LEARNING STYLES INVENTORIES:

"Kind of Learner" test and "What Kind of Learner are You" test are two options that are easy to print and administer. Other online tests and information are below.

INFORMATIVE WEBSITES: LEARNING STYLES / MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES INVENTORIES, TESTS, ETC.

Learning Styles chart for determining learning styles. http://www.chaminade.org/inspire/learnstl.htm

Let's Learn about Learning Styles website contains information about learning styles. http://hometown.aol.com/PegFlint/homeschool_learningstyles.html

Barsch Learning Style Inventory, Revised edition; available from ACADEMIC THERAPY PUBLICATIONS. (paper)

CAREER RESOURCE CENTER's Index of Learning Styles inventory http://www.crc4mse.org/ILS/Index.html

CENTER FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING'S Learning Styles website includes information, on-line learning inventories, etc. http://web.indstate.edu/ctl/styles/invent.html

HOW TO BE A SUCCESSFUL STUDENT'S website's How to Identify Your Best Learning Styles page. IDENTIFY YOUR BEST LEARNING STYLES website contains a learning*How to Identify Your Best Learning Styles webpage with a learning styles test. http://www.marin.cc.ca.us/~don/Study/13styles.html

"Kaleidoscope Learning Styles Inventory"; available from PERFORMANCE LEARNING SYSTEMS, INC. (PLS). Editions available for educators, for the workplace, for students grades 3 - 6, and/or students grades 7 - 12. http://www.plsweb.com

LDRC Learning Disabilities Resource Community website has a good explanation of 8 learning styles/multiple intelligences as well resources, articles, and helpful definitions. http://www.ldrc.ca/projects/miinventory/miinventory.php?eightstyles=1

LEARNING STYLES by R.M. Felder website includes information, resources and an "Index of Learning Styles Questionnaire" http://www2.ncsu.edu/unity/lockers/users/f/felder/public/Learning_Styles.html

LEARNING STYLES ON THE WEB by Karen J. Ristuccia's website includes several learning styles inventories, information, resources, etc. http://www.csrnet.org/csrnet/articles/web-learning-styles.html

*PRO TEACHER'S website includes information, resources, links, inventory, etc. http://www.proteacher.com/040009.shtml

TRACKSTAR'S Learning Styles website includes information, resources, links, on-line tests and inventories, etc. http://trackstar.4teachers.org/trackstar/index.jsp

The University of South Dakota has a website with a free learning styles inventory available at: http://www.usd.edu/trio/tut/ts/stylest.html

"What's Your Child's Primary Learning Style" quiz from FAMILY EDUCATION.COM's website http://familyeducation.com/quiz/0,1399,3-2740,00.html

BOOKS:

AWAKENING YOUR CHILD'S NATURAL GENIUS: ENHANCING CURIOSITY, CREATIVITY, AND LEARNING ABILITY by Thomas Armstrong; ISBN: 0874776082, J.P. Tarcher, 1991.

DISCOVER YOUR CHILE'S LEARNING STYLE (CHILDREN LEARN IN UNIQUE WAYS -- HERE'S THE KEY TO EVERY CHILD'S LEARNING SUCCESS) by Mariaemma Willis, M.S. and Victoria Kindle Hodson, M.A.; ISBN 0761520139, Prima Publishing, 1999.

EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING ... EXPERIENCE AS THE SOURCE OF LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT by David A. Kolb; ISBN: 0132952610, Prentice Hall, 1983.

FRAMES OF MIND: THE THEORY OF MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES by Howard Gardner; ISBN: 0465025102, Basic Books, 1993.

GROWING UP LEARNING -- IDENTIFYING AND TEACHING CHILDREN WITH DIFFERENT LEARNING STYLES by Walter B. Barbe, Ph.D.; ISBN: 1567620884, Modern Learning Press, 1998.

HOW TO MAXIMIZE YOUR CHILD'S LEARNING ABILITY -- A COMPLETE GUIDE TO CHOOSING AND USING THE BEST GAMES, TOYS, ACTIVITIES, LEARNING AIDS & TACTICS FOR YOUR CHILD by Dr. Lauren Bradway and Barbara Albers Hill; ISBN: 089529519, Avery Publishing Group, Inc., 1993.

IN THEIR OWN WAY -- DISCOVERING AND ENCOURAGING YOUR CHILD'S PERSONAL LEARNING STYLE by Thomas Armstrong, Ph.D.; ISBN: 0874774462, Jeremy P. Tarcher, Inc., 1987.

MARCHING TO DIFFERENT DRUMMERS by Pat Burke Guild and Stephen Garger; ISBN: 1871203065, Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 1998.

MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES: THE THEORY IN PRACTICE by Howard Gardner; ISBN: 046501822X, Basic Books, 1993.

PLEASE UNDERSTAND ME: CHARACTER AND TEMPERAMENT TYPES by David Keirsey and Marilyn Bates; ISBN: 0960695400, Prometheus Nemesis Book Co., 1984.

SEVEN KINDS OF SMART by Thomas Armstrong; ISBN: 0452281377, Plume, 1999.

TAMING THE DRAGONS: REAL HELP FOR REAL SCHOOL PROBLEMS by Susan Setley; ISBN: 1886243042, Susan G. Setley, 1995. (website is:

The above books are available from various book stores. PERFORMANCE LEARNING SYSTEMS is an approved vendor which carries a variety of learning styles / multiple intelligences-oriented materials.