Assignment 3

Niccole West

For the cognitive style inventory test, I went to Info Art - Tests at http://tests.infoartperu.com/en/test_cognitivestyles.htm. After answering only 16 questions, I was given the result of intuitive, a perceiving function, and emotional, or feeling, a judging function. It stated that intuitive people mentally live in the future, use their imagination and are very creative. It declared emotional people to use better or worse evaluations rather than a logical true or false rationale. It says I use the feeling side of my brain to draw conclusions based on my likes and dislikes and the effect on other people. I believe these results to be quite true to my nature.

EducationPlanner.org has a 20-question learning style inventory test which can be found at http://www.educationplanner.org/students/self-assessments/learning-styles.shtml. That test stated that I am an overall auditory learner with 40% of my learning style geared that way. It stated that I am 35% visual and only 25% tactile. I am surprised at these results as they claim that I learn best through hearing and listening. I have always considered myself to be more visual but the more I think about it, I believe it to a good combination of the three styles that benefits me best. As a result, I believe the test to be fairly accurate with its outcome.

These tests have each reminded me of the importance of variety in the classroom being a crucial part of the learning experience. As a student, I plan on giving myself more varied opportunities to absorb information in the future. As a teacher, I will make certain to present an assortment of learning opportunities to my students. Anticipating that my classroom will have these diverse learning styles will equip me to better serve my students and meet their individual academic needs.