Learning Styles and Multiple Intelligences
Background on Learning Styles - Have you ever had difficulty learning and think it may be because of the way a professor teaches? Have you ever wished there were more diagrams and less words, or more discussion and less lecture, or vice versa? Learning styles theory is one method that scholars use to understand this phenomenon, and, further, to work with students so that they can succeed, especially in situations where a professor's and student's styles differ greatly. Learning style theory posits that individuals prefer different styles of learning; for example, some learn better by listening and thinking, and some by experimenting and doing. Knowing your learning style as a student can be beneficial in helping you understand how you can best learn. There are many theorists working on models of learning style or learning preference.
Index of Learning Styles Questionnaire - http://www.engr.ncsu.edu/learningstyles/ilsweb.html
Learning Styles and Strategies by Richard M. Felder, Hoechst Celanese Professor of Chemical Engineering, North Carolina State University and Barbara A. Soloman, Coordinator of Advising, First Year College, North Carolina State University.
Background on Multiple Intelligences - Gardner formulated his theory of Multiple Intelligences as a response to the idea that humans have a single, fixed intelligence (as measured, for example, by the IQ test). There are currently eight intelligences identified and explained by this theory -- the first seven in his book, Frames of Mind 1983), and the eighth a more recent explanation of MI Theory, http://www.ldrc.ca/projects/miinventory/mitest.html.