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Learning Alignment Assessment

These questions will help you recognize what drives you, how you process information, how you approach learning, and where resistance may be occurring.

The assessment creates the starting point. Your personalized Learning Profile connects the answers and explains how to apply them.

SECTION 1: About the Learner.

What's your name?

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How old is the learner this assessment is for?

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What is this learner’s current role or setting?

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student, homeschool learner, parent, educator, employee, entrepreneur, or other

What's your best email address?

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Who is this assessment for?

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Me

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My child

C

A student I support

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An employee or team member

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Someone else

What brought you to this assessment?

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Where does this learner perform well?

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Where does this learner struggle, shut down, or lose momentum?

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What would meaningful progress look like?

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Section 2: What Drives You — Motivation.

1 = Strongly Disagree | 5 = Strongly Agree

I feel more engaged when I’m in control of what and how I learn.

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“I feel energized when I can see measurable improvement in my ability or performance.”

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Learning is easier for me when I’m working with others or helping someone else.

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I get discouraged if I can’t demonstrate what I’ve learned or prove myself.

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I get frustrated when someone else tells me exactly how to do something.

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I care most when I feel emotionally connected to the people or topic involved.

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Which of these feels most true for you?

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A

I engage more when I have some choice or control over how I learn.

B

I need to feel connected to others or a cause.

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I need to feel like I’m progressing and achieving something.

Section 3: VARK — How You Internalize and Express Understanding

How You Internalize Information

When learning something new, I prefer to...

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Watch a video or see a diagram

Listen to someone explain it

Read about it or take notes

Try it myself and figure it out

To remember something important, I usually...

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Picture it in my mind

Repeat it out loud or hear it again

Write it down or review written notes

Associate it with something I did or experienced

When solving a problem, I...

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Draw it out or visualize it

Talk it through

Research and read about it

Tinker with it until it works

How You Express or Demonstrate Understanding

When I understand something well, I show it best by:

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A

Drawing, mapping, charting, or showing how the parts connect

B

Explaining it aloud or discussing it with someone

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Writing an explanation, summary, outline, or set of instructions

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Demonstrating it, building it, performing it, or putting it into action

When someone asks, “How do you know you understand it?” I would rather:

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A

Show them a diagram, example, model, or visual pattern

B

Talk them through my reasoning

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Write out the explanation step by step

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Demonstrate how it works in practice

When I have an idea that is difficult to explain, it helps me to:

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Sketch or visualize it

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Say it aloud and hear myself work through it

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Write until the idea becomes clear

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Act it out, test it, build it, or use an example

In school, work, or everyday life, I feel most confident showing what I know when I can:

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Organize it visually

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Present or discuss it verbally

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Put it into clear written language

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Apply it through action or demonstration

Section 4: 4MAT — How You Move Through the Learning Cycle

Use this scale

1 — Rarely true 2 — Sometimes true 3 — Often true 4 — Usually true 5 — Almost always true

I lose interest when I cannot connect what I am learning to a meaningful reason or purpose.

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I struggle when I do not have a clear explanation, framework, or understanding of the main idea.

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I understand ideas but struggle to practice them consistently or turn them into usable skill.

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I can follow what I was taught but struggle to adapt it, extend it, or use it in a new situation.

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Which one best describes your learning approach?

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A

I need to know why I should care first.

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I want the facts and structure.

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I need to try it hands-on.

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I like to explore and experiment on my own.

SECTION 5: Deferred Dream Pyramid — Where You Currently Experience Resistance

Where do you feel the most resistance or struggle when learning?

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Environment – I have a hard time focusing because of distractions, stress, or lack of support.

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Behavior – I procrastinate, avoid tasks, or have inconsistent habits.

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Capability – I feel like I don’t have the right tools, strategies, or skills to learn effectively.

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Priorities or values — My choices and priorities do not always match what I say is important to me.

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Identity – I’m unsure who I am as a learner or if I’m “a smart person.”

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Purpose – I don’t know what I’m working toward or why this matters.

Use this scale

1 — Rarely true 2 — Sometimes true 3 — Often true 4 — Usually true 5 — Almost always true

My surroundings, routines, relationships, or daily conditions make it harder for me to focus and follow through.

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I often know what I should do but struggle to do it consistently.

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I sometimes lack the specific skill, method, or tool needed to turn what I know into results.

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My choices and daily priorities do not always match what I say is important to me.

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How I see myself sometimes limits what I attempt, accept, or believe I can become.

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I stay active or productive but am not always clear about what I am ultimately working toward.

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Which area currently creates the most frustration for you?

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My environment or daily conditions

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My habits, actions, or consistency

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My skills, tools, or ability to execute

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My priorities, beliefs, or values

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My confidence or sense of identity

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My direction or purpose

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I am not sure yet

Would you like help understanding what your answers may reveal?

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Join the free Touchstone Skool community

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Learn more through How You Actually Learn

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Get my personalized Learning Profile

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Not right now

This assessment is an educational self-reflection tool based on your responses. It is not a psychological, medical, clinical, or special-education diagnosis.