You have your own style of learning that works best. Understanding your style can help you identify study strategies that can help you to be a more successful learner. Learning styles may be defined in several different ways or models. Check out the free learning style inventories and then begin developing your own top study strategies. The links below will get you started.
The Internet Resources
Personal Learning Style Inventory
- Simply written, free learning style inventory that is scored on line. Scores are reported in 3 categories: visual,kinesthetic, and auditory styles.
Link to Learning Styles Test -Index of Learning Styles (ILS)
- The ILS is an inventory to assess preferences on four dimensions (active/reflective, sensing/intuitive, visual/verbal and sequential/global) of a learning style model formulated by R.M.Felder and L.K. Silverman.
Learning Styles & Multiple Intelligence
- Helpful information about learning styles and Multiple Intelligence(MI). This site also contains an interactive assessment of your learning style/MI and tips to make your learning style work for you.
Learning styles-great minds don't think alike!
- Educational research on learning styles focusing on the Dunn and Dunn model. Teaching tips for understanding Global vs Analytic learners. Useful for students to consider how they process information.
Personality:Keirsey's Temperament Sorter II
- An online personality questionaire (36) which is a Myers-Brigss type indicator. Used in conjunction with learning style preferences, students are better able to understand how they learn.
Study Skills and Learning Styles
- Excellent link to a wide variety of specific study skill strategies. See 'Study skills Self-help Information.'
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Last revised Thu Oct 25 11:30:42 US/Pacific 2001