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Hemispheric Dominance Inventory
Brain dominance refers to a preference for using one hemisphere of the brain over the other hemisphere. The left hemisphere of the brain is rational, analytical, and verbal, while the right hemisphere is holistic and intuitive, responsive to visual imagery. The two websites below have sample inventories.
http://www.web-us.com/brain/braindominance.htm
http://www.mtsu.edu/~studskl/hd/learn.html
Index of Learning Styles Questionnaire
There are many different ways to classify learning styles. These fall into general categories: perceptual modality, information processing, and personality patterns. The categories represent ways to focus on the learner. The website below explains learning styles.
http://www.learnativity.com/learningstyles.html
This website has a sample inventory.
http://www.engr.ncsu.edu/learningstyles/ilsweb.html
Keirsey Temperament Sorter (based on MBTI)
This website has information about the Keirsey and other resources.
Multiple-Intelligences
This site has information about Gardner’s theory of multiple intelligences. Howard Gardner viewed intelligence as 'the capacity to solve problems or to fashion products that are valued in one or more cultural setting' (Gardner & Hatch, 1989). He reviewed the literature using eight criteria or 'signs' of an intelligence.
http://www.infed.org/thinkers/gardner.htm
This site has a sample assessment.
http://www.ldpride.net/learningstyles.MI.htm
This site also has a sample assessment and additional information.
http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks3/ict/multiple_int/index.htm
Myers-Briggs Personality Type Indicator
This is a form of the MBTI based on Carl Jung’s theories of personality.
Jung Typology Test
http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/JTypes1.htm
True Colors Character Cards
This website explains true colors.
True Colors® is a simple model of personality identification for people of all ages that improves communication through recognition of a person’s true character. Utilizing the colors of orange, green, blue and gold to differentiate four basic personality types, True Colors becomes an uncomplicated language for every individual to convey complex ideas very simply.
This website has a sample assessment.
http://www.truecolorscareer.com/quiz.asp
VARK Inventory
This is the official VARK website. VARK is a questionnaire that provides users with a profile of their learning preferences. These preferences are about the ways that they want to take-in and give-out information.
http://www.vark-learn.com/english/index.asp
Locus of Control Assessment
The Locus of Control is a 13-item questionnaire developed by Rotter (1966). It measures generalized expectancies for internal versus external control of reinforcement. People with an internal locus of control believe that their own actions determine the rewards that they obtain, while those with an external locus of control believe that their own behavior does not matter much and that rewards in life are generally outside of their control. Scores range from 0 to 13. A low score indicates an internal control while a high score indicates external control.
http://www.psych.uncc.edu/pagoolka/LocusofControl-intro.html
List compiled by Gail Malone, Ph.D., South Plains College, Levelland, TX 79336
Updated November 23, 2009.