1. Learning Styles After this module you should be able to: Differentiate between different learning styles Identify your personal learning style Distinguish how to students can use their learning style to improve class performance Balance your teaching style to reach more students

2. Inventory of Learning Styles (ILS) Instrument:Felder-SolomanInventory of Learning Styles (ILS) • Developed for engineering students • Adult ILS • Has been used for sciences • ILS reliable and valid About the ILS • Students get • Immediate results • Scaled ratings with explanation and can print out • Faculty learn their own learning styles and understand how they teach • Learning Styles & Strategies

3. Learning Styles Instrument Four-dimensional model • Active and Reflective Learners (ACT/REF) • Sensing and Intuitive Learners (SEN/INT) • Visual and Verbal Learners (VIS/VER) • Sequential and Global Learners (SEQ/GLO)

4. Summary of ILS (1) the sensory method by which information is received; (2) the modality by which information is received; (3) the processby which information is received; (4) the order in which the information is received;

5. My ILS Results NC STATE UNIVERSITY Results for: KGD ACT X REF 11 9 7 5 3 1 1 3 5 7 9 11 <-- --> SEN X INT 11 9 7 5 3 1 1 3 5 7 9 11 <-- --> VIS X VRB 11 9 7 5 3 1 1 3 5 7 9 11 <-- --> SEQ X GLO 11 9 7 5 3 1 1 3 5 7 9 11 <-- --> 1-3, fairly well balanced on the two dimensions 5-7, moderate preference for one dimension 7-9, strong preference Back

6. What are you ILS results? How will you use this information?