Barsh Learning Style
New Student Orientation Resource Book
BARSCH LEARNING STYLE PREFERENCE FORM
Ventura College Learning Disability Clinic Please place a check in the appropriate box after each statement | Often | Sometimes | Seldom | | | | | 1. Can remember more about a subject through listening than reading. | | | | 2. Follow written directions better than oral directions. | | | | 3. Like to write things down or take notes for visual review. | | | | 4. Bear down extremely hard with pen or pencil when writing. | | | | 5. Require explanations of diagrams, graphs, or visual directions. | | | | 6. Enjoy working with tools. | | | | 7. Am skillful at and enjoy developing and making graphs. | | | | 8. Can tell if sounds match when presented with pairs of sounds. | | | | 9. Remember best by writing things down several times. | | | | 10. Can understand and follow directions of maps | | | | 11. Do better at academic subjects by listening to lectures and tapes | | | | 12. Play with coins or keys in pockets. | | | | 13. Learn to spell better by repeating the letters out loud and by writing the word on paper. | | | | 14. Can better understand a news article by reading about it in the paper than by listening to it on the radio. | | | | 15. Chew gum, smoke, or snack during studies. | | | | 16. Feel the best way to remember is to picture it in my head. | | | | 17. Learn spelling by finger-spelling the words. | | | | 18. Would rather listen to a good lecture or speech than read about the same material in a textbook. | | | | 19. Am good at working and solving jigsaw puzzles and mazes. | | | | 20. Grip objects in my hands during the learning process. | | | | 21. Prefer listening to the news on the radio to reading about it in the newspaper. | | | | 22. Obtain information on an interesting subject by reading relevant
BARSCH LEARNING STYLE PREFERENCE FORM
Ventura College Learning Disability Clinic Please place a check in the appropriate box after each statement | Often | Sometimes | Seldom | | | | | 1. Can remember more about a subject through listening than reading. | | | | 2. Follow written directions better than oral directions. | | | | 3. Like to write things down or take notes for visual review. | | | | 4. Bear down extremely hard with pen or pencil when writing. | | | | 5. Require explanations of diagrams, graphs, or visual directions. | | | | 6. Enjoy working with tools. | | | | 7. Am skillful at and enjoy developing and making graphs. | | | | 8. Can tell if sounds match when presented with pairs of sounds. | | | | 9. Remember best by writing things down several times. | | | | 10. Can understand and follow directions of maps | | | | 11. Do better at academic subjects by listening to lectures and tapes | | | | 12. Play with coins or keys in pockets. | | | | 13. Learn to spell better by repeating the letters out loud and by writing the word on paper. | | | | 14. Can better understand a news article by reading about it in the paper than by listening to it on the radio. | | | | 15. Chew gum, smoke, or snack during studies. | | | | 16. Feel the best way to remember is to picture it in my head. | | | | 17. Learn spelling by finger-spelling the words. | | | | 18. Would rather listen to a good lecture or speech than read about the same material in a textbook. | | | | 19. Am good at working and solving jigsaw puzzles and mazes. | | | | 20. Grip objects in my hands during the learning process. | | | | 21. Prefer listening to the news on the radio to reading about it in the newspaper. | | | | 22. Obtain information on an interesting subject by reading relevant