Everyone has a learning style. Our style of learning, if accommodated, can result in improved attitudes toward learning and an increase in productivity, academic achievement, and creativity. A comprehensive definition of learning style was adopted by a national task force, comprised of leading theorists in the field and sponsored by the National Association of Secondary School Principals. This group defined "learning styles" as the composite of characteristic cognitive, affective, and physiological factors that serve as relatively stable indicators of how a learner perceives, interacts with, and responds to the learning environment (Keefe, 1979). Included in this comprehensive definition are "cognitive styles," which are intrinsic information-processing patterns that represent a person's typical mode of perceiving, thinking, remembering, and problem- solving.
Keirsey, David and Bates, Marilyn. Please Understand Me: Character and Temperment Types. Del Mar, CA: Prometheus Nemesis Book, 1978.
"Selected ERIC Abstracts on Learning Styles":
Resources on learning styles collected by the ASCD.
"University of Minnesota Duluth: Learning Styles" (Student
Handbook):
Explanation of learning styles, suggestions to students on how to use this
knowledge to improve study skills.
"Explorations in Learning and Instruction: The Theory Into Practice
Database":
Related links to learning styles and their use.
"How People Learn"
Related links for faculty members at the University of Hawaii.
"Learning Style Inventory"
Self test for students on evaluating their own style of learning. This test
needs to be printed before taking, it is not on-line.
"Exploring Learning Styles and Instruction" by Karen Hood. University of Georgia, Department of Mathematics Education, 1995.