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?
Ask a friend round and get them to tell you what to do
Just play around with the remote control and see what happens
Ask a friend round and watch what they do

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

	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
Go with what you've had before
Look at what other people are eating and decide from there

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

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

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

	You go to see your doctor as you have a problem, you would like them to?
Listen to what the doctor says
Show you a diagram of the problem
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?
Your friend tells over the phone how to do it
Get that friend to show you how
Go it alone

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

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

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

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