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Alearning styleinventory (LSI) is a questionnaire that evaluates and identifies an individual’s strengths and preferences when it comes to learning. Most of the underlying theories propose that individuals learn differently and that designing instruction based on these learning styles can enhance the educational process.​

This notion that people learn in different ways first became popular during the 1970s.Since then, learning style theories have had a tremendous impact on the field of education. Teachers often use learning style inventories at the outset of a class to learn about students and help them understand how they learn.

Although there’s little evidence that matching a student’s learning preferences to instructional methods produces better educational outcomes, LSIs remain a popular classroom tool.

However, research does indicate that people have definite preferences for how they learn new information.At best, learning style inventories might be a way for students to develop study habits that keep them interested and engaged in the learning process.

Students may find it useful to discover their preferences and hone their study routines accordingly. Visual learners, for example, might benefit from creating symbols, graphs, and other visual information while studying the material in question.

Jung’s Theory of Personality and Learning Styles

These are popular types of learning style inventories:

Kolb’s Learning Style Inventory (LSI)

Kolb’s LSI is among the best-known and most widely used questionnaires. Based onKolb’s learning styles, this assessment allows students to discover their learning styles and provides educators with information that helps them accommodate various learning styles.

Fleming’s VARK Learning Style Questionnaire

In Fleming’sVARK learning stylemodel, students fall into one of four types: visual, auditory, reading/writing, and kinesthetic. In 1992, Fleming published a questionnaire based on his model that was designed to help people learn more about their individual styles.The model and questionnaire quickly became popular among students and educators; both remain widely used today.

Major Branches of Psychology

Jackson’s Learning Styles Profiler (LSP)

Many free online quizzes are available online. Although these informal questionnaires are a fun way to gain insight into how you like to learn, remember that most have never been studied or validated in any way. As you discover some of your own learning styles, don’t put too much stock into your results.

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