Learning Style Assessment Test on the Internet

¶ … learning style assessment test on the Internet to see if they agreed with what I thought my learning style was. The site was called the Learning Styles Online and the price was just right for me -- it was free. This report is a quick summary of the test results and my opinion if they were accurate or not. Learning styles are simply different approaches or ways of learning. (Learning Styles Online, 2004)

The sight was very informative in the sense that they also provided detailed explanations of the various learning styles and also insights into what each personnel style might strive to become when they grow up. To begin with, there are specific types of learning styles to further provide detail and insight into the subconscious.

The types of learners fall into three categories: Visual learners who learn through the visual aspects of sight and interpretation of body language and facial expressions, Auditory learners who learn through the act of listening, discussion and verbal lectures and tactile learners who work and learn best by utilizing the sense of touch or body movement.

The actual styles are broken down into seven intelligence levels. "Conceived by Howard Gardner, Multiple Intelligences are seven different ways to demonstrate intellectual ability." (Learning Styles Online, 2004) The seven are: visual/spatial Intelligence who are individuals who think in the sense of pictures, verbal/linguistic Intelligence who usually have an ability to excel with words and language, logical/mathematical Intelligence who are more apt to logically or mathematically think problems through, bodily/kinesthetic Intelligence who are people with good bodily controls and are generally graceful, musical/rhythmic Intelligence where there is an unusual need to appreciate or participate in music, intrapersonal Intelligence and interpersonal Intelligence.

I was totally surprised when the test results came back as Interpersonal Intelligence. But, I was not surprised because the test results were way off base. Quite to the contrary, I was surprised at how accurately the test results described me based on what I think of myself. People who are Interpersonal Intelligence usually have a pretty good ability to relate to others but prefer to have everyone around them try to understand their inner feelings. I feel that I have always been a very good judge of character but I try to get other s to first understand men from the inside out as opposed to me understanding them.

I do not always try to see things from another's point-of-view in order to understand how they think and feel. I have always worked very hard to first hear both sides of a story and to try to get everyone's perspective before making decision, but my natural feeling a are to first see what my insides tell me to do. " ... recognizing their own strengths and weaknesses, reflecting and analyzing themselves, awareness of their inner feelings, desires and dreams, evaluating their thinking patterns, reasoning with themselves, understanding their role in relationship to others." (Learning Styles Online, 2004) I tend to self-reflect as I am constantly aware of one's inner state of being first and their outward message second. "These learners try to understand their inner feelings, dreams, relationships with others, and strengths and weaknesses." (Learning Styles Online, 2004)