Learning Styles

This I found to be very fascinating.
During 2008 I took a Preparatory course through University and the first thing we did was The Keirsey Temperament Sorter and a Learning Styles questionaire by Barbara Soloman. Both sent chills up and down my spine at how close they were to descibing me. But yet they could also been seen as very general responses.
The results for the Keirsey Temperament Sorter were ESTJ (Supervisor). I enjoy a step-by-step approach and a quiet, orderly classroom. So I find learning on line or by flex to be fantastic if the instructions are clear. Because I set up how I learn best. After reading the results I was intrigued by this information and wanted to know more. I read the Keirsey website (www.keirsey.com) I was totally freaked out by how acurate this description was. It contained information about the types of roles that an ESTJ - Supervisor would take and I was already involved with several of the positions that were suggested.
The questionaire by Barbara Soloman resulted in me being an Active, Intuitve Verbal/Visual, Global Learner. It also gave me several tips on how to be a better learner. For example as a Verbal learner I learn more when I do the explaining.

Knowing this type of information about yourself will definitely help you to be a better learner. But knowing this type of information about your students will go a long way to making you a better teacher. For example once you have this knowledge you can then cater to the learners needs and therefore engage them much easier.
So exciting and you don't have to be a psycologist to work it out.