What is Your Learning Style

This is about adapting the way I teach to suit the way you learn. It is simply not true that the most effective way to learn is following the ‘Explain – Demonstrate – Practice’ (EDP) route.

Consider how you got on at school. Did you have teachers you preferred over others or favourite subjects? Did everyone in your class share your preferences? ‘Yes’ and ‘No’ respectively is probably how you answered those two questions because everyone is different and each of us is unique in how we absorb and process information and therefore how we learn new things. Our interpretation of the world and our individual set of experiences, existing knowledge and understanding influence how we learn new knowledge and experiences.

When I´m teaching someone to drive I need to adapt the way I teach to suit the way someone learns most effectively. This is not a hard and fast science and most people process information through a number of different channels.

Choose the answer which best explains your preference. Leave blank any question that does not apply.

	You've just brought a brand new TV, how would you set it up?
Just play around with the remote control and see what happens
Ask a friend round and watch what they do
Ask a friend round and get them to tell you what to do

	Someone stops you at a petrol station lost and asks for directions, they need to get to the local hospital, you would?
Draw them a diagram of where to go
Get in your car and say 'follow me'
Give them verbal directions

	You go out to a local pub for a family meal; you decide what to eat by?
Ask the waiter / waitress what's popular at the moment
Look at what other people are eating and decide from there
Go with what you've had before

	You go to your local library to get a book, you decide what to pick by?
What the cover looks like
You ask the librarian what's popular at moment and go with that
You know what you like and go with that

	You want to learn to play a new sport; you ask your trainer to?
I think I know what to do, leave me to it
Show me what I should do
Tell me what to do

	You need a new laptop, apart from price what else would influence your decision to buy?
You go by what the laptop can do
Go by the look of the laptop
You ask the sales person on a recommendation

	You go to see your doctor as you have a problem, you would like them to?
Show you a diagram of the problem
Listen to what the doctor says
Go away with the information and do some research on it

	You need to bake a cake, you ask a friend for advise, do you?
Get that friend to show you how
Go it alone
Your friend tells over the phone how to do it

	It's your friend's birthday and you want to get them a gift?
Get them to show you what they want
Make a gift yourself to give them
Do you subtly quiz them for an idea

	You need to refuel your car for the first time, do you?
Ask a friend to come along and show you what to do
Just go and do it yourself
Ask a friend to come along and tell you what to do

	You've just moved into your new home and want to redecorate your bedroom, do you use a colour?
Listen to a friend's choice
Mix your own colour up
Look in a magazine for inspiration

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