into a meaning whole concept; emotional and creative and enjoys brainstorming with fresh ideas; CE and RO (feeling and watching)

Answer 22

Diverger

Question 23

This type of learner is the leader; very flexible and actively accomplish things using trial and error methods to solve problems; relies on others for information than carry out their own analysis; CE and AE (feeling and doing)

Answer 23

Accommodator

Question 24

True or False:

An accommodator acts on logic rather than intuition

Answer 24

False

Intuition rather than logic

Question 25

This type of learner is intellectual; more fascinated in abstract ideas than in people and not concerned with the practical applications of theories; RO and AC (watching and thinking)

Answer 25

Assimilator

Question 26

True or False:

Deductive Reasoning is GENERAL TO SPECIFIC while Inductive Reasoning is SPECIFIC TO GENERAL

Answer 26

True

Question 27

Mind has the mediation abilities of perception and ordering

Answer 27

Gregorc Cognitive Styles

Question 28

The way one grasps incoming stimuli; Abstract to Concrete

Answer 28

Perception Ability

Question 29

The way one arranges and systematizes incoming stimuli; Sequential to Random

Answer 29

Ordering Ability

Question 30

Likes highly structured, quiet learning environments

Answer 30

Concrete Sequential

Question 31

Gets the gist of ideas quickly; Likes solving problems independently; trial and error methods

Answer 31

Concrete Random

Question 32

Holistic thinker, dislikes interruptions, good verbal skills, logical & rational

Answer 32

Abstract Sequential

Question 33

Likes busy unstructured learning environments, focuses on personal relationships, likes to listen to others

Answer 33

Abstract Random

Question 34

This test requires finding simple form within a more complex figure; The simple form is hidden within the more complex figure

Answer 34

Embedded Figures Test

Question 35

True or False:

In the Embedded Figures Test, the score is the average time in seconds to detect the simple forms

Answer 35

True

Question 36

People with higher scores in the EFT are more likely to recognize what patterns?

Answer 36

COMPLETE Patterns (whole picture)

Question 37

People with lower scores in the EFT are more likely to recognize what patterns?

Answer 37

SEPARATE Patters (details)

Question 38

They have the tendency to separate details from the surrounding; lower scores in EFT

Answer 38

Field Independence

Question 39

They have the inability to distinguish detail from other information; higher scores in EFT

Answer 39

Field Dependence