How Can I know My Learning Style?

The perceiving and processing dimensions come together to form four quadrants, which are also the learning styles.
Your preferences in how you like to perceive and process experience indicates your learning style--where you feel most comfortable. All of the learning styles are equally valuable, and your style can change depending on the situation.
You can take the Learning Type Measure (LTM) Assessment to find your learning style.

What are the differences between the learning styles?

Those who prefer…
...Acting and Feeling are
very comfortable in Quadrant 4.
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...Thinking and Acting are
very comfortable in Quadrant 3.
...Feeling and Reflecting are
very comfortable in Quadrant 1.
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...Reflecting and Thinking are
very comfortable in Quadrant 2.

Type 4

Dynamic Learning–Doing and feeling. Seeking hidden possibilities, exploring, learning by trial and error, self-discovery. Creating original adaptations.

Key Question: If?

Type 1

Imaginative Learning–Feeling and watching, seeking personal associations, meaning, involvement. Making connections.

Key Question: Why?

Type 3

Common Sense Learning–Thinking and doing. Experimenting, building, creating usability. Tinkering. Applying ideas.

Key Question: How?

Type 2

Analytic Learning–Listening to and thinking about information; seeking facts, thinking through ideas; learning what the experts think. Formulating ideas.

Key Question: What?

Why is it important to know my learning style?

Becoming aware of our preferences in how we learn is the first step in knowing what we can do next to expand our learning capacity.
The learning styles help us understand our behavioral patterns when we interact with one another in both learning and working environments.
The different styles in the 4MAT model provide a framework for understanding why we are different and what strategies we can use to work better together.

But what is more important than learning styles is the guidance for teachers and instructors on how to design learning that embraces all learning styles. 
For this guidance, we turn to the cycle of learning that embraces and accommodates all learning styles.

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