Minds on.

What is my Learning Style?

Throughout this course, you will have many options about how to complete activities or how to make sure you are understanding the information. This activity will begin to help you identify areas that are your strengths and choices that you might want to focus on.  We want you to think a little about what you like to do best!  Take a look at all three videos as an introduction to what we are going to discuss. 

 
Image of face from the Visual Learner video.
Visual Learners
 
 
 
Image of face from the Visual Learner video.
Auditory Learners
 
 
 
Image of face from the Visual Learner video.
Kinesthetic Learners
 
 
 
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What's Your Learning Style Quiz

What's My Learning Style?

There are sixteen questions in the slideshow. As you respond to the questions, keep a tally of your answers (A,B, or C) using the buttons below the bar graph.

 

Tally your Responses Using the Buttons Above

How Knowing Your Learning Style Will Help You in This Course

 

Take a look at the tally chart above after answering all sixteen questions and select from the options below to learn more about how this information can help you in this course.

Adapted from: What’s Your Learning Style (Brad James, University of South Dakota, 2009).

 
Consolidation

Essential Skills. Do you Measure Up?

I am sure you have all seen learning skills on a previous report card, but do you know what they mean? These are the skills future employers are looking for:

  • Responsibility
  • Organization
  • Independent work
  • Collaboration
  • Initiative
  • Self Regulation

Take a look at the following video, and the image of the Learning Skills section from the report card, to help you get a little more information.

 
THIS IS AN IMAGE OF THE LEARNING SKILLS SECTION OF THE ONTARIO SECONDARY PROVINCIAL REPORT CARD
 

These are the skills we are looking for you to master before you leave high school. They are the skills your future employers are looking for. Do you know which ones you are already excellent at?

Complete the following chart by reading the question under each skill heading and checking where you fall on the scale from EXCELLENT to NEEDS IMPROVEMENT.

You can visually see your strongest skills by those categories that have the most E's.

There is a "Create PNG Image" button at the bottom of the chart. You can use this to Save your responses as an image to submit below. Right click on your PC and select "Save Image". On iOS, you can save the image to your Photo Library to submit.

Name your file LEARNING_SKILLS_ASSESSMENT and submit it to your Portfolio.

This is the Portfolio icon. Share your Learning Skills Assessment into your Portfolio

Once you complete the Student Learning Skills Assessment Record, save it to your portfolio. You can take a screenshot of your completed assessment, or use the "Print Student Learning Skills Assessment Record" button, in combination with your computer or laptop's Print to PDF capability, to save the form as a PDF.

 
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