Assess Your Learning Style
Personal Style Inventory
The following items are arranged in pairs (a and b), and each member of the pair represents a preference you may or may not have. Rate your preference for each item by giving it a score of 0 to 5 (0 meaning you really feel negative about it or strongly about the other member of the pair, 5 meaning you strongly prefer it or do not prefer the other member of the pair). The scores for a and b must add up to 5 (0 and 5, 1 and 4, or 2 and 3). Use whole numbers.
I prefer:
___1a.Making decisions after finding out what others think
___1b.Making decisions without consulting others
___2a.Being called imaginative or intuitive
___2b.Being called factual and accurate
___3a.Making decisions about people in organizations based on available data and
systematic analysis of situations
___3b.Making decisions about people in organizations based on empathy,
feelings, and understanding of their needs and values
___4a.Allowing commitments to occur if others want to make them
___4b.Pushing for definite commitments to ensure that they are made
___5a.Quiet, thoughtful time alone
___5b.Active, energetic time with people
___6a.Using methods Iknow well that are effective to get the job done
___6b.Trying to think of new methods of doing tasks when confronted with them
___7a.Drawing conclusions based on unemotional logic and careful step-by-step
analysis
___7b.Drawing conclusions based on what Ifeel and believe about life and people
from past experiences
___8a.Avoiding making deadlines
___8b.Setting a schedule and sticking to it
___9a.Inner thoughts and feelings others cannot see
___9b.Activities and occurrences in which others join
___10a.The abstract or theoretical
___10b.The concrete or real
___11a.Helping others explore their feelings
___11b.Helping others make logical decisions
___12a.Communicating little of my inner thinking and feelings
___12b.Communicating freely my inner thinking and feelings
___13a.Planning ahead based on projections
___13b.Planning as necessities arise, just before carrying out the plans
___14a.Meeting new people
___14b.Being alone or with one person Iknow well
___15a.Ideas
___15b.Facts
___16a.Convictions
___16b.Verifiable conclusions
___17a.Keeping appointments and notes about commitments in notebooks or in
appointment books as much as possible
___17b.Using appointment books and notebooks as minimally as possible (although
Imay use them)
___18a.Carrying out carefully laid, detailed plans with precision
___18b.Designing plans and structures without necessarily carrying them out
___19a.Being free to do things on the spur of the moment
___19b.Knowing well in advance what Iam expected to do
___20a.Experiencing emotional situations, discussion, movies
___20b.Using my ability to analyze situations
Personal Style Inventory Scoring
Instructions: Transfer your scores for each item of each pair to the appropriate blanks. Be careful to check the a and b letters to be sure you are recording scores in the right blank spaces. Then total the scores for each dimension.
DimensionDimension
IENS
1b.______1a._____2a.______2b._____
5a.______5b._____6b.______6a._____
9a.______9b._____10a.______10b._____
12a.______12b._____15a.______15b._____
14b.______14a._____18b.______18a._____
totals:I______E_____ N______S_____
DimensionDimension
TFPJ
3a.______3b._____4a.______4b._____
7a.______7b._____8a.______8b._____
11b.______11a._____13b.______13a._____
16b.______16a._____17b.______17a._____
20b.______20a._____19a.______19b._____
totals:I______E_____ N______S_____