Learning Styles and Learning Styles Inventories

A Resource for Everyone

The Academic Support Department provides a variety of services to students and faculty alike.  From individual tutoring to interactive courseware, we provide the tools that help students succeed.  Today we are developing a new tool and would appreciate your input…

Knowledge is the Key

Understanding how a student learns can unlock new potential and increase academic performance.  For years the Academic Support Department has provided the Learning Styles Inventory to students who attend our tutoring centers.  These self-tests show students how they learn best, and this knowledge can be used to improve study skills, in-class participation, and test scores.  Click on the link above to download our Learning Styles Inventory and take it for yourself!  Feel free to call or visit one of our writing centers and and one of our tutors would be happy to help you interpret your results.

Learning Styles Software

Today, new technology can provide this service via an interactive multimedia interface.  Information is gathered and stored for use by students, teachers, and tutors together, creating a learning partnership.

Your Input Needed!

We at the academic Support Department would like to know your thoughts and opinions on this subject.  We plan on implementing the new software soon and would appreciate your input so that we can serve our student population as efficiently as possible.

Please take a moment to answer the questions on the questionnaire at right, or send an email with any thoughts you have about this topic to:

muccij@middlesex.mass.edu

Questionnaire:

Please take a moment to answer these brief questions so that the Academic Support Staff can better serve the needs of our community.

• Describe your familiarity with the Learning Styles Inventory

• Are you interested in knowing individual student results?

• Are you concerned that multimedia teaching tools may replace individualized attention?

• Do you think multimedia-teaching tools will improve student learning?

• How interested are you in statistical analyses of student learning styles, would these statistics affect your teaching style?

Do Your Homework

In case you haven’t thought about a Learning Styles Inventory in the past, and are unfamiliar with how they work, we have prepared a list of links which may provide some insight. 

Resources:

• www.chaminade.org/inspire/learnstl.htm

• http://www.gsu.edu/~dschjb/wwwmbti.html

• http://www.metamath.com//lsweb/fourls.htm

Online Self Tests:

• http://www.learning-styles-online.com/inventory/questions.asp?cookieset=y

• http://www.petersons.com/education_planner.html

• http://usd.edu/~bwjames/tut/learningstyle

• http://www4.ncsu.edu/unity/lockers/users/f/felder/public/ILSpage.html

• http://appl003.lsu.edu/cas/learningjourney.nsf/StudentHome?OpenForm&ID=96490

• http://www.ldpride.net/learning-style-test.html

Printable Self Tests:

• http://www.harding.edu/ARC/PDF/CITE.pdf

• http://www.agelesslearner.com/dl/alcls011008.pdf

• http://www.vark-learn.com/english/page.asp?p=faq