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Individuals learn best in many different ways, sometimes using a variety of learning styles, but teachers and trainers may not always present information & learning experiences in the ways that best suit you.
Forms of learning through workshops, practical activities or through informal methods may suit some people more than others. Sometimes, people feel they are not good at learning when it may be just that they don't know their own learning styles.
These selected websites suggest ways of recognising a variety of learning styles and making best use of them. If you are on a course or learning programme, it may be useful to discuss these issues with your tutors or advisers.
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Mainly for learners
- Approaches and Study Skills Inventory for Students (ASSIST) - Entwistle's inventory, recommended by LSRC, in PDF format.
- Introduction to learning styles - based on Kolb's theories, from Bradford College.
- Inventories of Learning Styles - Vermunt & Kolb - recommended by LSRC's report, not interactive.
- Learning Styles - helpful way of explaining how your learning style can be applied to your studying at university, in relation to perceiving information, processing information & organising & presenting information, with explanations, links & study tips. Good suggestions for studying & revision for exams based on your learning styles & a study guide to download, from University of Southampton.
- Learning Styles - simple chart to help you identify your learning styles around different tasks, using a visual, auditory & kinesthetic & tactile model.
- Learning Styles Interactive Diagnostic Screening - programme which is initially free online for 30 days, used in a number of FE colleges.
- Learning Style links - links to online tests that test your learning styles, some more reputable or useful than others, so use with care!
- Learning Styles Profiler - based on a biological theory of learning & is free for individual use, appears to be focused on business use.
- Learning Styles & Strategies - the Effective Teaching & Learning Network - helpful study skills suggestions & learning strategies for different learning styles, useful once you know your preferred styles from other sites.
- Merkler Style Preference Inventory - identifying your preferred values & style of learning, working & dealing with your world, from the Community College of Indiana.
- Multiple Intelligences - simple test for young people, based on Gardner's eight multiple intelligences kinaesthetic, logic, intrapersonal, visual/spatial, linguistic, interpersonal, musical, naturalistic intelligences, with text & audio versions online.
- Multiple Intelligence Inventory - an online questionnaire based on Howard Gardner's work on multiple intelligences & has been modified to include an eighth intelligence developed by Gary Harms: Naturalistic Intelligence. Also online is the Sternberg-Wagner Thinking Styles Inventory, Stencil Stacking tasks (for metacognitive behaviour) & Scanning Task for Perceptual Processes in Reading, all online.
- Paragon Learning Style Inventory - based upon Jungian learning & cognitive style traits, also used by the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, Murphy Meisgeir Type Indicator, and the Keirsey-Bates Temperament Sorter. Designed for ages 8 - adult.
- Peter Honey's Learning Style Questionnaire - although the learning styles questionnaire costs £10 to use online, the Honey & Mumford Learning Styles Questionnaire is one of the more respected ones available.
- Rogers Indicator of Multiple Intelligences - a short, quick way of pinpointing your dominate intelligences.
- VARK - a guide to learning styles - online questionnaires dealing with the way you work with information, with versions for younger people & for athletes, with FAQ & helpsheets on study techniques to suit different learning styles.
- What kind of learner are you? - a very clear outline of Honey & Mumford's learning style preferences with an online Learning Diagnostic Questionnaire to take, as well as further information about developing a learning organisation culture, from the Campaign for Learning.
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Mainly for teachers & trainers
- Applying What We Know - Student Learning Styles - overview of some models of learning styles, dealing with concrete/abstract, sequential/random categories, also links to other sites.
- Benziger Thinking Style Assessment - theory based upon C.G. Jung's theory of Psychological Types, also a comparison with other models.
- Developing e-learning - learning styles - role of learning styles in the design of e-learning solutions.
- The Experiential Learning Cycle - explanation & development of Lewin's Learning Cycle, Kolb & Honey & Mumford models.
- The European Learning Styles Information Network - includes abstracts from conferences & mailing list.
- Integrating learning styles & skills in the ESL classroom - an theoretical approach to lesson planning.
- Learning Styles (notes) - an introduction to thinking about learning styles and an academic paper online.
- The Learning Styles of Adults with Dyslexia - (find within the help files section), useful suggestions for organising learning. There is also a checklist for people wondering if they have dyslexia . (UK site)
- Learning Styles (Family Education) - resources based on multiple intelligences for teachers & parents from US site, including articles, tips & resources.
- Learning Styles versus Teaching Styles - brief summary of research & advice for lecturers & teachers.
- Learning Styles & Teaching - a very clear outline of the main learning styles models & how to plan lessons for different learning styles, from the British Council & the BBC.
- Learning Styles Resources at Questia - online books & articles with wide range of theoretical approaches.
- Learning style taxonomies for post-16 learners - an evaluation - this study looks at models & inventories of learning styles & their contribution to post-16 learning, describing & assessing the most influential ideas, from Learning & Skills Research Centre.
- Should we be using learning styles? What research has to say to practice - detailed examination of the process & analyses 13 models, with strengths & weaknesses identified & recommendations for students, teachers, trainers, managers, researchers & inspectors, from the Learning & Skills Development Agency (LSDA).
- Teach to Students' Learning Styles - examples of teaching strategies, from everything ESL.
- Theory into Practice Database - brief summaries of 50 major theories of learning & instruction. These theories can also be accessed by learning domains and concepts.
- Training the Trainer online course - includes adult learning styles, needs assessment, training objectives & other aspects of training in a commercial environment.
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