Active or Reflective
Resources
Index of Learning Styles is an on-line instrument to assess your learning style. The instrument was developed by Richard M. Felder and Barbara A. Soloman of North Carolina State University – go to index of learning style. For more details go to Descriptions of the learning styles.
Learning Styles Questionnaire Honey P and Mumford A 2006 Maidenhead www.peterhoney.com
Sensing or Intuitive
Visual or Verbal
Sequential or Global
Each person has a preferred way of learning, as outlined by Richard Felder and Linda Silverman as well as Honey and Mumford. If you know your own prefererence and that of others around you then you can maximise both your own learning and the learning of others. You are likely to use the range of approaches and no one approach is better than another. Indeed the best approach depends on the circumstance and can be adapted to what is the task in hand
Active or Reflective
Active learners prefer to get stuck in and do something related to their learning and may prefer to do this within a group. Reflective learners will consider the options in their mind and are likely to prefer to do this quietly on their own
Sensing or Intuitive
Sensing learners prefer to have all the facts, intuitive learners enjoy discovering the solutions and developing ideas.
Visual or Verbal
Visual leaners remember best what they see and visualising things in their mind will help recall. Verbal learners recall best what they hear.
Sequential or Global
Sequential leaners solve problems in logical steps whereas global learners then to jump to the solutions. Global learners may get to the solution quicker but have some difficulty justifying the steps on the way.
Learning styles
Most people use a range of learning styles but are more comfortable using one end of each spectrum. If you know your own preference you can use it to help you learn quicker and be more effective when solving problems. If you know the learning style of the person you are teaching and adapt your approach then their learning will be greater.
On a simplistic level some people refer reading, some talking, some listening and some doing to help them learn. Working out which one applies to you and others you are with, early on, will help you learn more quickly or teach more effectively.
There is an Index of Learning Styles which is an on-line instrument to assess your learning style using the model outlined here and formulated by Richard M. Felder and Linda K. Silverman. The instrument was developed by Richard M. Felder and Barbara A. Soloman of North Carolina State University – go to http://www.engr.ncsu.edu/learningstyles/ilsweb. For more details go to Descriptions of the learning styles. by Richard Felder
Learning Styles Questionnaire Honey P and Mumford A 2006 Maidenhead www.peterhoney.com