Results of the learning style test

The learning styles test gave me the following results:

Visual 5

Aural 5

Verbal 13

Physical 8

Logical 7

Social 8

Solitary 14

My learning style test results align fairly well with my view of how I best learn, with solitary learning being my primary learning style closely followed by verbal. I do prefer working on projects by myself rather than in small or large groups. I tend to be a more efficient learner when social interaction is taken out of the equation and I can focus on my own. I do like group work when presenting is involved, but only if the presentation is very scripted and each team member is focusing on a particular point.

I tend to understand concepts and ideas if I can talk them out with an instructor or other class members but I can also function when the interaction is removed and I’m simply reading about it in a book or listening to a lecture with low interaction. The test results reflect this by showing high verbal scores. I was surprised that scoring high in the verbal category shows a tendency toward the person enjoying or doing well with public speaking, and that is not my style at all. I actually hate public speaking and try to avoid it as much as possible.

The physical score interested me because I’m not the type of person that takes things apart or enjoys working with his hands. I do like sports and physical exercise, but have never been interested in tools or building things. Exercise is more of a stress reliever for me, and I have never really associated it with learning.

These results have helped me to realize a good plan of action for my research paper. Since I work well on my own, a project like a research paper is a good one for me. I did learn that bouncing ideas off people about the direction my content is taking would be helpful to me, and I plan on doing that with this project.