When you..

Visual

Auditory

Kinesthetic & Tactile

Spell

Do you try to see the word?

Do you sound out the word or use a phonetic approach?

Do you write the word down to find if it feels right?

Talk

Do hate listening for too long? Do you favor words such as see, picture, and imagine?

Do you enjoy listening but are impatient to talk? Do you use words such as hear, tune, and think?

Do you gesture and use expressive movements? Do you use words such as feel, touch, and hold?

Concentrate

Do you become distracted by untidiness or movement?

Do you become distracted by sounds or noises?

Do you become distracted by activity around you?

Meet new people

Do you forget names but remember faces or remember where you met?

Do you forget faces but remember names or remember what you talked about?

Do you remember best what you did together?

Are with your friends

Do you prefer direct, face-to-face, personal meetings?

Do you prefer the telephone?

Do you talk with them while walking or participating in an activity?

Read

Do you like descriptive scenes or pause to imagine the actions?

Do you enjoy dialogue and conversation or hearing the characters talk?

You’re not a keen reader but you do prefer action stories?

Do something new at school

Do you like to see demonstrations, diagrams, slides, or posters?

Do you prefer verbal instructions or talking about it with someone else?

Do you prefer to jump right in and try it?

Put something together

Do you look at the directions and the picture?

Do you have someone read the directions to you as you work?

Do you ignore the directions and figure it out as you go along?

Need help with a computer application

Do you seek out pictures or diagrams?

Do you ask the teachers, one of your classmates, or say nasty things to the computer?

Do you keep trying to do it or try it on another computer?