Introduction
General Resources

Students learn in a variety of ways and instructors have specific ways of teaching. Instructors who understand and draw on knowledge of student learning styles and understand their own teaching style can greatly enhance their teaching. The links below provide information and inventories on learning styles, teaching styles, and multiple intelligences. The final link deals more specifically with teaching styles.

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"Student Learning Styles and Their Implications for Teaching," Susan M. Montgomery and Linda N. Groat. (CRLT Occasional Paper #10, 1998, University of Michigan, Center for Research on Learning and Teaching). PDF/Adobe Acrobat.
This article includes a rationale for understanding student learning styles, covers several learning style models, and discusses the ways in which this knowledge can be used to enhance teaching and learning.
http://www.crlt.umich.edu/publinks/CRLT_no10.pdf

Learning Styles (University of Delaware Center for Teaching Excellence).
Offers links to websites featuring a number of approaches for thinking about students’ learning styles plus some instruments for identifying learning styles.
http://www.cte.udel.edu/learnstyle.htm

Learning Styles.
Links to articles on the Felder-Silverman Learning Style model, other models, and an Index of Learning Styles to assess learning preferences.
http://www4.ncsu.edu/unity/lockers/users/f/felder/public/Learning_Styles.html

Learning Styles take your free test (LdPride.net).
Learning styles and multiple intelligences explained; includes a free learning styles self-assessment.
http://www.ldpride.net/learningstyles.MI.htm

Learning Styles, Multiple Intelligences (support4learning.org.uk).
Contains links to many online resources for learners and teachers.
http://www.support4learning.org.uk/sites/support4learning/education/learning_styles.cfm

VARK (visual, aural, read/write, kinesthetic): a guide to learning styles.
Complete guide to using and scoring the VARK learning styles survey, including a PDF version of the questionnaire for use online or as a printout.
http://www.vark-learn.com/english/index.asp

Index of Learning Styles Questionnaire, Barbara A. Solomon and Richard M. Felder (North Carolina State University).
A 44-item learning styles online questionnaire with results provided.
http://www.engr.ncsu.edu/learningstyles/ilsweb.html

MBTI (Meyer Briggs Type Indicator) Personality Test: Understanding Your MBTI.
Describes the Meyer Briggs test and offers an informal online Cognitive Style Inventory. Includes links to resources for learning more about the MBTI.
http://www.personalitypathways.com/type_inventory.html

David Kolb's Learning Styles Model and Experiential Learning Theory (businessballs.com).
Explains Kolb's theory of learning styles, including a visual model of his theory.
http://www.businessballs.com/kolblearningstyles.htm

Learning Styles.
Click on links down the left side of the page for overviews of presently accepted theories of learning styles including VAK, Kolb, Honey and Mumford, and others. The final link is a discussion of putting the styles together.
http://www.nwlink.com/~donclark/hrd/learning/styles.html

“Learning Styles and Pedagogy in Post-16 Learning: A Systematic and Critical Review” (2004) by Frank Coffield, David Moseley, Elaine Hall, and Kathryn Ecclestone.
“Summary: This report critically reviews the literature on learning styles and examines in detail 13 of the most influential models. The report concludes that it matters fundamentally which instrument is chosen. The implications for teaching and learning in post-16 learning are serious and should be of concern to learners, teachers and trainers, managers, researchers and inspectors.” Downloadable PDF.
http://tinyurl.com/yr8xbu

“Should We Be Using Learning Styles?: What Research Has to Say to Practice” (2004) by Frank Coffield, David Moseley, Elaine Hall and Kathryn Ecclestone.
“Summary: Learning style instruments are widely used. But are they reliable and valid? Do they have an impact on pedagogy? This report examines 13 models of learning style and concludes that it matters fundamentally which model is chosen. Positive recommendations are made for students, teachers and trainers, managers, researchers and inspectors.” Downloadable PDF.
http://tinyurl.com/yr8xbu

Teaching With Style by Anthony F. Grasha and Laurie Richlin. Alliance Publishers, 1996. PDF/Adobe Acrobat.
A complete copy of Grasha's book on teaching and learning styles at the college level.
http://homepages.ius.edu/kwigley/teaching_with_style.pdf

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