The free learning styles test I found was very short and to the point. It did not have many questions, and as soon as I finished I had my results. From the questions I was asked, my results were that I chose one auditory learning statement, two visual learning statements, and two kinesthetic statements. For the most part I think that my results are pretty accurate. I think that I learn best by having information given to me in different ways. I like to listen to someone talk about the information, but point out important parts not lecture for hours (auditory). I also feel that I take in a lot more information when I can see the information and do some kind of activity with it (visual). I do not like to sit in one spot for hours listening to a lecture. I like to be able to get up and move around to get my brain going again. I think that games and exercise are important for me when learning (kinesthetic). When I have my own classroom, I want to make sure that I teach in many different ways so each student has an opportunity to learn. I know this is a difficult goal but it is important to me. I want to at least make sure that I am aware of each students learning style and hopefully direct lessons toward each group of students.
The cognitive styles inventory I took was also very short and to the point. It consisted of fifteen questions and gave me my results very quick. I took a few different inventories before deciding on this one, because some of the results were hard for me to understand. My results for this inventory were Sensorial/Emotional. To understand what my results meant I read the description that was given, but I also did some reading from other websites. By reading I learned that a sensorial person uses their senses to learn and likes concrete information given to them. I agree with my results because I learn better being engaged in a lesson, but I also like to know the information I am learning is true. I will admit that my emotions/feelings can get the best of me sometimes. I agree with this result because I sometimes base my decisions on how it will make other people feel. I am an assistant manager where I work and when the manager is not around I know that it is my responsibility to make sure everyone is doing their job. The hard thing for me is that I do not want to tell someone what to do and then the employee not like me for that. These results will help me in the classroom because I can take into consideration everyone’s cognitive styles and learning styles to make my lesson plans work for the whole class.
Learning styles: http://www.schoolfamily.com/school-family-articles/article/836-learning-styles-quiz?gclid=CLTbvLrUjKQCFUxb2godayxVHQ
Cognitive styles: http://tests.infoartperu.com/en/test_cognitivestyles.htm
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