Memletics Learning Styles Inventory

Larry WeasTest Interpretation & Interview ETR 533 Standardized Testing

Counseling, Adult & Higher Education Program Northern Illinois University

Ed. D. Program

Introduction

Instrument: Memletics Learning Styles Inventory

Date: Administered Instrument: March 2, 2011

Interview: March 28, 2011 (30 minutes)

Client X: Occupation: Dental Laboratory Technician & Property OwnerGender: FemaleRace: White CaucasianAge: 53Experience: 20+ years in the workforce Hometown: Elizabethtown, Kentucky

Interest: How her preferred learning styles can be better matched and used in different learning situations, whether at work or at home.

Instruments: Nikon Digital Camera with HD Video Recording Roxio Creator 2011 PRO Digital Media Authorware

Interview

Part One: Introduction Remember about the Assessment Purpose of the Inventory Participation & Reasoning Goals & Objectives

Part Two: Interview Session How the Instrument Measured the Seven Learning Styles Meaning of the Learning Styles Web-Graph Scales Review Pre-Test and Post-Test Results Integrate Assessment with Client’s Learning Styles Self-Directed and Social Learning Styles Learning Styles and Using Technology Future Education and Job Skills

Part Three: Conclusion Interview Summary Future Recommendations Recognize Client’s Results and Participation Thank the Client

Purpose

The purpose of the Memletics Learning Styles Inventory helps individuals discover their dominant and secondary learning styles.

By recognizing and understanding their own learning styles, they can use techniques better suited for them. This improves the speed and quality of their own learning. Furthermore, one can develop the ability to learn with less dominate styles, as well as further develop styles they already use well.

The Memletics Learning Styles Inventory provides a questionnaire for seven particular learning styles. By asking a series of questions, and then scoring the results, it indicates where your dominant and secondary learning styles are.

Reasoning & Why I Chose?

The Memletics Accelerated Learning System recognizes that each person prefers different learning styles and techniques. Learning styles group common ways that people learn.

Everyone has a mix of learning styles. Some people may find that they have a dominant style of learning, with far less of other styles. Others may find that they use different styles in different circumstances.

There is no right mix. Nor is your style fixed. You can develop ability in less dominant styles, as well as further develop styles that you already use as well.

Learning Styles Inventory

Goal

It provides an integrated learning style.

It gives a clear structure and specific steps to help one achieve top mental fitness and highly effective learning practices from using their dominant learning style.

It recognizes the brain's natural abilities and uses effectively. The brain has an immense capability for learning, and Memletics helps a person use more of their unused capability.

It recognizes both a physical and mental perspective with learning styles. With some knowledge of what positively and negatively affects the brain.

It helps recognize learning styles using new technology to enhance learning. There are valuable and affordable tools now available that can significantly improve learning styles and memory.

Defining Seven Learning Styles

Verbal

Aural

Physical(Kinesthetic)

Visual

Logical

Social

Solitary

Prefers using logic, reasoning and systems.

Prefers using pictures, images, and spatial understanding.

Prefers to learn in groups or with other people.

Prefers using sound and music.

Prefers using words, both in speech and writing.

Prefers to work alone and use self-study.

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Prefers using their body, hands, and sense of touch.

Instrument

•“0” – The description sounds nothing like you.•“1” – The description sounds partly like you.•“2” – The description sounds exactly like you.

Pre-Test: After reviewing each of the basic descriptions for each axis, Susan estimated on a rating scale of zero to twenty if she uses that style often. A score of twenty if mostly used and a zero if hardly used.

Questionnaire. Next, each of the seventy questions was answered by circling one of the numbers on the right for each question read from the inventory. The following rating scale responses for each question answered were as follows:

“0” – The description sounds nothing like you.“1” – The description sounds partly like you.“2” – The description sounds exactly like you.

Post-Test: Graph her scores on the blank web graph sheet just as she had done with the pre-test before answering the seventy-questionnaire.

Learning Style Results

Client X: Pre-Test Results

Learning Style Results

Client X: Post-Test Results

Overlap of the Two

Client X: Pre-Test & Post-Test Results

Pre-Test (Blue)

Post-Test (Red)

Comparison of Learning Styles

Client X: Learning Style Results for the Interview

Learning Style Zone

Pre-Test (Blue)

Post-Test (Red)

Client’s Findings

Learning Style Means Pre-Test Results Post-Test Results Results

Logical Systems 14 7

Visual Pictures 17 12

Social Groups 20 16

Physical Kinesthetic 16 14

Aural Sound 7 12

Verbal Linguist 10 8

Solitary Alone 5 7

Highest Score (Social)

Lowest Score (Logical & Solitary: Tie)

Post-Test Score (Dominant – Upper)

Pre-Test Score (Dominant – Lower)

Interview

Reflecting on Different Learning Situations (3 minutes)

Memletics Learning Styles Inventory

Interview

• How do you see your scores?

• Learning styles differ with different situations?

• Identifying and knowing her Learning Styles?

• Did you see value?• Learning styles correlate

with the Seven Learning Styles Inventory?

• Integrating information and learning with other Information?

• The Use of Technology?• Using Different styles?• Learning with other Age

Groups or peers?• Role as a Learner ?

Reflecting on the Interview

1. Logical: Surprised! Much more logical and systematic in her learning.

2. Visual: Blended: Goes along with her physical requirements on the job.

3. Social: Dominant: Most highly desirable with groups or someone else.

4. Physical: Work: Job requires handling, designing, building dentures.

5. Aural: Least: Boring to just listen to someone. (OSHA safety tapes)

6. Verbal: Reading alone isn’t preferred she likes blended.

7. Solitary: Most challenging for her without someone.

The learning styles inventory consists of recognizing pre- and post-test responses from seven particular learning style groups preferred is as follows:

Conclusion

Overall Impression:

Accomplish the purpose and goal with my Client?

Was the Memletics Learning Styles Inventory Valid?

Was the context in identifying the client's learning styles Reliable?

Conclusion: Satisfactory

However, some interesting points to consider:

Learning Environment: (Work, Home, and Academia) Multi-Generational Audience: (Baby Boomers, Generation X-Y, and Millennials) Using other Learning Style Inventories: (Different Models) Dominant vs. Secondary Learning Styles: (Everyone Learns Different) Challenges in Learning New Information & Technology: (Social Media)

Thank You!

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