If you're trying to determine your learning styles without a formal assessment, there are a few questions you can ask yourself to help determine your learning preferences.
Do you enjoy reading books/articles or listening to lectures?
Or writing or drawing when you are trying to learn new material?
What about to work in groups or individually?
Whivh one do you prefer hands-on learning or sitting in a classroom?
or do you prefer to learn better when you are explaining to someone else?
Do you learn better when you're being shown how to do something or when you receive the information?
Do you prefer having time to practice or would you rather just move on to the next topic?
These questions don't offer as much insight as a formal assessment, but they can help give you a better idea of your learning styles.
How to determine your learning styles with an assessment
There are many assessments available that will help you determine your learning styles.
The following are some suggestions to help you determine your students' preferred learning styles:
The VARK Questionnaire
The VARK Questionnaire, developed by psychologists John D. Bransford and Marcia L. Johnson, is based on the acronym VARK: "visual," "auditory," "reading/writing," and "kinesthetic."
The VARK Questionnaire is really useful to assess and measure a student's preferred learning style(s). The designs of VARK is helping the educators tailor their classroom teaching to the diverse learning styles of their students.
Educators can also use this questionnaire to determine how to best present content to students in other settings.
The questionnaire contains seven visual and auditory items, nine reading/writing items, and three kinesthetic items, for a total of 23 items.
It should administered in about 15 minutes. Each of the 23 items rates on a four-point scale ranging from "never" to "very often."
The VARK Questionnaire has copyrighted by the University of New Hampshire. Also, it is available in a format administered in a paper-and-pencil format.
Another format is available online. The same questionnaire utilized to assess the preferred learning style(s) of non-students (e.g., employees, parents, etc.).
The Eysenck Personality Questionnaire
The Eysenck Personality Questionnaire (EPQ), developed by the English psychologist Hans J. Eysenck, is another assessment tool for determining a student's learning style.
It contains 78 statements that has designed to be administered in about 10 minutes. The EPQ focuses on three main areas: extraversion/introversion, neuroticism/emotional stability, and psychoticism.
Each of the statements rated on a three-point scale ranging from "disagree strongly" to "agree strongly."
The questionnaire has copyrighted by the PSE Publishing Company. Also, it is available in a format displayed in a paper-and-pencil format.
Another format is online version. The same questionnaire utilized to assess the preferred learning style(s) of non-students (e.g., employees, parents, etc.).
The Insights Discovery Personality Assessment
The Insights Discovery Personality Assessment is an assessment tool for determining a student's learning style.
It is according on the theory that a person's interaction of five dimensions: being social, being active, being private, being reflective, and being reserved.
This assessment tool contains 40 questions. The purposes of these questions is to be administered in about 15 minutes.
The Insights Discovery Personality Assessment has copyrighted by the Insight Assessment Group.Also, itis available in a format that can be printed and administered in a paper-and-pencil format.
Another format is available online. The same assessment utilized to assess the preferred learning style(s) of non-students (e.g., employees, parents, etc.).
The Learning Style Inventory
The Learning Style Inventory (LSI) is an assessment tool for determining a student's learning style. It contains 50 items with designation of being administered in about 15 minutes.
The Learning Style Inventory is copyrighted by the Psychological Services Center and is available in a format that can be printed and administered in a paper-and-pencil format.
Another format is available online. The same assessment utilized to assess the preferred learning style(s) of non-students (e.g., employees, parents, etc.).
The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator
The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) is an assessment tool that helps determine one's personality type. It developed by the Katharine Cook Briggs and her daughter Isabel Briggs Myers.
According to the theory of psychological type originally proposed by the German psychiatrist Carl Jung.
The MBTI categorizes people into one of 16 personality types based on how they make decisions and how they use their perception. The MBTI comprises 93 items. It should finished about 45 minutes.
The MBTI has copyrighted by Consulting Psychologists Press, Inc. Also, it is available in a format displayable and administered in a paper-and-pencil format.
Another format is viewable online. The same assessment available to assess the preferred learning style(s) of non-students (e.g., employees, parents, etc.).
The Converging Model of Instruction
The Converging Model of Instruction is an educational model that provides a framework for the design of instruction and learning environments.
Developed by David A. Kolb, it focuses on four learning styles: (1) concrete experience, (2) reflective observation, (3) abstract conceptualization, and (4) active experimentation.
The model is based on the premise that learning is an active process in which a person interacts with the environment and uses all the senses to acquire knowledge and skills.
The model assumes that a person utilizes all four of these learning styles during the learning process. The Converging Model of Instruction hass copyrighted by the Association for Experiential.
Education and is available in a format that can be printed and administered in a paper-and-pencil format. Another format is available online.
The Hermann Brain Dominance Instrument
The Herrmann Brain Dominance Instrument (HBDI) is an assessment tool that helps determine a person's preferred learning style. It is according on the theory that brain functions in a hierarchy.
In addition, each person has a dominant function that is the most efficient and effective way to process information.
The HBDI comprises 32 items, it should administered in about 15 minutes. The HBDI has copyrighted by the Florida Institute of Technology. Also, itis available in a format that printable and administered in a paper-and-pencil format.
Another format is available online. The same assessment utilized to assess the preferred learning style(s) of non-students (e.g., employees, parents, etc.).
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