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Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
In nurse education
A. The development of autonomous learners should be discouraged
B. There should be one fixed learning environment
C. Practice and theory skills should be integrated
D. Online learning should not be used
2. What is a benefit of identifying your preferred
learning style?
A. It can help you to recognise your strengths and
areas for development
B. It can help you to plan your learning
C. It can enhance your self-awareness
and cognition
D. All of the above
3. The four learning styles in the Honey and
Mumford (1986) model are:
A. Activist, reflector, theorist, pragmatist
B. Visual, verbal, non-verbal, written
C. Collaborative, competitive, dependent,
participant
D. Interpersonal, logical-mathematic,
visual-spatial, verbal-linguistic
4. Learning styles are not generally
influenced by:
A. Culture
B. Physical Health
C. Environment
D. Age
5. In Fleming’s (2001) model, what does VAK
stand for?
A. Verbal Acquisitional Kinetic
B. Value Added Knowledge
C. Visual Auditory Kinaesthetic
D. Video and Audio Kit
6. Which of the following is a limitation of learning
styles?
A. They are not applicable to nursing students
B. The models used may not be reliable and
effective in enhancing learning
C. They use a ‘surface approach’ to learning
D. Answering questionnaires is more meaningful
for young children than adults
7. Which is not a set of learning styles in the
Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (Myers 1975)?
a) Introversion or extroversion
b) Sensing or intuition
Thinking or feeling
Reflection or action
8. A facilitator teaching style focuses on:
A. Learning relationships
B. Rules and traditions
C. Supplying resources
D. Direct learning
9. In relation to learning, the Nursing and
Midwifery Council (2015) states that nurses
must:
A. Support students’ and colleagues’ learning
B. Keep their knowledge up to date
C. Take part in appropriate and regular learning
and professional development activities
D. All of the above
10. Why might a student who is actively engaged
in their learning have effective outcomes?
A. They have lower motivation
B. They have a sense of control in their learning
C. They have lower self-esteem
D. They take a unilateral approach to their learning
