Strategies Questionnaire

How do you currently learn?

This questionnaire will help you determine which VARK modalities you are currently using when learning.
For more information about the Strategies Questionnaire: About the Strategies Questionnaire

In the last 6 months, how often have you used the following strategies while learning?

I read handouts, books with dense text, essays, and/or articles.

Never Occasionally Often

I write summaries of my notes out again and again.

Never Occasionally Often

I use lists and order things into categories and hierarchies.

Never Occasionally Often

I listen to podcasts or other recordings.

Never Occasionally Often

I explain new ideas to others.

Never Occasionally Often

I use color or highlighting in my notes, on handouts and sometimes texts.

Never Occasionally Often

I listen to experts.

Never Occasionally Often

I try to relate what I am learning to my own experiences.

Never Occasionally Often

I use dictionaries and glossaries.

Never Occasionally Often

I learn from the ideas of others and what they say about my ideas.

Never Occasionally Often

I use white space in my layouts.

Never Occasionally Often

I do extra or recommended reading.

Never Occasionally Often

I discuss topics with others online and/or in person.

Never Occasionally Often

I look for information in autobiographies, case studies and/or documentaries.

Never Occasionally Often

I make complex processes and lists into flow charts.

Never Occasionally Often

I draw pictures to show ideas.

Never Occasionally Often

I focus on applications and details before theories and abstract concepts.

Never Occasionally Often

I write detailed notes (often verbatim).

Never Occasionally Often

I watch videos, especially those that show real things.

Never Occasionally Often

I attend classes where I can listen to the teacher.

Never Occasionally Often

I focus on practical problems and problem solving.

Never Occasionally Often

I use plans and maps.

Never Occasionally Often

I make every page look different.

Never Occasionally Often

I put care into the design and layout of my pages.

Never Occasionally Often

I use graphs, flowcharts and other diagrams.

Never Occasionally Often

I attend tutorials or groups where I can discuss with others.

Never Occasionally Often

I watch demonstrations and then try to apply what I have learned.

Never Occasionally Often

I replace words with symbols, pictures or my own codes.

Never Occasionally Often

I use titles and headings that clearly explain what follows.

Never Occasionally Often

I remember interesting spoken examples, stories, jokes…

Never Occasionally Often

I talk things through with myself.

Never Occasionally Often

I convert diagrams and graphs into statements.

Never Occasionally Often

I take care to spell-check and correct written language errors.

Never Occasionally Often

I attend laboratory sessions, practical sessions, and/or field trips.

Never Occasionally Often

I read my notes again and again.

Never Occasionally Often

I make recordings so that I can listen again and again.

Never Occasionally Often

I take notice of real-life examples.

Never Occasionally Often

I convert words into diagrams.

Never Occasionally Often

I get information from exhibits, samples, photographs.

Never Occasionally Often

I use trial and error to learn how to do something new.

Never Occasionally Often

Do you use any learning strategies that aren't listed above? If so, write them here so that we can add them to the questionnaire:

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Strategies Questionnaire

How do you currently learn?