inventory assignment #2

Margaret Price

Taking a Cognitive Style and Learning Style Inventory online was an easy way to become aware of my personal preferences when it comes personality traits and learning styles. It is important for teachers to be aware of their students preferences when it come to learning so they can more effectively communicate their messages to their students.
The Cognitive Style inventory was a very brief questionnaire that ultimately summarized my personality down to four types. First I was characterized as having very Extraverted characteristics when it comes to my most natural energy orientation. This means I feel deprived when cutoff from interaction with the outside world and I tend to act first, think later when it comes to my decision making. The second question was to identify which way of understanding was most automatic for me to pick up. I ended up have many sensing characteristics which include mentally living in the now and having a memory recall that is rich in detail. The third question seemed almost identical to the second question and gave me no new information towards my learning style. Lastly my action orientation towards the outside world is a very perceiving one, multitasking does not fluster me nor am I afraid of time pressure situations. I feel this test was much to brief to accurately describe ones true personality, however the answers returned to me from http://www.personalitypathways.com/type_inventory.html seemed to be accurate in their description of my personality because I did not disagree with one type they labeled me as. However, I think if i were to administer this questionnaire to my students I would find a website that had more questions relating to each style so I could rest assured the information i was getting back was an accurate description of my students.
The learning style inventory from http://www.learning-styles-online.com/inventory/results.asp was much more in depth compared to the cognitive style inventory because this website had a seventy question survey compared to four. I was not surprised to find out that my preferred learning styles were social, physical and verbal. I am a very athletic person where social and verbal skills are key to learning new plays so I feel as if over time I have become accustomed to using these styles towards my learning in the class room as well. Although I was surprised to see that my visual score was so low. Being an artist and an athlete I find myself watching how people do things a lot before I attempt it on my own so I thought visual would actually be my most preferred style of learning.
Overall I think it would be helpful for anyone to take these inventories so they can be aware of their preferred styles when it comes studying or working on a paper etc. I would defiantly recommended these fast, easy to understand surveys to educators of all ages.