What's the best way for you to learn? Do you absorb more information from a lecture than a book? Would you rather watch a demonstration or do it yourself? Educators agree that people learn in different ways, including auditory (hear it), kinesthetic (do it), and visual (see it). Several "tests" have been designed to evaluate a person's learning style, such as the Group Embedded Figures Test (GEFT), Felder's Index of Learning Styles, and Kolb's Learning Style Inventory. You can take a quick inventory of your learning style by connecting to www.howtolearn.com/personal.html

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The Keirsey Temperament Sorter Your personality also seems to affect the way you learn--extroverts succeed in different learning environments than introverts. You can fill out a questionnaire to find out your personality type at this Web site.

Know Your Learning Style   This online seminar is a clear, to-the-point discussion of how you can identify your learning style and why it is important to do so. Knowing your learning style can help you set up situations in which you can learn faster. This knowledge can help you make the best career choices or guide your choices of other activities.

Cognitive Learning Styles   This article briefly explains cognitive styles and learning styles and includes references to some of the research that supports these ideas. It comes from the Web site Explorations in Learning & Instruction: The Theory Into Practice Database.

Mindtools   This Web page discusses how your learning style affects your use of mnemonics. Mnemonics is an important tool for remembering large amounts of information. Using the information in this article, you could develop a way to make mnemonics work better for you by taking your learning style into consideration.

Learning Styles   If you are interested in learning about more than the basics of learning styles, this Web page has links to further information, including a bibliography from the ERIC database.