ILS
questionnaire. A 44-item questionnaire that can be submitted and
automatically scored on the Web.
Descriptions
of the learning styles. A four-page handout that briefly explains
the instrument results.
Validation
study. "A Contribution to Validation of Score Meaning for Felder-Soloman's
Index of Learning Styles," by Professor Malgorzata Zywno.
View
comments on the Index of Learning Styles tool (in
MERLOT Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online
Teaching <== lots of resources in MERLOT!)
"Learning and Teaching Styles in Engineering Education," Engr.
Education, 78(7), 674-681 (1988). The article that originally
defined the Felder-Silverman model and identified teaching practices
that should meet the needs of students with the full spectrum of
styles. The paper is preceded by a 2002 preface that states and
explains changes in the model that have been made since 1988.
"Reaching
the Second Tier: Learning and Teaching Styles in College Science
Education," J. College Science Teaching, 23(5), 286-290
(1993). An article that explains the learning style preferences and
their implications for teaching.
The subsequent references focus on
individual style dimensions, including several on the Myers-Briggs
Type Indicator that are not included in the F-S model but are equally
important in understanding different ways that students learn and
perform in classroom settings.
R.M. Felder,
"Meet Your Students: 1. Stan and Nathan." Chem. Engr.
Education, 23(2), 68-69 (Spring 1989). The sensing learning and
the intuitive learner.
R.M. Felder,
"Meet Your Students: 2. Susan and Glenda." Chem. Engr.
Education, 24(1), 7-8 (Winter 1990). The sequential learner and
the global learner. (See also The Visual-Spatial Learner,
described below.)
R.M. Felder,
"Meet Your Students: 3. Michelle, Rob, and Art." Chem. Engr.
Education, 24(3), 130-131 (Summer 1990). Three different
approaches to learning (deep, surface, and strategic), and the
conditions that induce students to take a deep approach.
R.M. Felder,
"Meet Your Students: 4. Jill and Perry." Chem. Engr. Education,
25(4), 196-197 (Fall 1991). The judger and the perceiver on the
Myers-Briggs Type Indicator.
R.M. Felder,
"Meet
Your Students: 5. Edward and Irving." Chem. Engr. Education, 28(1),
36-37 (Winter 1994). The extravert and the introvert on the
Myers-Briggs Type Indicator.
R.M. Felder,
"Meet Your Students: 6. Tony and Frank." Chem. Engr. Education,
29(4), 244-245 (Fall 1995). The thinker and the feeler on the
Myers-Briggs Type Indicator.