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Index of Learning Styles (ILS)

Identifies four learning style dimensions: Active-Reflective (prefers to do something active with information, such as discuss, apply, or explain, or prefers to think about it), Sensing-Intuitive (prefers to learn facts and follow established processes or prefers abstractions and learning by discovery), Visual-Verbal (prefers to learn through pictures, diagrams, demonstrations, etc. or prefers to learn through written and spoken words), and Sequential-Global (prefers to learn in linear steps or prefers to absorb material almost randomly and put things together in novel ways). This instrument is being developed at North Carolina State specifically for use with college students.

The authors acknowledge that, “The ILS is still under development and cannot be considered reliable.