Learning preference tools

Learning preference tools

Select and complete one of the learning preference tools provided below to determine your dominant learning preference or style. Address the following in your discussion posting:

• What was the result of the learning inventory that you took? Do you feel it is an accurate representation of how you prefer to learn?
• Describe a past or present learning experience in which you participated that was designed with your learning style or preference in mind.
• Describe a past or present learning experience in which you participated that was not designed with your learning style or preference in mind.
• • Did you make adaptations or do extra study/work in order to learn?
  • Are there some slight changes that could have been made to the instructional design in order to better meet your learning preference?

Tools to Determine Learning Preferences

Explore some of the http://www.businessballs.com/vaklearningstylestest.htm

http://www.swinburne.edu.au/stuserv/workshops/onlinematerials/…assessment.pdfhttp://sfu.ewb.ca/documents/vaklearningstyles.pdfhttp://www.vark-learn.com/english/page.asp?p=questionnaire

Brain Dominance Surveys:

• http://testyourself.psychtests.com/testid/3178
• http://www.biologycorner.com/anatomy/nervous/dominance_test.html
• http://www.web-us.com/brain/braindominance.htm

Multiple Intelligences Surveys:

• Inventory
• Multiple Intelligences for Adult Literacy and Education Assessment
• Free Multiple Intelligence Tests from Businessballs (scroll down the page to multiple intelligences tests)

Learning Style Surveys (Kolb’s and others’):

• http://brainbasetraining.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/LEARNING-STYLES-Kolb-QUESTIONNAIRE.pdf
• www.caisct.org/Customized/uploads/…/NENTS/kolblearningstyles.doc
• Perceptual Learning Style Survey (Seven Perceptual Styles)

……..Answer Preview…..There are various learning inventories that people use to learn. One of the inventories that I prefer most is the sequential learning style. I prefer this style because all information is well presented and in an orderly manner. The information is put together in a way that is simple to understand. This is a style that suits global learner well. It requires a person to first have a big picture and later fill in details of what they have learnt……..

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