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.
"The Jung Typology Test":
Take the test. Answer the 70 questions on-line and get your tests results
almost immediately.
"So
Each May Learn
":
Integrating learning styles and multiple intelligences written by Harvey F.
Silver, Richard W. Strong, and Matthew J. Perini. Published by ASCD. A study
guide is offered at this site: <http://www.ascd.org/readingroom/studyguides/silver00.html>
"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.
"Learning Styles":
This chart helps you quickly determine if your dominant learning style is visual,
auditory, or kinesthetic.
"How People Learn"
Related links for faculty members at the University of Hawaii.
"
Index of Learning Styles"
Self test for students to discover their own style of learning as determined
by the four dimensions based on the model formulated by Richard M. Felder and
Linda K. Silverman. A developing version is available online or in print from
this site.
"Exploring Learning Styles and Instruction" by Karen Hood. University of Georgia, Department of Mathematics Education, 1995.