Your Learning Preferences - On-line learning style instruments
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Your Learning Preferences
On-line learning style instruments
The links presented below will direct you to on-line questionnaires which have been developed from research into how people learn. Set aside some time to complete these questionnaires and save your results. Browse through the associated material on the websites and in particular take note of the kinds of strategies you can adopt to facilitate your personal learning preferences.
The
Felder-Silverman Index of Learning Styles
This instrument assess preferences on four dimensions
(active/reflective, sensing/intuitive, visual/verbal, and
sequential/global) of a learning style model. Results/scores are based
upon 44 questions.
VARK
Learning Styles
Visual, Aural, Read/Write and Kinesthetic learning styles.
The
Success Types Learning Style Type Indicator
This is based on the Myers Briggs Type Indicators (Extraversion,
Introversion, Sensing, Intuition, Thinking, Feeling, Judging, and
Perceiving). It includes an introduction and links to related Myers
Briggs type indicators. Results/scores are based upon 28 questions.
DVC
Learning Style Survey for College
This has a good introduction, four categories of styles (visual/verbal;
visual nonverbal; tactile/kinesthetic; auditory/verbal), and a
self-assessment web-based tool. Results/scores are based upon 32
questions.