Name:___________________________________­­­­­­­­­­________________________       Date:  ___________________________

 

LEARNING MODALITY INVENTORY FOR MATH STUDENTS                                                                                                                          

 

The following survey can help you discover how you best learn math.  Answer the questions based on your personal learning characteristics.  There are no right or wrong answers.  The more you answer truthfully, the more you will be able to use the results to improve your study of math.  A “1” means that the statement is hardly like you.  A “4” means that the statement is really like you.  Then, if you think the statement is somewhere in between, decide if it is a “2” or a “3”.

                                                                                                                                                                                               Least                     Most

Questions                                                                                                                                                                       like me                like me      

                                                                                                                                                                                                1        2                    3       4

                                                                                                                                                                                                               

1.   Reading a math problem out loud helps me learn better when I am studying.                                                                    1        2                    3       4

2.   I learn math better if I can talk about it.                                                                                                                                1        2                    3       4

3.   I select certain problems and memorize what they look like so I can use them to help                                                         1        2                    3       4

       me remember on a math test.                                                                                                                                           

4.   Making things with my hands helps me learn better.                                                                                                           1        2                    3       4

5.   Drawing a picture of a work problem helps me understand how to do it on a test.                                                              1        2                    3       4

6.   Math makes more sense when I see it worked out on the board.                                                                                       1        2                    3       4

7.   Moving around while studying helps me concentrate and learn more.                                                                               1        2                    3       4

8.   I understand written instructions better than ones told to me.                                                                                               1        2                    3       4

9.   I memorize what a problem looks like so I can remember it better on a test or quiz.                                                            1        2                    3       4

10.  I repeat the steps of a problem out loud or to myself in order to remember what I am supposed to do.                              1        2                    3       4

11.  Watching someone complete a math problem helps me understand more than listening to someone

        tell me how to do it.                                                                                                                                                           1        2                    3       4

12.  Talking about a math problem while learning in class helps me understand it better.                                                         1        2                    3       4

13.  I learn math better when I watch someone do it.                                                                                                                1        2                    3       4

14.  When I take a test, I read the problems to myself softly.                                                                                                     1        2                    3       4

15.  When I solve a math problem on a test, I picture my notes in my head to help me remember how to solve it.                    1        2                     3       4

16.  I enjoy making things with my hands for a hobby.                                                                                                             1        2                    3       4

17.  Math makes more sense to me when someone talks about it while doing it on the

       board rather than just doing it on the board.                                                                                                                      1        2                    3       4

18.  Explaining a math problem to someone else helps me learn better when I am studying.                                                   1        2                    3       4

19.  Looking at a picture from my notes or math book helps me understand a math problem.                                                   1        2                    3       4

20.  Making study aids with my hands helps me learn better.                                                                                                   1        2                    3       4

21.  I understand instructions better when someone tells me what they are.                                                                             1        2                    3       4

22.  I memorize sentences or words I can say to myself to help me remember how to do problems on a test.                          1        2                    3       4

23.  Pictures and charts help me see how all the parts of a word problem work together.                                                        1        2                    3       4    

24.  I enjoy putting things together.                                                                                                                                           1        2                    3       4

25.  When I solve a problem on a math test, I talk my way through it in my head or softly to myself.                                         1        2                    3       4

Scoring Your Results

 

Step One:  Fill in each answer score next to the appropriate question number.  Add the column totals.  Divide column totals A and B by 2.  Those numbers will be your final column totals.  Leave column C total as is.

 

Column A                                                                              Column B                                                                              Column C

 1.  _____                                                                3.  _____                                                                                 4.  _____

 2.  _____                                                                5.  _____                                                                                 7.  _____

10.  _____                                                              6.  _____                                                                                16. _____

 12.  _____                                                             8.  _____                                                                                 20. _____

14.  ______                                                           9. _____                                                                                  24. _____

17.  _____                                                             11.  _____                                            

18.  _____                                                             13.  _____                                            

21.  _____                                                              15. _____                                            

22. ______                                                            19.  _____                                           

25.  _____                                                              23.  _____                                           

A Total _______/2=______ Column Total         B Total ______/2=______ Column Total                            C Total ______ (Don’t divide)

 

 

Step Two:  Fill in the number of squares to represent each column total.  Any total greater than 12 indicates that modality style as a strength when you learn math.  You can be strong in more than one modality.  If none of the totals equals 12 squares, your highest score is your strongest modality.  If you have a tie, pick the one that comes to mind as your strongest. 

 

 

                                      Least Like Me                                                                                                                          Most Like Me

Modality                  1                                      5                                                    10                                    15                                     20           

A = Auditory

B = Visual

C = Kinesthetic                                                 

This Learning Modality Inventory developed by Kimberly Nolting,@