You Goal Today Is to Be Able to Describe to a Future Trainer Or Employer How You Learn

You goal today is to be able to describe to a future trainer or employer how you learn best. Complete at least three inventories from this list (or find your own.) Then write a one paragraph summary of what you would say to that trainer/boss when you’re starting a new job.

Learning Style:

Personality

Learn more about how your personality type influences your learning style and effective study tips for each type: Learning style and Myers-Briggs

Modalities

Diablo Valley College offers a learning style inventory with suggested learning strategies: http://www.metamath.com/lsweb/dvclearn.htm

Explore your learning style with this easy to read chart: http://www.chaminade.org/inspire/learnstl.htm

Assess your learning style and discover how it affects your use of memory techniques. http://www.mindtools.com/mnemlsty.html

LSU has a really quick modalities test and a short personality test too. There are also lots of online workshops on success strategies for college. http://appl003.lsu.edu/slas/lsoweb.nsf/index

Multiple Intelligences

Find your strengths. How are you smart? Find out with this Multiple Intelligence Assessment: http://literacyworks.org/mi/assessment/findyourstrengths.html

Here’s another multiple intelligence test that gives you a nifty chart. http://www.businessballs.com/freematerialsinexcel/free_multiple_intelligences_te st.xls

Take this Learning Style self-assessment for insight in to how your brain prefers to gather and process experiences and information http://college.cengage.com/collegesurvival/downing/on_course/5e/prepare/invent ory.html