Newcastle University School of Chemical Engineering and Advanced Materials

CONTENTS
Introduction
Active-Reflective
Dimension
Sensing-Intuitive
Dimension
Visual-Verbal
Dimension
Sequential-Global
Dimension
Summary

 

INTRODUCTION

The purpose of this series of pages on learning styles and strategies is to:

  • raise awareness of personal learning styles

  • facilitate development of personal learning strategies

There are many measures of learning styles, but the one we are considering here is Felder and Soloman’s "Index of Learning Styles"  (ILS). It was developed to help students and teachers of undergraduate science and engineering courses.

The ILS is based on the answers to a set of 44 ( "a" or "b" type) questions. The scores provide estimates of an individual's "position" in 4 learning styles dimensions:

Different learning strategies are suggested based on affinity to the different dimensions of learning, and grouped results can be used by teachers and lecturers to guide design and delivery of courses. 
The ILS is NOT a measure of intelligence

Reference:
Felder, Richard, "Reaching the Second Tier: Learning and Teaching Styles in College Science Education.",  J. College Science Teaching, 23(5), 286-290 (1993).

 

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