The Learning Style Inventory (LSI), based on factor analysis, is the first comprehensive approach to the diagnosis of an individual's learning style. This instrument, a useful tool in analyzing the conditions under which students prefer to learn, assesses individual preferences in the following areas:

1. immediate environment (sound, heat, light and design)
2. emotionality (motivation, responsibility, persistence and structure)
3. sociological needs (self oriented, peer oriented, adult oriented or combined ways)
4. physical needs (perceptual preference(s), time of day, food intake and mobility)

The Learning Style inventory will:

Permit students to identify how they prefer to learn and will also indicate the degree to which their responses are consistent.
• Provide a computerized summary of each student's preferred learning style.
• Provide a basis for teacher/student interaction in the way(s) that each student learns best.
• Provide suggested strategies for instructional and environmental alternatives to complement the student's revealed learning style.
• Provide for appropriate student involvement in their unique learning prescriptions.
• Provide a computerized class summary so that teachers can group students with similar learning style elements.

The LSI can be completed by students in grades three through twelve in aproximately thirty minutes.