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Learning Styles

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Understanding how students learn can greatly impact how we teach. The resources that follow provide a wealth of information about learning styles and how you can use this knowledge to become a better instructor.

• Index of Learning Styles
  Information on the Index of Learning Styles (ILS) developed by Richard M. Felder and Barbara A. Soloman of North Carolina State University. This index is free and measures student preferences on the dichotomies of sensing/intuitive, visual/verbal, inductive/deductive, active/reflective, and sequential/global. The site includes a link to the actual questionnaire and a wealth of supporting materials.
  
  
• VARK: A Guide to Learning Styles
  The free, online VARK inventory identifies preferences for taking in information--Visually, Aurally, through Reading/Writing, and Kinesthetically. Site includes links to a variety of related resources for students and faculty. Copyright 2001 Neil Fleming.
  
  
• Learning Styles
  Links to a number of papers on the topic of learning styles written by Richard M. Felder (sometimes with others) from the Department of Chemical Engineering at North Carolina State University. Especially useful are the following:
  • R.M. Felder,Matters of Style, ASEE Prism, 6(4), 18-23 (December 1996)
  • R.M. Felder, Reaching the Second Tier: Learning and Teaching Styles in College Science Education, J. College Science Teaching, 23(5), 286-290 (1993).
  • R.M. Felder and L.K. Silverman, Learning and Teaching Styles in Engineering Education, Engr. Education, 78(7), 674-681 (1988) (Downloads as a PDF file)