STUDY SKILLS SELF-ASSESSMENTS

Which assessment should I take first?

Take the Learning Style Assessment first. Its result shapes how you use every other result, because the study strategies that fit an auditory learner are not the ones that fit a visual or hands-on learner.

Then choose by what you notice in yourself:

• Concentration: you sit down to study and your mind drifts, or small distractions keep pulling you away.
• Motivation: you know what you should do but cannot make yourself start, or school feels pointless.
• Test Anxiety: you know the material, then freeze or go blank on test day.
• Procrastination: assignments pile up and everything happens the night before.
• Self-Esteem: you doubt yourself, expect to fail, or brush off your own successes.
• Social Skills: group work, class discussion, or making friends feels harder than the schoolwork.
• Math Study Skills: you study hard for math and your grades still do not match the effort.

Each one takes about five minutes, so taking two or three in one sitting is fine.

How the assessments work

Each assessment is a short list of statements you rate about yourself. Most show one statement at a time; the Learning Style Assessment shows all 30 on one page. When you click Send Results, a results page shows your score with specific recommendations and links to the articles that match it. Nothing is saved to an account, so print or screenshot the results page if you want to keep it.

These are self-assessments, not tests, and not diagnoses. They help you notice your own habits and strengths. They are designed to help guide learners in identifying perceived strengths and weaknesses, but should not be used for diagnosing medical conditions or learning disabilities.

Five assessments are available in Spanish: learning style, social skills, test anxiety, procrastination, and self-esteem. Find them on the Spanish assessments page.

For teachers and counselors

Teachers use these assessments as advisory-period activities, study skills unit openers, and conversation starters in counseling. Students can take them on any device. There is no login, no account, and no email collected, so you can link to any assessment from Google Classroom, Canvas, Moodle, or a printed handout.

Ideas that work:

• Assign the Learning Style Assessment in the first week of the term, before study habits settle in.
• Assign Test Anxiety two or three weeks before finals, while there is still time to act on the recommendations.
• Ask students to bring a screenshot of one results page to a conference or advising meeting.
• Have each student choose one recommendation to try, then report back a week later on whether it helped.

If you teach study skills as a full unit, SOAR Learning, which runs this site, publishes a study skills curriculum for schools built around the same skills these assessments measure.

Frequently asked questions

Are the assessments free? Yes. All eight are free to take and free to share, with nothing to sign up for.

What age are they for? They are written for students in middle school, high school, and college. Younger students can take them with a parent or teacher reading the statements aloud.

Are my answers saved? No. Your results appear on a page right after you submit, and nothing is stored under your name. Print or screenshot the page if you want to keep it.

Can I take an assessment more than once? Yes. Retaking one at the start of each school year, or after you have tried its recommendations for a few weeks, is a good way to see what has changed.