Many of us have different learning styles, unfortunately some instructors only teach monostyle, that is, their preferred learning style.
This can generate problems for people with ADD or learning disabilities as well as other people with a preferred learning style that may be different from the teachers teaching style. This can lead to frustration, stress, anger, anxiety and sometime even dropping out of the course or the school. It’s a delusion that we all learn the same.
In an economy increasing based on your level of knowledge and ability to continually learn and apply new information, understanding your preferred learning style is critical. If you teach or communicate with people who have a different learning style than you, you need to know this too.
Since variety is the spice of life and no one learning assessment covers it all, here are some different free online learning styles inventories for you to try out.
1. This free Memletics learning styles inventory helps you find your dominant and secondary personal learning styles. Thanks to Linda Anderson for pointing this test out to me.
Here are their different learning styles.
Visual
Aural
Verbal
Physical
Logical
Social
Solitary
They also give you specific suggestions for each learning style.
2. The index of learning styles is used to assess preferences on four dimensions (active/reflective, sensing/intuitive, visual/verbal, and sequential/global) of a learning style model created by Richard M. Felder and Linda K. Silverman. This test was developed by Richard M. Felder and Barbara A. Soloman. It also give suggestion on each style.
3. Catherine Jester, learning disability specialist and Suzanne Miller, math and multimedia instructor have created an Online Learning Styles Site. It includes a Learning Style Survey that will help you identify your learning style, and learning strategies that match your unique learning style. Here are their 4 Learning Styles
The Visual/ Verbal Learning Style
The Visual/ Nonverbal Learning Style
The Tactile/ Kinesthetic Learning Style
The Auditory/ Verbal Learning Style
4. Here’s a simple learning styles self-assessment from LDPride.net.
They cover Visual Learners, Auditory Learners and Tactile/Kinesthetic Learners. They also give you practical tips on how to use your learning styles to help you learn.
5. Here’s another site for learning styles. Peter Honey and Alan Mumford classify 4 types of learning styles, Reflector, Theorist, Activist and Pragmatist and talk about how each style learns best.
Usually we have more than one type of learning style.
One one test I took, my results seemed to be pretty balanced. I was
Auditory 27
Visual 23
Kinesthetic 23
Auditory Digital 27
This might explain why I love learning so much. I feel I can learn fairly easily by almost any method. Or it might just be my ADD brain craving constantly new stimulation:)
If you ever have to teach other people, or simply want to communicate more effectively, you’ll have an edge by learning how to recognize, understand and communicate appropriately with people who have different learning styles. If you want to learn more about teaching ADD students, take a look at this page on my website with links to 34 Articles & Ebooks on how to teach students with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.
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