No, I was not surprised by the results of the questionnaire. I have always known that I am a visual learner by the virtue of the fact that I enjoy watching movies as opposed to reading novels. I also enjoy reading magazines with glossy and colorful pictures as opposed to plain text and wordy textbooks. I am also very conscious of my surroundings. As I look around, I easily notice things (What's Your learning Style?, n.d.). Most of my emotion can be plainly read through my facial expressions. When I am sad, I frown, and when I am happy, a beaming smile is easily detectable on my face. Generally, my memory retention rate is highest when information is presented to me visually.
In high school, most of the information was largely presented through auditory means, then tactile and very little visually. Most of my classes were characterized by narration and lecturing by the teacher. We did more tactile learning in sciences, arts and technical subjects like art through experiments and practicals. These subjects were also characterized by visual learning through experiments and drawing of various body parts in biology and use of maps and charts in the sciences, history and geography. Did I enjoy the predominant style of teaching in high school? No. Auditory learning does not work for me as my retention rate is very low yet most of my exams heavily relied on memory.
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For my undergraduate learning, since my course is heavily scientific, there was a lot of tactile and visual learning which was slightly backed up by auditory learning where the instructor attempted to give me instructions whenever they were explaining the subject matter. The change from a predominantly auditory learning style to a predominantly visual learning style was really helpful as my retention rate is now higher (Kolb, 2005).
References
Kolb, A. .. (2005). Learning styles and learning spaces: Enhancing experiential learning in higher education. . JStor , 19-212.
What's Your learning Style? (n.d.). Retrieved March 10, 2019, from Education Planner: http://www.educationplanner.org/students/self-assessments/learning-styles-quiz.shtml?event=results&A=7&V=6&T=7
Pashler, H., McDaniel, M., Rohrer, D., & Bjork, R. (2008). Learning styles: Concepts and evidence. Psychological science in the public interest , 9 (3), 105-119.
