Roots of Learning » learning styles quiz http://www.rootsoflearning.com An educational resource for parents seeking to prepare their children for tomorrow's world Fri, 27 Aug 2010 01:19:26 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 US History Lessons in the Age of New Media http://www.rootsoflearning.com/2010/03/05/us-history-lessons-in-the-age-of-new-media/ http://www.rootsoflearning.com/2010/03/05/us-history-lessons-in-the-age-of-new-media/#comments Thu, 04 Mar 2010 23:45:57 +0000 admin http://www.rootsoflearning.com/?p=428 Engaging the student, utilizing knowledge of various senses, taking advantage of free online tools, my son’s fourth grade social studies teacher did all these things when she showed the kids the following in class today:

]]> http://www.rootsoflearning.com/2010/03/05/us-history-lessons-in-the-age-of-new-media/feed/ 0 Learning Styles Quiz http://www.rootsoflearning.com/2009/04/22/learning-styles-quiz/ http://www.rootsoflearning.com/2009/04/22/learning-styles-quiz/#comments Tue, 21 Apr 2009 21:09:52 +0000 admin http://www.rootsoflearning.com/?p=258 I just stumbled upon a learning styles quiz at Edutopia. It is interesting because it classifies intelligence according to the categories naturalistic, bodily-kinesthetic, musical, interpersonal, intrapersonal, visual-spatial, logical-mathematical, and verbal-linguistic. I found the results surprising because I have always ‘seen myself’ as a visual learner – and have read that, overwhelmingly, people are visual learners. However, in this particular quiz, I scored very low in that area. Instead, my strongest score came in the area of “intrapersonal,” which describes a person who is “…connected to who you are and how you feel, and you know your own limits and abilities. You often set goals for yourself, self-manage, and reflect on results.” This is an excellent description of me, but is it my intelligence? That may be open to debate. I think that if you want to measure your learning style or that of your child, do so periodically and do so using a variety of evaluation tools. In my opinion, this is not a science, but it can shed light into the way we think and learn, and on what learning activities would be most beneficial for us. I am now going to give the quiz to my eldest child – I’ll report back later! I’d love to hear others’ insights!

 - Heather

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