Managing my Learning: 1.1 Analyse own skills and learning requirements

1	I am skilful in working with objects	3
2	I have a good sense of direction	3
3	I have a neutral ability to sort out arguments between friends	3
4	I can remember the words to music easily	4
5	I am able to explain topics which are difficult and make them clear	3
6	I always do things one step at a time	4
7	I know myself well and understand why I behave as I do	5
8	I enjoy community activities and social events	5
9	I learn well from talk, lectures and listening to others	5
10	When listening to music I experience changes in mood	5
11	I enjoy puzzles, crosswords, logical problems	3
12	Charts, diagrams, visual displays are important to my learning	5
13	I am sensitive to the moods and feelings of those around me	5
14	I learn best when I have to get up and do it for myself	5
15	I need to see something in it for me before I want to learn something	5
16	I like privacy and quiet for working and thinking	5
17	I can pick out individual instruments in complex musical pieces	3
18	I can visualise remembered and constructed scenes easily	3
19	I have a well-developed vocabulary and am expressive with it	2
20	I enjoy and value taking written notes	5
21	I have a good sense of balance and enjoy physical movement	5
22	I can discern patterns and relationships between experiences and things	3
23	In teams I co-operate and build on the ideas of others	4
24	I am observant and will often see things others miss	3
25	I get restless easily	5
26	I enjoy working or learning independently of others	4
27	I enjoy making music	5
28	I have a facility with numbers and mathematical problems	4

Now add up your totals for the following questions;

Y11

1	I am skilful in working with objects	3
2	I have a good sense of direction	4
3	I have a neutral ability to sort out arguments between friends	3
4	I can remember the words to music easily	2
5	I am able to explain topics which are difficult and make them clear	3
6	I always do things one step at a time	4
7	I know myself well and understand why I behave as I do	5
8	I enjoy community activities and social events	5
9	I learn well from talk, lectures and listening to others	5
10	When listening to music I experience changes in mood	5
11	I enjoy puzzles, crosswords, logical problems	2
12	Charts, diagrams, visual displays are important to my learning	5
13	I am sensitive to the moods and feelings of those around me	5
14	I learn best when I have to get up and do it for myself	5
15	I need to see something in it for me before I want to learn something	5
16	I like privacy and quiet for working and thinking	5
17	I can pick out individual instruments in complex musical pieces	2
18	I can visualise remembered and constructed scenes easily	3
19	I have a well-developed vocabulary and am expressive with it	2
20	I enjoy and value taking written notes	4
21	I have a good sense of balance and enjoy physical movement	4
22	I can discern patterns and relationships between experiences and things	3
23	In teams I co-operate and build on the ideas of others	4
24	I am observant and will often see things others miss	4
25	I get restless easily	4
26	I enjoy working or learning independently of others	4
27	I enjoy making music	5
28	I have a facility with numbers and mathematical problems	3

Now add up your totals for the following questions;

Learning styles

A: Linguistic: The ability to use words and language

l Highly developed listening skills

l Generally elegant speakers

l Think in words rather than pictures

B: Mathematical and logical: the ability to use reason, logic and numbers

l Learn in numerical patterns making connections between pieces of information

l Always curious about the world around them

l Ask lots of questions and like to do experiments

C: Visual and spatial: The ability to perceive the visual

l Think in pictures

l Create vivid mental images to retain information

l Enjoy looking at maps, charts, pictures, videos, and movies.

D: Musical: The ability to produce and appreciate music.

l Think in sounds, rhythms and patterns.

l Respond to music either appreciating or criticizing what they hear.

l Extremely sensitive to environmental sounds (e.g. crickets, bells, dripping taps).

E: interpersonal: The ability to relate understand others.

l See things from other people’s point of view in order to understand how they think and feel.

l Ability to sense feelings, intentions and motivations.

l Maintain peace in group settings and encourage co-operation.

l Use both verbal (e.g. speaking) and non-verbal language (e.g. eye contact, body language) to open communication channels with others.

F: Intra-personal: Ability to self-reflect and be aware of one’s inner state of being.

l Try to understand their inner feelings, dreams, relationships with others, and strengths and weaknesses

G: Kinesthetic

l Using body, hands, sense of touch

Naturalistic

l Exploring the environment such as care of earth, hiking and observing animals & nature by feeling

I am a intra-personal learning style

In conclusion I can be kinethetic or intra-personal or naturalistic learning stye

Managing my Learning